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Peacekeepers Get a Nod; Sudan Rapes Unimpeded
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(WOMENSENEWS)–CheersFemale police officers from India deployed as United Nations peacekeepers in Liberia since January have been awarded Peacekeeping Medals for their work in emergency situations and crime prevention. Alan Doss, a special representative for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, told the women’s force, “Your presence is an encouragement for Liberian women to come forward and help rebuild their country by participating in the forces of law and order.”Also, at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Aug. 13, the secretary-general inducted 12 women into the U.N.’s first all-female class of recruits for the U.N.’s security force. The U.N. General Assembly has set a goal of building a security staff that is 50 percent female.More News to Cheer This Week:Between 77 and 90 percent of girls in Australian secondary schools have received the HPV vaccine Gardasil, the Melbourne Herald reported Aug. 17.