Members of the Salvadoran Army helicopter unit serving with the former UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
Peacekeepers of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) at the Bentiu Field Office.
A police officer with the former African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) visits a home at Zam Zam camp for internally displaced people near El Fasher, Sudan.
Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo, Gender Advocacy Officer with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), speaks with community members in Mbomou.
The Elsie Initiative Fund
Designed and established with the support of the broader Canadian Elsie Initiative for Women in Peace Operations, Member States, the UN system and peacekeeping experts, the Elsie Initiative Fund is an important step in encouraging and funding innovation to accelerate the pace of change in security institutions and to enable more uniformed women to meaningfully deploy to and participate in peace operations.