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International Day for
UN Peacekeepers, 29 May 2009

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The deployment of an all-women Formed Police Unit (FPU) from India to the United Nations Mission in Liberia made international headlines in 2006. Since then, the ground-breaking women peacekeepers have been warmly embraced in Liberia and have served as role models to the country’s women and girls, helping to spark a significant increase in the number of Liberian women joining the national police force.

The deployment of an all-women Formed Police Unit (FPU) from India to the United Nations Mission in Liberia made international headlines in 2006.  Since then, the ground-breaking women peacekeepers have been warmly embraced in Liberia and have served as role models to the country’s women and girls, helping to spark a significant increase in the number of Liberian women joining the national police force.

(UN Photo/Christopher Herwig, 12 November 2008)