Indian Army’s Major Radhika Sen To Be Honoured By UN

New Delhi: Indian Army Officer, Major Radhika Sen will be honoured with the prestigious 2023 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. She served with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The UN award is an acknowledgement of her remarkable efforts and advocacy for the rights of women and girls during her tenure as a peacekeeper.

The award ceremony will take place on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.

Radhika Sen is the second Indian peacekeeper to receive the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Before Ms Sen, Major Suman Gawani was recognised for her service with the UN Mission in South Sudan. She was honoured in 2019.

In 2023, Radhika Sen was assigned to the MONUSCO (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 2023. She served as the Engagement Platoon Commander with the Indian Rapid Deployment Battalion till April 2024.