Major Abhilasha Barak to receive 2025 UN military gender advocate award
Major Abhilasha Barak has been awarded the 2025 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year award for her efforts in promoting gender equality during her deployment in Lebanon. She is recognized for her outreach initiatives aimed at women and girls, as well as gender sensitization training for peacekeepers. This honor marks her as the third recipient from India, highlighting the country's commitment to gender issues in peacekeeping.
- ▪Major Abhilasha Barak is serving with the UN mission in Lebanon and has been awarded the 2025 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year award.
- ▪She is the first woman combat helicopter pilot of the Indian Army and leads the Female Engagement Team in UNIFIL.
- ▪The award recognizes individuals who promote the principles of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
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Indian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations (UN) mission in Lebanon, Major Abhilasha Barak, has been named the recipient of a prestigious military gender advocate award by the World body.Ms. Barak has been honoured with the ‘2025 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year’ award for her outreach efforts with women and girls during her deployment in the West Asian nation. “Proud to announce that Major Abhilasha Barak has been awarded the 2025 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. She is being recognised for her outreach and community engagement activities for women and adolescent girls and gender sensitisation training for peacekeepers,” the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations said in a post on X Friday (May 22, 2026).Ms.
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