THE LAST HONEY HUNTER
ABOVE LEFT
UN Chief Sgt. Jose-
phine Muhawenimana
(center), 37, survived
the 1994 genocide in
her native Rwanda.
Formerly a police com-
mander in Kigali, she
now patrols a protec-
tion camp for civilians
in Juba, South Sudan.
“From my childhood
I wanted to be a police
officer,” Muhawenimana
says. “I feel I can do
the same job as a man.”
TOP
In South Sudan, Mongolian
women are among the UN
peacekeepers patrolling
protection camps.BOTTOMMongolian junior ser-
geant Giimaa Sukhochir,
39, dons ceremonial
clothing she brought to
her UN deployment in
Bentiu. “I want to show
Africans what a tradi-
tional Mongolian woman
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