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Public Report on the Human Rights Situation in Darfur in 2013 produced by the Human Rigths Section in the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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On 5 March 2014. El Fasher: (Center) UNAMID Gender Officer, Magda Abdallah Ibrahim Ahmed meets with some members of the Um Sheger Women Charity Society in the market in El Fasher, North Darfur. The members of this organization, which is part of the Women Network Association, make and sell traditional pottery.Magda works in UNAMID since 2008 providing skills-based training and basic rights education to local stakeholders including government institutions, local leaders, Women’s Union and IDP communities. Her initiatives also seek to bring men and women to common ground, advancing the inclusion of women in local male-dominated decision-making processes.Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID.
On 19 October UNAMID paid its last respects to the three Ethiopian peacekeepers who lost their lives in an attack by an unidentified group near Korma, North Darfur, on 16 October. The memorial ceremony took place at Mission headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, and was led by the UNAMID Force Commander, Lt.Gen. Paul Mella, and attended by outgoing Joint Special Representative Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Acting JSR Abiodun Bashua and other senior Mission personnel. Photos by Hamid Abdulsalam, UNAMID.
