UNDSS+Newsletter+2016+October

UNDSS
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY
News
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Communicaon Officer Helen Bray (bray@un.org)
A day with...
Peter Marshall
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Review emails
Standing meeting with UNDSS senior management team
Meeting with the DO/DG, UNON
Chair Security Cell meeting
Working lunch with Director, DAS, UNON
UNEP Chief of Staff and Director, DCPI
Director, UNOPS
VTC with Director, DHSSS
Reception at the Japanese Embassy on the occasion of
the Japan Self-Defense Forces day
Peter Marshall is the
Principal Security Adviser
for Kenya & Eritrea, and
Chief of Security & Safety
Services in Nairobi.
G e n d e r & Diversity
GENDER UPDATES
The Gender Coordinaon
Team has been very acve
over the summer. A parity
plan is underway, a gender
survey has been launched, a
series of brown bag lunches
to promote dialogue
have been iniated, and
stascal trends are being
compiled as well.
Brown Bag Lunch
On 25 July, the first brown bag lunch
was launched under the leadership of
ASG Gwaradzimba. Parcipants watched
and discussed a gender-related video.
The discussion highlighted various
opinions and was moderated by Ms.
Randi Davis, Gender Expert at UNDP. The
HQ brown bag lunch is now a series and
the next one will be held later in October.
Replicate the idea at your duty staon!
GENDER SURVEY
UNDSS staff were invited to be part of a large survey on gender. The
stakes are high: as 78% of our staff are male; UNDSS is at the boom
of the list regarding gender parity. Can we change this trend? Is
gender important for our acvies? Do we need more training? Do
we need more work-life balance provisions? Tell us what you think.
We will establish a baseline and monitor carefully our progress.
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