U.S. Secretary of State recognizes Mongolia’s first female Brigadier General for Courage Award

On March 9, Secretary of State Antony J.Blinken, together with the First Woman of america, Dr. Jill Biden, hosted the annual Worldwide Girls of Braveness (IWOC) Awards ceremony on the White Home and offered awards to eleven 2023 IWOC awardees, recognizing their distinctive braveness, power, and management.

Brigadier Basic Bolor Ganbold from Mongolia was honored for her almost 30 years of brave service to Mongolian army and the sequence of firsts she has achieved, which have damaged obstacles and opened the door for different ladies to comply with. On March 18, 2022, Brigadier Basic G.Bolor grew to become the primary girl Brigadier normal within the Mongolian Armed Forces. Her experiences as a member of each the United Nations Mission within the Central African Republic and Chad in 2010 and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in 2013, in addition to serving as a Peacekeeping Affairs Officer inside the United Nations Division of Peacekeeping Operations, have guided her efforts in in search of to cut back the varied obstacles that forestall ladies from absolutely growing their potential as peacekeepers.

U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Richard Buangan stated, “The U.S. Embassy in Mongolia is proud that Brigadier Basic B.Ganbold has been chosen as one in every of 11 ladies leaders to obtain the Worldwide Girls of Braveness Award. It’s the most prestigious award given by the U.S. Secretary of State to ladies from around the globe who reveal distinctive braveness, power, and management in advocating peace, justice, human rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of ladies and women, usually at private threat and sacrifice. I hope that her story and the story of different IWOC Awardees will function sources of inspiration for girls and women around the globe to interrupt gender obstacles, advance equality, and construct brighter futures for all. As the primary girl Brigadier normal within the Mongolian Armed Forces, G.Bolor has opened the door for girls to rise in army ranks which might be historically reserved for males and paved the trail for girls in uniform to function leaders in UN peacekeeping.”