UN / POLICE WOMAN OF THE YEAR
20-Nov-2018
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A Ghanaian police officer Phyllis Osei was awarded United Nations Female Police Officer of the year 2018 for her policing work, which directly and positively impacted the community and the host state police in Jubaland, Somalia. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / POLICE WOMAN OF THE YEAR
TRT: 3:18
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 20 NOVEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
TRT: 3:18
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 20 NOVEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
SHOTLIST
1. Med shot, Osei receiving award
2. Tilt up, award to Osei’s face
3. Pan right, photo op, UNPOL chiefs with Osei
4. Med shot, Chinese UNPOL in audience
5. Med shot, Osei at the podium
6. Tilt up, UN seal to female UNPOL
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei, UN Police Officer, UNSOM: “The culture of the people and the community is very male dominated and so, working in such an environment is a challenge. You need to prove your self, you need to show competence, you need to show professionalism. You need to be able to get trust of the people. So for me, this award means that the people we are working with have given us their support. And this means that the work we are doing – we should do more, we should be encouraged to do more. To make a positive impact more than where we are. So for me the award is a challenge for more work to be done in the future.”
8. Pan left, Carrilho on the podium
9. Med shot, Carrilho saluting
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser:
“In all the policing areas, being it from community policing, being it to address cases of sexual gender based violence, public order, criminal investigation, capacity building of the national security forces, reform of the police, women have a degree of importance that lets the United Nations Police be more effective, more credible and once again, in the end-state to be more able to provide a better service to the police services in the countries where we are and to the communities.”
11. Med shot, phot op, Osei and Carrilho
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser:
“If, at the national level, we have a better gender parity, this will automatically be reflected also on the United Nations police. What is our obligation? It is to make sure that we empower women, that we empower women in the societies.”
13. Wide shot, ceremony
14. Close up, Carrilho and Osei seated
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei, UN Police Officer, UNSOM:
“If it is 50-50, we balance each other’s strengths and weaknesses. So, for me, we should go for it. We should strive for it because we are able to keep in the checks and balances and the vulnerable people that we hope to save, they will receive a lot of good things that each peacekeeper brings onboard.”
16. Various shots, photo ops
2. Tilt up, award to Osei’s face
3. Pan right, photo op, UNPOL chiefs with Osei
4. Med shot, Chinese UNPOL in audience
5. Med shot, Osei at the podium
6. Tilt up, UN seal to female UNPOL
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei, UN Police Officer, UNSOM: “The culture of the people and the community is very male dominated and so, working in such an environment is a challenge. You need to prove your self, you need to show competence, you need to show professionalism. You need to be able to get trust of the people. So for me, this award means that the people we are working with have given us their support. And this means that the work we are doing – we should do more, we should be encouraged to do more. To make a positive impact more than where we are. So for me the award is a challenge for more work to be done in the future.”
8. Pan left, Carrilho on the podium
9. Med shot, Carrilho saluting
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser:
“In all the policing areas, being it from community policing, being it to address cases of sexual gender based violence, public order, criminal investigation, capacity building of the national security forces, reform of the police, women have a degree of importance that lets the United Nations Police be more effective, more credible and once again, in the end-state to be more able to provide a better service to the police services in the countries where we are and to the communities.”
11. Med shot, phot op, Osei and Carrilho
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser:
“If, at the national level, we have a better gender parity, this will automatically be reflected also on the United Nations police. What is our obligation? It is to make sure that we empower women, that we empower women in the societies.”
13. Wide shot, ceremony
14. Close up, Carrilho and Osei seated
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei, UN Police Officer, UNSOM:
“If it is 50-50, we balance each other’s strengths and weaknesses. So, for me, we should go for it. We should strive for it because we are able to keep in the checks and balances and the vulnerable people that we hope to save, they will receive a lot of good things that each peacekeeper brings onboard.”
16. Various shots, photo ops
STORYLINE
The annual United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year was presented Monday (19 Nov) during a ceremony co-hosted by the United Nations Police Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations.
This year’s Award went to UN Police Officer Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei from the United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). Osei, a superintendent of police from the Ghana Police Service, was selected for the Award as her policing work, directly and positively impacted the community and the host state police in Jubaland, Somalia.
Her contributions to enhancing the protection of women and girls, as well as her initiatives to promote women rights in the host state police, embody the spirit of the Award and embrace the values of international policing.
SOUNDBITE (English) Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei, UN Police Officer, UNSOM: “The culture of the people and the community is very male dominated and so, working in such an environment is a challenge. You need to prove your self, you need to show competence, you need to show professionalism. You need to be able to get trust of the people. So for me, this award means that the people we are working with have given us their support. And this means that the work we are doing – we should do more, we should be encouraged to do more. To make a positive impact more than where we are. So, for me, the award is a challenge for more work to be done in the future.”
Officer Osei has been particularly successful at initiating an adult literacy training for 49 female police officers in Jubaland. The training’s overall goal is to improve their literacy and increase their chances for future promotions. She also formed a Female Peacekeeper Network (FPN) within UNSOM and AMISOM to provide support to female peacekeepers.
United Nations Police Adviser, Commissioner Luis Carrilho praised the awardee for her exemplary conduct and told her during the ceremony “I salute you and wish you all the best.”
Carrilho explained that nominations are requested annually from all peacekeeping and special political missions where UN police are deployed. Based on criteria for high performance, a selection committee, comprising policing and peacekeeping experts, evaluate the conduct and achievements of the nominees with an emphasis on impact of policing service delivery.
The Police Advisor underscored the importance of gender parity in policing.
SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser:
“In all the policing areas, being it from community policing, being it to address cases of sexual gender based violence, public order, criminal investigation, capacity building of the national security forces, reform of the police, women have a degree of importance that lets the United Nations Police be more effective, more credible and once again, in the end-state to be more able to provide a better service to the police services in the countries where we are and to the communities.”
He said “if at the national level, we have a better gender parity, this will automatically be reflected also on the United Nations police.”
The Award aims to establish a role model for women police peacekeepers and to promote the UN Secretary General’s Gender Parity Strategy and DPKO’s Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy, through encouraging Member-states to deploy more female police officers to peacekeeping and special political missions
This year’s Award went to UN Police Officer Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei from the United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). Osei, a superintendent of police from the Ghana Police Service, was selected for the Award as her policing work, directly and positively impacted the community and the host state police in Jubaland, Somalia.
Her contributions to enhancing the protection of women and girls, as well as her initiatives to promote women rights in the host state police, embody the spirit of the Award and embrace the values of international policing.
SOUNDBITE (English) Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei, UN Police Officer, UNSOM: “The culture of the people and the community is very male dominated and so, working in such an environment is a challenge. You need to prove your self, you need to show competence, you need to show professionalism. You need to be able to get trust of the people. So for me, this award means that the people we are working with have given us their support. And this means that the work we are doing – we should do more, we should be encouraged to do more. To make a positive impact more than where we are. So, for me, the award is a challenge for more work to be done in the future.”
Officer Osei has been particularly successful at initiating an adult literacy training for 49 female police officers in Jubaland. The training’s overall goal is to improve their literacy and increase their chances for future promotions. She also formed a Female Peacekeeper Network (FPN) within UNSOM and AMISOM to provide support to female peacekeepers.
United Nations Police Adviser, Commissioner Luis Carrilho praised the awardee for her exemplary conduct and told her during the ceremony “I salute you and wish you all the best.”
Carrilho explained that nominations are requested annually from all peacekeeping and special political missions where UN police are deployed. Based on criteria for high performance, a selection committee, comprising policing and peacekeeping experts, evaluate the conduct and achievements of the nominees with an emphasis on impact of policing service delivery.
The Police Advisor underscored the importance of gender parity in policing.
SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Carrilho, United Nations Police Adviser:
“In all the policing areas, being it from community policing, being it to address cases of sexual gender based violence, public order, criminal investigation, capacity building of the national security forces, reform of the police, women have a degree of importance that lets the United Nations Police be more effective, more credible and once again, in the end-state to be more able to provide a better service to the police services in the countries where we are and to the communities.”
He said “if at the national level, we have a better gender parity, this will automatically be reflected also on the United Nations police.”
The Award aims to establish a role model for women police peacekeepers and to promote the UN Secretary General’s Gender Parity Strategy and DPKO’s Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy, through encouraging Member-states to deploy more female police officers to peacekeeping and special political missions
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