Guest blog: What is it like to be a woman working in the “Deep Field” in UN Peackeeping. By Kristina Koch

A popular blog post written by Kristina Koch, current Chief, Staffing Innovation and Process Improvement.

Recruiting for gender parity in the deep field is one of my biggest challenges as Chief of the Recruitment Section for UN Field Missions. Recently, I spent a few days in Gao and Timbuktu in Mali holding focus groups with female international staff working in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).