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Meet One Of The World’s Only All-Women Peacekeeping Units

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In 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti. Death toll estimates vary widely but at least 100,000 people lost their lives, much of the infrastructure in the capital of Port-au-Prince was leveled. This ultimately left the government and economy of the region's poorest country severely incapacitated. Among the thousands who flew to the island to provide assistance was a rare but inspiring group: a unit of United Nations Peacekeepers comprised entirely of Muslim women from Bangladesh — one of just three all-female crews in the UN's more than 100,000-person peacekeeping force. Peacekeeper

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