5 November 2022 | UNDSS Comms

“When I think about UN leadership in the field, a few things came to my mind. I am constantly reminded of the collaborative nature of UN leadership. It is not about command and control, as it was in my primary training in police service. I have learned that I am a much better UN leader if I am collaborative,” stated, Savita Hande, Principal Security Advisor at United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, during an interview with Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. 

“I believe that certain feminine qualities like collaboration, assimilation and integration have helped me and many other women to establish and thrive ourselves at UNDSS,” she added. Read the whole interview here