Content_paragraphs:  Since 2017 UNMISS has made steady progress within the four stra tegic
  
  intervention areas of gender parity: setting targets and monitoring progress for parity
  
  at all levels (and across all sections within the Mission); leadership and
  
  accountability; recruitment, retention, progression and talent management; and
  
  
  
   
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  creating an enabling environment. The Mission established a technical working group
  
  on gender parity which, according to UNMISS officials, enjoys broad support among
  
  the Mission’s leadership, who are committed to the benchmarks the working group
  
  has set out to achieve. The working group engages with all  sections of the Mission
  
  and, through regular advocacy, raises awareness of the importance of gender parity
  
  among staff. Although critical, achieving progress on staffing targets has been the
  
  most difficult task for UNMISS. Women make up 5.3 per cent of the UNMISS force,
  
  24 per cent of United Nations police officers, 28 per cent of international civilian
  
  personnel, 14 per cent of national civilian staff and 37 per cent of United Nations
  
  Volunteers.