Afghanistan: female integration in the ANDSF

(To Greater Defense)
28/09/18

The military of the Train Advise and Assist Command West (TAAC-W) of Herat, multinational command on brigade base "Pinerolo", hosted for a whole day a seminar on the participation and integration of women in the Afghan Security Forces.

Qualified exponents of the Ministries of the Interior and of Defense of Kabul and the Gender Advisor of Resolute Support held a seminar to promote the integration of female personnel in the Afghan Security Forces. The activity, coordinated by the Equal Opportunities and Gender Perspective section of the General Staff of Defense, also included the video-conference intervention of Italian soldiers who shared their experience on the subject, in the context of their own Armed Force. .

The Italian contingent in Afghanistan, through the development of targeted projects and initiatives like this, maintains a very active approach aimed at allowing Afghan women to achieve important goals. In particular, in recent months numerous training courses have been carried out for the professionalization of women belonging to local security forces.

The work of the Italian Advisors is part of the NATO Resolute Support mission with the main task of providing training, advice and assistance to the Afghan Security Forces to improve their functionality and their ability to self-sustain themselves.