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STORY📰 Our Defence Force is ensuring more personnel are trained to bring a gender perspective to military operations and deployments through the implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolution on Women, Peace and Security. In an emergency, there are the needs people immediately think of such as medical help, food and water, but period and baby products are also essential. Director Women, Peace and Security Lieutenant Colonel Laura Cranston said the NZDF had made a consistent effort to grow the number of personnel trained as Gender Focal Points who advocate for an all-inclusive lens to be implemented across the Defence Force when deployed on operations and disaster responses. More than 200 personnel have been trained already as gender focal points, with that number set to grow. “Correct planning for operations and how we respond to emergencies is critical. Through gender analysis training, we are providing personnel with tools to incorporate when they plan deployments, prevent or resolve conflicts, or respond in emergency situations.” ~ Lieutenant Colonel Cranston Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gNVD_gtY #Force4NZ

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