ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY TO DISCUSS INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS
April 3, 2015 16:04
Yerevan/Mediamax/. The Ministry of Defense of Armenia will discuss the
involvement of female servicemen in the Armenian units participating
in international peacekeeping missions.
First Deputy Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan stated it at the
meeting with NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women,
Peace and Security, Ambassador Marriet Schuurman in Yerevan today.
Davit Tonoyan said that the step by step policy the Defense Ministry
has adopted justifies itself and one of the indicators of it is
the involvement of women in shaping the defense policy as well as
the increased number of female cadets in military and educational
institutions.
Equal rights for men and women in the Armed Forces, necessity of study
of NATO’s practice in this sector and strengthening of cooperation to
this end were highlighted at the meeting. Davit Tonoyan said that if
necessary, the Armenian Defense Ministry also stands ready to share
its own practice with partner states.
In her turn, Marriet Schuurman said that she was impressed by Armenian
female cadets.
“I am impressed by how Armenia tries to ensure gender equality
on political, managerial and civil society levels,” said Marriet
Schuurman at the Information Center on NATO earlier today.