20140927_NIU_CJ7_TREX_SFA guide 3.1

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Gender integration is a part of many advisors responsibility
An advisor from ISAF on logistics got involved in the process of providing new uniforms.
Women in the ANA and ANP have for a long time complained about problems
of getting uniforms that are customized for women and boots/shoes in small sizes.
Uniforms and equipment are often tailored in men’s sizes and profiles and does not fit
the women. A gender advisor in ISAF read about the process of providing new
uniforms in an internal report and asked if the advisor on logistics had remembered to
include female uniforms and boots in the requirements. The advisor was not aware of
the prob-lem with female uniforms, but got back to the Afghan authorities and asked
if female uniforms and boots were included. They confirmed it was.
Lessons Learned: Advisors in all functions need to be aware of gender related
topics in their essential function. Gender is a cross-cutting issue that implies many
areas and levels. By sharing information between the gender advisor and the logistic
advi-sor ISAF was in this case able to verify that women’s requirements would be
met.
3.14 Children and armed conflict. The Government of the Islamic state of Afghanistan
is one of the parties on the UN Secretary-General’s list of shame on Children
and Armed Conflict by May 2014. The government has signed an Action Plan on
Under-Age Recruitment in the ANSF and also a detailed Road Map to Compliance,
with milestones to fulfill the Action Plan. Advisors must be aware of the Children
and Armed Conflict (CAAC) implications in Afghanistan, which include; killing and
maiming of children, recruitment and use of children (both by ANSF and
insurgents), attacks on schools and hospitals, sexual violence against children and
abduction of children. If they observe violations on children’s rights they need to
report
this through their chain of command. The UN has
the UN Country Task Force from UNAMA and
UNICEF that will follow up with further investigations
when they receive notifications from
ISAF or other parties. The Afghan police are
also supposed to conduct investigations if
violations on children’s rights are brought
to their attention.
Photo: Timothy Hrushka
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