Navy to push for gender equality

Navy to push for gender equality

JAKARTA (JP): The Navy will promote gender equality for top
positions in the force, says an official.

Rear Adm. Abu Hanifah, an assistant to the Navy chief of
personnel affairs, said duties of strategic positions would be
modified to accommodate the female nature.

"All soldiers, including female ones, have a right to develop
their military careers and the Navy leadership is committed to
promoting equality," he said in a meeting with Navy female
personnel at the Navy Headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta
yesterday.

The Navy has had a number of middle-ranking female personnel,
including Lt. Col. Ida Farida, a senior staffer at the Navy
Headquarters, Capt. Susaini, commander of Cut Nyak Dien warship
and Capt. Mulyana Gultom.

However, women in the Armed Forces in general are still often
overlooked for frontline combat posts. (rms)