The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with the British Embassy in B&H and partner institutions, started a five-day military course "Women, Peace and Human Security" today, conducted by lecturers of the 77th Brigade of the British Army.

In order to comply with epidemiological measures, the course is held through an online platform, and participants were addressed by B&H Minister of Defense Sifet Podžić, British Ambassador to B&H Matt Field, Chief of Staff of the AFB&H Colonel General Senad Mašović, Commander of NATO Headquarters in Sarajevo Brigadier General Eric Folkestad, and Director of the Agency for Gender Equality of B&H Samra Filipović-Hadžiabdić.

Speakers emphasized that UNSCR Resolution 1325 "Women, Peace and Security" promotes gender equality, improving the status and greater representation of women in defense and security institutions and organizations, as well as promoting gender equality in international peacekeeping operations.

It was pointed out that B&H is the first country in the region to adopt the Action Plan for the implementation of UNSCR Resolution 1325 and one of the 19 countries in the world that have adopted it.

It was also stated that the MoD and the AFB&H take into account gender equality within all units, as evidenced by the fact that in all units up to the battalion level there are contact persons for gender issues.

On the way to the implementation of the Resolution, the Chief of the Joint Staff of the AFB&H, Colonel General Senad Mašović, hosted a regional conference "Women, Peace and Security" in Sarajevo in 2019, organized for the first time within the Chief of Staff Network.