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I'm major Anna Vang from the Republic

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of Fiji military forces . And I'm here

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in Nepal as an instructor for the M pe

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24 exercise , Shanti pray . When we

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talk about gender . In the past , it

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has always been about women's rights

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and women's issue . So when we had

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moved and progressed from this over the

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years , we tried to look at our

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military platoons , ethical level at

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operational level . So that when we go

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out into the mission areas , every

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single soldier has a responsibility in

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terms of the protection of one of the

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strategies that they have developed is

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having students coming back as

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instructors . And I think that is a way

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forward in terms of sustainability . We

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are able to run this program and we are

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able to teach people and who are able

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to go back to their respective

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countries and teach the same thing .

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And of course , continue in terms of

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the advocacy of this message , but it

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happens in each and every nation . So

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when they go out and they teach their

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participants before they are being

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deployed into the mission area . So

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that is a bonus for us .