Swedish military distributes gender manual to officers
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STOCKHOLM- Sweden's Armed Forces have published a "gender manual" to make officers pay more attention to equality between the sexes at home and on foreign missions.
Vice Adm. Jan Thornqvist on Thursday told The Associated Press the purpose is to implement a gender perspective in operations and attract more women to the military.
He says in foreign peacekeeping operations that could mean asking women and children about their security needs, not just local leaders who often are men.
