The topic was found reading this rather odd article 'GenderForce: why didn't we do this before?', but the application in places afflicted with Small Wars and external intervention appears to make sense. Note written by a Swedish Army officer.

As an 18 year old woman I wanted to join what I saw as the coolest and toughest force - not the Air Force, not the Navy, but the Army. I was the first woman to join, and arrived full of ideas of what life would be like as a woman in the army. Things were not as I had imagined at all..I have the best job in the world! At least that is what I think. Let me tell you what I do.
Link:http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/ch...do-this-before

This is one article as a conference is about to open 'Women Forging a New Security: Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict'. For more:http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/ja...y-and-security

There is a thread 'Women in the Military', which on a quick scan appears not to consider the issues:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=2414

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