Monday, March 11, 2013

Female Engagement Team in Afghanistan

A FET team member speaks with school children
in a village in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
(photo SSG Kristen Duus)
Female Engagement Teams or FETs have been in use in Afghanistan for a couple of years now. Fifty per cent of the Afghan population is female but cultural restrictions make it almost impossible for military men to talk to them - which limits the amount of information one can gather from the Afghan public. The FETs provide an opportunity for the military to engage with the women of Afghanistan - whether it be to gather information or atmospherics, provide medical care, promote economic activities to benefit women, or to conduct searches of Afghan women for security purposes. Learn more about the FETs in an online news report entitled "Life on COP Jannat: through a FET's eyes", DVIDS, March 2, 2013.

www.dvidshub.net/news/102809/life-cop-jannat-through-fets-eyes

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