The Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Ana Catarina Mendes, defended this Tuesday that the Armed Forces must assume equality between men and women as a “fundamental strategic imperative” for the fulfillment of the Defense mission.
The Armed Forces can play an even greater leadership role, assuming equality between men and women as a fundamental strategic imperative for the fulfillment of the National Defense mission”, defended Ana Catarina Mendes, in charge of Equality and Migration.
The minister was speaking at the National Cordoaria, in Lisbon, at the presentation of the National Defense Sector Plan for Equality 2022-2025, presented moments before by the Defense Minister, Helena Carreiras, an official who praised, recalling that it is the first woman to take office.
Stressing that the world is currently experiencing a war in Ukraine, the official argued that “These are times that require us to apply the best of our human resources” and considered that it is important to look at the resources of the Armed Forces “as a fundamental strategic asset.”
In the opinion of Ana Catarina Mendes, the conditions of all the people who serve in National Defense must be deepened and the Armed Forces must be made “an example for Portuguese society, also in this field.”
Ana Catarina Mendes stressed that “this plan is articulated with other public policy instruments for equality, such as the National Strategy for Equality and Non-Discrimination – “Portugal + Igual”.
“Because the fight for equality in the Armed Forces is nothing more than the fight for society as a whole,” he concluded.
The Minister of National Defense presented this Tuesday the new Defense Sector Plan for Equality 2022-2025, which aims to include the Equality Office in the organic law of the ministry, but warned that “there are no quick solutions.”
Source: Observadora
