And earlier you heard Usher talk about the new BDF intake. But he also underscored the importance of ensuring that there is a significant concentration of women in the force as well. He says they make up roughly between 20-30% of the BDF population, and their contributions to the force are highly valued.
Francis Usher, CEO, Ministry of Defense
"Well women are the back bone of society, and by virtue of being the backbone of society are also the backbone of the different military organizations and women in service provide a divergence of opinions, a difference of opinions in terms of what are the better ways the more efficient effective ways of tackling problems so it is important that we continue to recruit women in the security services, the BDF, the Coast Guard and the police department, the parade on Monday is a showing of strength if you ask me in that we are proud of the women that we are serving and we want to recruit more women to serve."
"I think in the BDF, I think in both it is another between 20 and 30% female, don't quote me on that I will get back to you with some numbers but it is about 20-30% female."
