AMISOM and Somali Security Forces female officers receive

specialized training
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DATELINE: 14/NOVEMBER/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, Maj. Pete Thompson, the UKMST Stabilization Advisor and the
instructor conducting a joint Female Engagement Team course attended by 20
female soldiers from AMISOM and 12 Somali women security staff from both the
Somalia National Army (SNA) and Somalia Police Force (SPF)
2. Med shot, an SNA participant presenting
3. Close up shot, SPF officers listening
4. Med shot, AMISOM police and military officers attending
5. Med shot, an SNA participant presenting
6. Close up shot, an AMISOM military officer listening
7. Wide shot , Lt. Col., Nick Morton, Officer Commanding of UKMST speaking
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lt. Col., Nick Morton, Officer Commanding of UKMST
“Now the hard work starts, you have done the course, and you now have the skills
and it's now for you to go forward and actually talk to and engage with over 50% of
the Somali population that is female.”

9. Close up shot, SNA officers listening

10. Close up shot, a military officer from AMISOM taking notes
11. Med shot, Maj. Pete Thompson, the UKMST Stabilization Advisor and instructor
12. Close up shot, an SNA officer listening
13. Med shot, AMISOM police and military officers taking notes
14. Wide shot, other course facilitators taking notes
15. Close up shot, Maj. Pete Thompson, the UKMST Stabilization Advisor and
instructor speaking
16. Wide shot, participants listening
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maj. Pete Thompson, the UKMST Stabilization Advisor
and instructor
“The aim of the course was to prepare the students so that they can go out to the
ground, on a mission - whether with military or police - and be able to go out to
engage with female and youth members of the population because we feel as
though the guys can talk to the guys when they are on the ground but sometimes,
there are difficulties extracting the info and finding out what the real need is from
the female and the youth population. So really, that is why we needed to do this.
This is just so that they are prepared to get that information so that we can do
further development down the line.”

18. Wide shot, AMISOM military officer presenting

19. SOUNDBITE: (English), Superintendent of Police Stella Sedame - AMISOM Police
Gender Coordinator
“The reason for the course is to help us, Female Engagement Teams, assist our
women because the culture in Somalia, women are more accepted because they
have to talk to the women so that we are always there to support the women and
also the course has capacitated us so much that have built on our knowledge, it has
built on our intelligence and on our capacity so that we will be able to go out,
propagate the message.”

20. Wide shot, Second Lt. Nasteha Hassan Ahmed, SPF Joint Investigation Team (JIT)
speaking
21. Close up shot, Second Lt. Nasteha Hassan Ahmed
22. Med shot, AMISOM and SPF officers listening
23. Close up shot, an AMISOM military officer listening
24. Med shot, SPF officers attending
25. Wide shot, AMISOM military officers clapping
26. Med shot, an SNA officers receives a certificate from Lt. Col., Nick Morton,
Officer Commanding of UKMST
27. Med shot another officer receiving a certificate
28. Wide shot, Lt. Col., Nick Morton, Officer Commanding of UKMST hands a
certificate to an SNA officer
29. Close up shot, certificate
30. Med shot, Second Lt. Nasteha Hassan Ahmed, SPF Joint Investigation Team
receiving a certificate
31. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Second Lt. Nasteha Hassan Ahmed, SPF Joint
Investigation Team (JIT)
My main takeaway was that I gained the confidence to be part of the Female
Engagement Team. The Somali culture presentation particularly helped me gain
more insights and I believe it also benefited our AMISOM colleagues on their
stabilization mandate as they work to bring peace and stability in Somalia.
32. Med shot, an AMISOM police officer receiving a certificate
33. Close up shot, an AMISOM military officer receives a certificate
34. Med shot, another military officer receiving a certificate
35. Wide shot, group photo

AMISOM and Somali Security Forces female officers receive specialized training

Mogadishu, 15 November—A week-long Female Engagement Team course organized

by United Kingdom Mission Support Team (UK-MST) and the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) to equip Somali and AMISOM female soldiers on how to engage
with local communities in newly liberated areas concluded on Thursday in Mogadishu.

The 20 AMISOM and 12 Somalia National Army (SNA) and Somalia Police Force (SPF)
female officers were drilled on civil-military coordination, Somali culture and context,
gender perspectives in operations, combating and preventing conflict related sexual
violence, sexual exploitation and handling of defectors.

HELPING WOMEN
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Lieutenant Colonel Nick Morton, Officer
Commanding of UK-MST urged the newly trained officers to put their training to good
use, especially in assisting female civilians within the Somali population.

“The hard work starts now. You have done the course, you now have the skills and it
is now for you to go forward and actually talk to and engage with over 50 percent of
the population that are female,” Lt. Col. Nick observed.

Maj. Pete Thompson, the UKMST Stabilization Advisor and the instructor of the course
highlighted the need to engage with the local population to identify their needs.

“The aim of the course was to prepare students so that they can go out to the ground,
and be able to engage with female and youth members of the Somali population,
extract information and find out what the real need is from the female and the youth
population so that we can do further development down the line,” Maj. Pete noted.

The UKMST works with AMISOM through targeted training and mentoring of AMISOM
and Somali Security Forces as one way of achieving peace and stability in Somalia.

ENGAGING WITH POPULATION

Speaking at the end of the training, the AMISOM Police Gender Coordinator, Stella
Sedame, said the training had equipped them with skills to deliver on their mandate
of mentoring the Somali Police Force

“The training has helped us, the female engagement team, to assist our fellow Somali
officers in engaging with the local population. We have built our knowledge, skills and
capacity,” Sedame said.

Second Lieutenant Nasteha Hassan Ahmed of the Somali Police Force Joint
Investigation Team (JIT) was full of praise for the training.

“The training on Somali culture has helped me to gain more insights and I believe it
also benefited our AMISOM colleagues as they work to bring peace and stability in
Somalia,” she added.