NORTHERN STAR Magazine for HQ JFC Brunssumjfc – October 2013
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NORTHERN STAR Magazine for HQ JFC BrunssumJFC – October 2013 Training Key to NATO’s Future Says SACEUR • Progress in Afghanistan • The NATO Triathlon Team Brunssum Makes up a Positive Balance of the • Brunssum Steps up Preparations for Season 2013 Exercise Steadfast Jazz 2013 • Circle 100 - Museum Abteiberg www.jfcbs.nato.int www.facebook.com/jfcbs Colophon Command Group Corner The NORTHERN STAR is a publication, he Director of Management If we are deploying to a mission as a published with the assistance of ‘t Swarte is a new 1-star General/Flag Joint Task Force HQ the main bulk of Schaap, in co-operation with and at no cost to HQ JFC Brunssum. Opinions herein do Officer post introduced to the DOM staff will “stay behind” in order not necessarily reflect official NATO or HQ T JFC Brunssum policy. 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SACEUR held his bi-annual Moral and Welfare Branch is responsible Commanders Conference Training Key to NATO’s Future says SACEUR at JFC Brunssum, 17 – 18 for providing support to you and your • Progress in Afghanistan • The NATO Triathlon Team Brunssum September 2013. Makes up a Positive Balance of the families when it comes to shopping, Brigadier General, Torben Dixen Møller, • Brunssum Steps Up Preparations for Season 2013 Exercise Steadfast Jazz 2013 • Circle 100 - Museum Abteiberg Photo by Master Sergeant fitness, housing and entertainment. Director of Management JFC Brunssum www.jfcbs.nato.int www.facebook.com/jfcbs Jan Hecht, Public Affairs Contents 4 DoWA Promotes Women’s Rights in Helmand 16 The NATO Triathlon Team Brunssum Makes up a Positive 6 Progress in Afghanistan Balance of the Season 2013 7 Commander JFC Brunssum Staff Address and Awards 18 33rd International Soccer Tournament at Brunssum 8 Training Key to NATO’s Future says SACEUR 20 Future ‘NATO leaders’ receive new Child, Youth and 9 Brunssum Steps Up Preparations for Exercise Steadfast School Services Centre Jazz 2013 22 Searching for the Past 10 NATO’s Single Air Headquarters Conducted Two Major 24 Did you know? - 200 years Kingdom of the Netherlands Air Exercises 27 One of Us 12 The Spanish Armed Forces Proud to Serve, Ready to 28 FSMW – update Serve! 29 Circle 100 - Museum Abteiberg 14 The Biggest March in the World – We Made It! Command Group Corner Northern Star 3 Educating Afghan Women: DoWA Promotes Women’s Rights in Helmand Story and photos by Sgt. Lia Adkins In the early 1900’s, King Amanullah encouraged Afghan women to be more westernized, shed their face-covering garments, get educated and work. But after Islamic fundamen- talists came to power in the late 20th century, the Taliban fully denied women’s rights to participate in social, economic, cultural and political life. A group of Afghan women use sewing machines to make clothing at the Department of Women’s Affairs office in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 24. The women attend vocational schools at the DoWA to learn skills that will help them earn an income and financially support their families. ince U.S. military forces as well as any Ministry of Women’s (Southwest). toppled the Taliban regime in Affairs (MoWA) policy. Niazi spends most of her days at the 2001, women have fought to DoWA office in Lashkar Gah, writing Slearn skills to sustain their families. MoWA is responsible for implementing new proposals for programs and Some have lost their lives during the political and social policy to secure supervising classes. Her sun-lit office struggle, including 100 girls who were and expand women’s legal rights,while is decorated in embroidered, pale killed in a grenade attack during their NAPWA is the “main vehicle of green curtains she regularly boasts first day of school. However, there government” for implementing its were sewn by the women attending the are still women who are standing up gender commitments in national vocational classes. against the oppression and working and international policy instruments But the office has no electricity, lights, to build a better future for women in on women, according to the MoWA or running water, so Niazi resorts to Afghanistan. website. hand writing all her proposals. Niazi Niazi was appointed as the DoWA recently partnered with the U.S. Jamilia Niazi has dedicated her life to director in 2012 and has devoted herself Agency for International Development, improving women’s roles in Helmand to running programs which educate Mercy Corps and the U.S. and Afghan province. She is the Department of women to help them gain employment. governments for funding and resources. Women’s Affairs (DoWA) director in She runs vocational programs to She has been able to collect more Helmand province, Afghanistan, and a teach women skills such as tailoring, than 20 sewing machines for women member of the High Peace Council in embroidery and curtain making attending the vocational program. Kabul. so women can financially support “We had 70 to 80 women from poor Niazi is responsible for overseeing themselves and their families, said Sgt. families work with us and we made policy for the women in Helmand and Sarah Abdella, the Afghanistan Peace more than 160 uniforms for girls going enforcing the National Action Plan for and Reintegration Program outreach to school,” said Niazi. “More than 150 the Women of Afghanistan (NAPWA), liaison officer with Regional Command women have benefited from the classes ISAF Northern Star 4 and have earned an income.” threats since the time she was principal asked for his phone number and called of the Lashkar Gah girls’ school and him on the spot to demand that he Women from 13 to more than 40 continues to regularly receive threats to allow his niece to return to school and years old regularly attend the DoWA her life and that of her family. provide her with his support.” vocational sewing classes. But Niazi has not let threats deter her. Niazi said she is committed to Niazi also holds peace shuras, and The mother of seven is described as a expanding education and employment regularly makes herself available to any kind, caring and determined woman. for women in Helmand province, as woman’s issues. “I have personally seen her stand up for well as developing the female aspect of Working together, Niazi and Abdella other women in ways that one would the peace program.