Tatmadaw establishes training depots to turn out female military personnel

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In building the defence capability, the Tatmadaw has established training depots to turn out female military personnel to enhance the role of women and participate in the Tatmadaw, SAC Vice Chairman said at the Passing-out Parade of the 9th Intake of Graduate Female Cadet Course.
The Passing-out Parade of the 9th Intake of Graduate Female Cadet Course was held at the parade ground of Myanmar Army Officer Training School (Hmawbi) in Yangon this morning, and SAC Vice Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Thray Sithu Soe Win delivered an address.
In his address, the Vice-Senior General said the role of women in the Tatmadaw has been improved through ongoing endeavours. Tatmadaw trained and produced graduate female officers till 9th Intake.
National defence is the bounden duty of all national people of Union regardless of their gender. Hence, the aim has been set for servicewomen to stand shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts in discharging national defence duties, the Vice-Senior General said.
At present, SAC has been implementing the two political goals – strengthening the genuine and disciplined multiparty democracy and building a Union based of democracy and federalism — and two national goals – national prosperity and food sufficiency. In implementing the goals with might and main, it has adopted the five-point roadmap and nine objectives, he said.
The State Administration Council invited the ethnic armed organizations to engage in peace talks on 11 April 2022 without preconditions for lasting peace and quick emergence of a Union based on multiparty democracy and federalism. Now, peace talks are going on with the 10 EAOs. All are to take their respective roles in the perpetual peace efforts and to try having a bettering understanding of perpetual peace history, the Vice-Senior General continued.
Graduated female officers are allowed to further study master’s courses and doctoral courses in respective subjects, the Vice-Senior General said.

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