Norway Pioneers Unisex Patrols Of Russia Border

Gender Mission: How the Norwegian military is breaking down gender divisions in the quest for a better force. Subscribe to Journeyman for more: http://youtube.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=67618&bid=2 On an Arctic mountain range with temperatures dropping to minus 54, young male and female soldiers live and breathe every minute together. Norway s Army is exploding gender divisions for a better force. "In modern warfare it s critical to have women because it is about intelligence gathering, it s about cyber warfare, it s about working in small teams, it s about outreach to local populations", says Elizabeth Brodericl, a sex discrimination commissioner. She sees Norway s radical Border Guard as an example of how to effectively integrate women into the most male-dominated environments on earth. The challenges of living and sleeping together 24/7 are actually seen as positives by the young women. "We get to know each other faster and then we work better together", says Henriette. She has become "one of the guys" to her male room mates, conscripts who still heavily outnumber women. Sexual assault rates, already comparatively low in Norway s armed forces, are already declining. "There is a zero tolerance for harassment", says Colonel Ingrid Gjerde. ABC Australia - Ref 6218 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.