Last evening the French network of the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired a 45 minutes documentary titled
“Women in combat”.
Femmes au combat which chronicles the story of five women in the Canadian Forces who dare to complain about incidents of sexual assaults and in doing so put their military careers at risk.
Femmes au combat which chronicles the story of five women in the Canadian Forces who dare to complain about incidents of sexual assaults and in doing so put their military careers at risk.
Each of them
describe and denounce a military culture which is hostile to women. The documentary
was filmed on several military bases in Canada.
The documentary throws a
spotlight on the challenges faced by sexual assault victims having to deal with
the military justice system.
Femmes au combat openly questions both
the efficacy of courts martial and the measures taken by the Canadian
Forces leadership under OPERATION HONOUR to change the military culture. The
producer of the documentary qualifies OPERATION HONOUR as no more than a cosmetic
initiative and a parody.
See documentary here. The documentary includes the participation of two regular bloggers: Gilles Létourneau and Michel W Drapeau.
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