In my understanding, the intent of the directive is to integrate gender considerations into operational planning. The idea is that, if an operation is being planned, they will be looking at the gender considerations on the ground and I've heard the chief of the defence staff say that it was his experience in Afghanistan that really led him to the conclusion that this is something that needs to be done. I believe, in his view, they could have been a lot more effective, if they had been engaging women in a different way or had thought about those things instead of having to react to them on the ground.
It's quite an amazing directive. If they're able to pull it off, I think that we would be international leaders in this, in terms of using this as a way of being operationally effective and that's his language on it.