Jordan Times
Saturday, April 25, 1998
Princess Aisha attending meeting on women in U.S.
armed forces
WASHINGTON (Petra) — HRH Princess Aisha is currently taking
part in an annual meeting by a consultative committee for women
serving in the U.S. armed forces which opened Wednesday.
Princess Aisha, director of women personnel affairs in the Jordan
Armed Forces, is accompanied by HRH Princess Basma Bint Ali and a
delegation from her department.
Their Majesties King Hussein and Queen Noor had received a
delegation from the U.S. armed forces committee during their
visit to Jordan in July 1996 at the invitation of Princes Aisha,
who briefed them on women recruits in the Jordan Armed Forces.
The four-day meeting in Washington is also being attended by
delegates from Israel, Canada, the U.K., Germany Norway, Sweden
and Colombia.
The U.S. armed forces committee, which was created in 1951,
advises the U.S. defence secretary on questions pertaining to
women serving in the armed forces and presents proposals about
updating laws and regulations concerning them.