Real Life

Real life: Women on the front line

Captain Liz Tuddenham, Military police, Australian Defence Force, age 33. “If you educate the females, they set about changing the world,” Liz says. “They are pretty gutsy, the female teachers.” Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Kate Elliott, Development advisor, Ausaid, age 36. “The camp is quite oppressive – as you can see, you’re surrounded by beige and rubble and dust. It’s like being on a MAS*H base, or some sort of apocalyptic scene.” Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Kate Elliott, Development advisor, Ausaid, age 36. Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

Karina Parker, Australian Federal Police (AFP) inspector, age 34. “These young girls and guys are my true heroes,” she says, approvingly. “They go outside the wire and represent our country with such politeness and friendliness, and they don’t think twice about doing it.” Photographs: Lorrie Graham for AusAID.

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