The government promises and guarantees equal rights for boys and girls serving in the army

As is known, recently adopted by the government program, there are a number of innovations in the field of defense. Among them is the expansion of opportunities for women’s voluntary military service. Although there was no such provision under the previous government, but in recent years, the Defense Ministry has already taken some work on this idea, considering the entry of women in the military sphere as part of military reforms.

When in 2014 the Ministry of Defense announced the first military educational institutions of the Defense Ministry reception females, not everyone welcomed the innovation, socio-cultural and psychological barriers seeing the way of its implementation. In response prepared “Break the stereotypes of the Defense Ministry’s view, leave our ranks.” video, which was an attempt to overcome the stereotypes according to which women could not serve in the army … The experience has shown that every year the number of girls receiving education in military educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense is growing …

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