Women are sent to the army to cover men from mobilization - the Gender Advisor of the Armed Forces

To spread: Oksana Grigoriev's gender advisor to the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about cases of injustice against women who have voluntarily mobilized or are professional military. In addition, there are times when women are sent to serve to protect a man from a call. Oksana Grigoriev, the Gender Advisor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told the NV media about women in defense and problems with equality of rights and opportunities. During the interview, Grigoriev was asked if women were needed.

In her opinion, the mobilization of women in modern Ukraine is a "political issue" and "society is not ready for it. " After that, the adviser noted that she was surprised by the streets at which she sees the men of conscript age, and does not believe that they were all booked. The official spoke about the ways in which some men are preserved from the call. Someone sits at home for three years and does not go outside, someone - "buys" disability, someone - tries to take away children from mothers.

One examples - when women are forced to mobilize with the idea that they will not be sent to the front, and so - the man is saved, it is in an interview. "In some families, a woman may be sent to her relatives, such as her mother -in -law, for her husband, his mother's son, to stay at home with children. They will argue that you are a woman, but they will not be stormed and can be killed in war," Grigoriev said.

The official told reporters about women's problems in the Armed Forces and the fear of some men's "Gender". Grigoriev explained that "gender" is a role that a person plays in society, and this concept should not be afraid of politicians. According to her, to conduct important laws through the Council, euphemisms about "equal rights and opportunities" had to be applied. The Commissioner has voiced some of the problems that women meet in the army.

For example, volunteers who came into the army in 2022 and are at war, are still at lower steps, while their brothers are already combgings. In addition, there are troubles in families where a woman has professional military education, serves in the army, and a man is also military but mobilized. In this case, the woman has to be released to care for children, because this reason is not provided for men, Grigoriev said. In addition, there are complaints about harassment and discrimination.

"Unfortunately, we cannot publish the numbers [about the number of women in the Armed Forces]. But I can say that their number is growing, and today women represent, in fact, all specialties. We have women-artillery women, UAV operator, operator-operator of various combat vehicles, snacks, snoods. Advisor. It should be noted that on March 8, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published data on women in the Armed Forces and Defense Forces. The department reported that there are 5.