Women on the front are men at home: how Ukrainians are forced to go into the army and what the law says

Oksana Grigoriev's gender advisor to the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke about injustice against women who have voluntarily joined the army or are professional military, as well as cases where women are sent to service to protect men from mobilization. She noted that the issue of women's mobilization in Ukraine is political and society is not ready for it. Grigoryeva expressed surprise, seeing the streets of men of conscript age, which probably not all have bookings.

According to her, some men avoid conscription, without leaving home, buying a disability certificate or trying to take children from mothers. In some cases, relatives, such as mother -in -law, are forcing the woman to mobilize, believing that she will not be sent to the front, and the man will remain at home with children. "You are a woman, you will not be sent to the storm, but they can be killed," the adviser made arguments.

Grigoryeva also spoke about women in the Armed Forces and the fear of individual men before the term "gender". She explained that gender is a person's social role, and politicians should not be afraid of it. To promote the laws on equal rights in the Verkhovna Rada, euphemisms were often used.

Among the problems of women in the army, the counselor has identified career inequality: Volunteers who have been fighting since 2022 remain in lower positions, while their brothers are already holding high rank. In families where both are the military, women often have to be released for children, because this reason is not provided for men. There are also complaints of discrimination and harassment.

"The number of women in the Armed Forces is growing, and they are presented in all specialties: artillerymen, UAV operators, traveling, sniper, guns. Women have perfect equipment and weapons," Grigoryeva emphasized, without revealing the exact figures because of their confidentiality. According to Anna Daniel, lawyers, candidates of law, the head of the law firm "Anna Daniel", in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine No. 35 of 07. 02.

2022 and the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Article 1 Even the women who are in military accounting can only be called for women with medical or pharmaceutical education. To serve if it has no legal grounds for delay or release from mobilization. Each case of mobilization is considered individually, and decisions are made in accordance with the requirements of the current legislation of Ukraine. Kateryna Anishchenko, lawyer of the law company "Riyako & Partners" also agrees with her.

In her opinion, the Ukrainian legislation does not have such a rule as the replacement of a woman's non -military personnel with a military service. Like individual gender laws for women of servicemen. Women who become military personnel in rights and responsibilities are immediately equal to men. However, Ukraine provides for norms, if the family has two military or existing servicemen, the man may be delayed from mobilization in the event of a minor child care.

"I had a case when a woman was working in the National Guard and my husband applied for a deferral, because his wife is already conscripted to sit at home, to care for the baby," Anishchenko said. There are also cases where women voluntarily go to the shopping center so that the man is not mobilized. "It happened when the girl specifically went to military registration because she had a medical education and then mobilized her husband IT-shnika not mobilized," the lawyer continues.

According to lawyers, even the reason that your wife serves does not guarantee that the husband is not mobilized "it is possible only in the case of dismissal from military service and if the husband and wife pass the military service. As for the issues of delay from mobilization, the man who serves the wife, then there is no such reason.

He does not in any way release the man from mobilization, " - emphasized the lawyer Rostislav Kravets, a senior partner of the advocate association" Kravets and partners ". According to Kateryna Anishchenko, her husband can still mobilize, even if his wife serves in the National Police, the SES or other law enforcement agencies "the passage of service in the police is not identical to the concept of service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine", - the lawyer summed up.