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Ukraine's female soldiers complain of discrimination
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https://www.dw.com/en/ukraines-female-soldiers-complain-of-discrimination/a-67024181
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Lesya Ganzha joined the Ukrainian army right at the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and was assigned to the infantry, serving in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions.
“Unfortunately, the company commander is categorically anti-women,” said Ganzha, adding that she had wanted to switch to air reconnaissance in a different brigade of the army.
She told DW she was repeatedly offered assignments in the hinterland, but finally managed to get into the air reconnaissance unit of a brigade in Donetsk.
After serving in administrative roles on a military staff, Mykytenko eventually completed advanced officer training, reaching the rank of second lieutenant.
Hanna Hrytsenko of the civil rights project Invisible Battalion, which campaigns for gender equality in the Ukrainian armed forces, told DW that women have been serving on the front line since 2014.
Public pressure eventually led to a change in the law, and finally, in 2018, women were officially allowed to serve on combat missions.
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