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UKRAINE:
WAR AND WOMEN Snezhanna Klevaka-Myagchilova. Diplomat expert on international cooperation
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g¿ - >Ð U¿ ¡g ¡ g¿ >Ðg¿ Á g¿ t lowing expression: “War does not have a woman’s face,” which ¡gµ¸ Úg¸¿ Á g¿ UµÉg ÁÓ¿ t¿ Ñ>µ¿ > _¿ Á g¿ unnaturalness of the combination of the words “war” and “woman.” But unfortunately for millions of Ukrainian women today this phrase has become more Á > ¿¸Ágµg ÁÓ¡ U> ¿> _¿ ¿ ygµ¿µgÛgUÁ¸¿ the whole truth about the ongoing war ¿ 1 µ> g¦¿ - Ug¿ Á ¸¿ Ñ>µ¿ _ g¸¿ >Ðg¿ >¿ female face. Or rather, a lot of female faces. Ukrainian women defend their homeland on the front line and rescue the wounded, provide life support to the population in the rear, and work in the Úg _¿É _gµ¿µ U gÁ¿Úµg¦¿ ¸¿ t¿1 µ> ian women have lost their homes, jobs and livelihoods, and become widows, internally displaced persons or refugees. There is such a job - to defend the homeland. With this motto, thousands of Ukrainian women are on the front line of this brutal war. Thus, according to the Personnel Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the number of women in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has increased to 62,062 people. 43,479 are female military personnel (according to various sources, which ranges from 7.3% to 30 % of the Armed Forces of Ukraine), 18,583 are civilian employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Moreover, 5,160 women are in senior military positions. The most common professions among women are paramedics, signalmen, workers in moral and psy-
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