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Sunday, December 15, 2002 |
New opportunities for women; will soon serve in special combat units |
New opportunities for women; will soon serve in special combat units Brig. General Suzy Yogev, Advisor on Women's Affairs to the IDF Chief of the "Women are capable of fulfilling any occupation the IDF has to offer," she The breakthrough for women in the IDF began in 1996, when pilot's course, "Nowadays, women have greater opportunities to succeed," she said. "There is Men and women will serve the same amount of time in the IDF "The IDF must adopt a professional and equal attitude toward women based on She added that it is the IDF's responsibility to identify the potential of The inclusion of women in combat units has rapidly increased. Beginning in "Women can handle any job or position, even in the infantry brigades, and The end of the Women's Corps The IDF's constantly pays attention to the issues women's' service, and it "Because the IDF is the first army to implement a mandatory draft for women, The office of the Advisor on Women's Affairs to the IDF Chief of the General "The women's corps should have been abolished a long time ago -as soon as Women in IDF senior ranks Three and a half years into the job, Brig. General Yogev says she would be "As soon as all of this is realized, then their will no longer be a need for In September 2003, Col. Deborah Chassid, currently Head of the IDF Induction In addition, there are currently three women holding the rank of Brig. Women in the IDF- the website In 2003, Brig. General Yogev's office will post a website that will be open |
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