THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE SERBIAN ARMY: CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AND PERSPECTIVES
THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE SERBIAN ARMY: CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AND PERSPECTIVES

Summary/Abstract: The military profession has always been regarded as a typical male profession. This conception is the result of numerous prejudices about the ability of women to adequately respond to all the challenges in this service. In the past, there seemed to be no place for women in the Serbian Army. Women who wanted to serve their homeland in this way were forced to conceal their gender identity. The most prominent example is the First World War heroine Milunka Savić, whose true identity would have probably remained undetected if she had not been wounded. The paper deals with the position of women in the Serbian Army today, problems they encounter and the prospects for resolving them. The Serbian Armed Forces have made an important step towards a greater involvement of women in their ranks by enabling women participation in the army as officers, non-commissioned officers and professional soldiers, in the same way as men. The aim of the paper is to point out to the directions of the development of the position of women in the Serbian Army, especially considering the process of its professionalisation.

• Details
• Contents