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Integration of women in the IDF
8 Mar 2009
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Integration of women in the IDF March 2009
There has been a clear trend of increase in the participation of women in the different military sectors. Today, women represent a third of all IDF soldiers, and can be deployed in 90 percent of all positions within the IDF. These statistics were published by the IDF Women’s Affairs Advisor, Brig. Gen. Yehudit Grissaro, on Sunday (March 8), in celebration of International Women's Day. Brig. Gen. Grissaro also announced that women represent 26 percent of all officers and 12 percent of all NCOs, and women are able to serve in 10 different combat positions.
Today women constitute 20% of career officers and 33% of compulsory service personnel, as opposed to 31% in 1995. In addition, there has been a moderate increase in the representation of women in every rank in the IDF. The percentage of women lieutenant colonels increased from 7% to 12.5%.
Women represent a significant portion of manpower in the combat units that they serve in; in the Anti-Aircraft Division and in the Artillery Corps, women represent 20 percent of soldiers, 25 percent of soldiers in Search and Rescue units, 10 percent of the Border Police, and the Caracal Battalion - a combat battalion - is made up of 70 percent female soldiers. In addition, this year marked the first year in which women are eligible to serve in the Field Intelligence Corps.