On 8 March, a conference entitled "25 years of Poland's membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation" was held in the Sejm, during which a subject of women's military service appeared.

Minister Radosław Sikorski put his thesis on women's equality erstwhile answering the question of 1 of the panellists of the conference – Prof. Katarzyna Wigura, who asked politicians how they mention to the issue of the desire to go abroad in the event of the outbreak of war.

More and more people say that in the event of war they would like to leave the country. How do you as politicians intend to address this problem? It's not just a defence thing. besides many of our citizens and citizens are already besides mature for that," said Prof. Wigura.

Radosław Sikorski responded by asking Władysław Kosiniak Kamysz to confirm that there is inactive a draft for the army in Poland, which has only been suspended, but should be reinstated and extended to women in the future.

As far as I know, Minister of Defence – the draft is inactive valid in Poland, right? There is only incarnation into the military [...] And I hope that the prof. on the day of the women's feast will agree with me that the conscription should be gender-free? – said Minister Sikorski.

The words of the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs caused longer silence in the Chamber, which was interrupted by Mr Kobosko – thank you very much, Minister. Everyone is reasoning about this last sentence," he said.

Women in the Army and sex Equality

Universal military service was suspended in Poland 16 years ago – in 2008 the last series of compulsory incarnations to the Polish Army took place, and on 1 January 2010 it completely ceased to function in Polish legislation.

In the case of women, the work of military enlistment at the time included only those ladies who had circumstantial and circumstantial education and qualifications applicable to the functioning of the armed forces.. However, it was a tiny proportion of all women of conscription age, where, by analogy, all man who was physically and mentally capable of carrying out the military service was obliged to execute it.. A female was besides not threatened by criminal liability in the form of a fine or imprisonment resulting from a failure to collect.

Today, 16 years after the abolition of military enlistment and its legal denial by military qualifications, which must be passed by all young man aged 18, women are besides subject to a number of reliefs in this area. As in the case of a erstwhile service, only women with a circumstantial education or training in directions that may prove helpful in the case of armed forces are called upon to be military qualifications present – the main focus is the directions in the medical profession. The call for qualification is given to the ladies who have chosen the way of improvement related to veterinary science, medicine, psychology and another medical professions.

The current government does not supply for the creation of women during the conflict despite the fact that Article 85 of the Constitution speaks of the work of the Polish citizen to defend A country without discrimination between 2 sexes.

Equal draft law only exists in a fewer countries. In 2013, Norway became the first NATO associate State to be the forerunner of change, citing women under the same formal conditions as men to date. akin law in 2017 began to function in neighbouring Sweden and a year later in the Netherlands. This means that in these countries, men and women are subject to equal labour law. Israel can service as another example, where, as of 1948, single and unmarried women with appropriate qualifications for the armed forces have been under military service.

Still, there is no denying that men show much greater combat and operational efficiency.

According to a 2015 survey by the U.S. Marine Corps (In the U.S. Army in 2022, women accounted for 18.8% of the full staff composition) on a typical unit created for investigation purposes, women tended to endure more physical injuries, showed lower combat effectiveness, and besides had worse rates compared to men serving on identical conditions.

The above studies are not amazing in any way, as the factors described are usually due to biological differences. This does not mean, however, that women would not be able to execute a valuable and very beneficial service, as this is not limited to being in front positions. It is worth mentioning a civilian service which could be an interesting alternative, peculiarly during the crisis. As part of this service, women can service as officials, medical or instructors.

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