Step Forward of Serbian Armed Forces Toward Higher Equality Standards
Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: National Security Forces and Armed Groups, Political Transitions, Security Sector Reform (SSR)
Country: Serbia
Region: Europe and Eurasia
Year: 2011
Citation: Šaranović, Jovanka and Zoran Kilibarda. "Step Forward of Serbian Armed Forces Toward Higher Equality Standards." In Women in the Security Sector -- A Regional Perspective: A Collection of Thematic Papers. Edited by Jovanka Šaranović. Belgrade: Strategic Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, 2011. 110-120.
Sub-Categories: National Security Forces and Armed Groups, Political Transitions, Security Sector Reform (SSR)
Country: Serbia
Region: Europe and Eurasia
Year: 2011
Citation: Šaranović, Jovanka and Zoran Kilibarda. "Step Forward of Serbian Armed Forces Toward Higher Equality Standards." In Women in the Security Sector -- A Regional Perspective: A Collection of Thematic Papers. Edited by Jovanka Šaranović. Belgrade: Strategic Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, 2011. 110-120.
Executive Summary
The paper deals with different aspects of incorporation of the principle of gender equality in the Serbian Armed Forces and military academic education, with a special view of the military realities, the inherited state of affairs, and current trends in other countries. The implementation of gender equality in this context calls for a synchronized action by wide range of relevant institutions. The process requires systematic, step-by-step approach, which ought to engender an array of intertwined and mutually conditioned activities. The author concludes that the most significant step forward to reach higher standards in the field of gender equality in the Serbian Armed Forces has been an increase in the number of women enlisted in the professional military service. Importantly, this improvement includes greater openness in the admission of girls as cadets to the Military Academy.