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- The lionization of female snipers and fighter pilots in World War II, however, masked the discrimination and sexual abuse many women faced as soldiers. The discrimination has continued into the modern era, exemplified by the way Russian women have struggled to collect the military benefits for their service in the Afghanistan War.
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/world/europe/russia-soldiers-women.htmlFamily Values or Fighting Valor? Russia Grapples With Women’s ...
Aug 1, 2023 · Ukrainian women have been signing up in growing numbers to serve as combat troops against Russia. The BBC spoke to three of the 5,000 female front-line soldiers who are fighting both the...
Feb 21, 2024 · A historic number of women have signed up to join the fight against Russia’s advancing forces as Ukraine works to bolster its beleaguered military ranks.
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- Richard Engel,Charlotte Gardiner,Yuliya Talmazan
Jul 12, 2024 · It examines the gendered representations of Russian women soldiers in the official newspaper of the Russian Armed Forces, Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) and suggests how these narratives benefit the Russian military.
May 4, 2024 · The Russian Army is gradually expanding the role of women as it seeks to balance President Vladimir V. Putin’s promotion of traditional family roles with the need for new recruits for the war in...
Mar 7, 2024 · Our ongoing research suggests the main strategy that women in Russia’s military families have adopted in dealing with the state is “patriotic dissent”.
May 1, 2023 · We elaborate the ways in which women—and debates about women's roles and women's rights—have been a crucial part of Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression. We proceed from the premise that the struggle for gender and sexual equality is front and center during Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine.
Apr 11, 2024 · Russia’s war against Ukraine has revealed stories about the heroic resistance efforts of Ukrainian women: from a grandmother launching a pickle jar against a drone to volunteers with territorial defense units.
