Latest items for EWCMS-DATA-1
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: GP-DATA-2, EWCMS-DATA-1
"There are no women military attachés in the diplomatic corps" (10).
Variables: GP-DATA-2, EWCMS-DATA-1
"There are no women military attachés in the diplomatic corps" (10).
Aug. 25, 2023, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The percentage of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) servicemembers who are female is not publicly available, but China Military Online, an official publication of the PLA, estimated in 2015 that approximately 5% or less are women. Currently, no women hold senior command or political commissar positions. The highest rank a woman in the PLA has ever achieved is Lieutenant General, with one woman promoted to Lieutenant General in 1993 and a second in 2010" (1-2).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The percentage of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) servicemembers who are female is not publicly available, but China Military Online, an official publication of the PLA, estimated in 2015 that approximately 5% or less are women. Currently, no women hold senior command or political commissar positions. The highest rank a woman in the PLA has ever achieved is Lieutenant General, with one woman promoted to Lieutenant General in 1993 and a second in 2010" (1-2).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Paraguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Paraguay has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Paraguay has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Domincan republic has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Domincan republic has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Peru has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Peru has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Brazil has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Brazil has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Mexico has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Mexico has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Panama
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Panama has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Panama has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Guatemala has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Guatemala has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Uruguay has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Uruguay has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Argentina has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Argentina has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Colombia has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Colombia has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Costa Rica has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Costa Rica has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Ecuador has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Ecuador has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Trinidad/Tobago
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Trinidad and Tobago has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Trinidad and Tobago has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Chile has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[Chile has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 6:52 a.m.
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1, EWCMS-DATA-4
Table 6 titled “Women’s Participation as a percentage of the Total Force,” highlights each country in the survey, the percentage of women in their military, deployed, senior military women, percent of women in the police and senior policewomen. Argentina has 17.3% women in the military and 8% deployed. There is no data for the other categories. Brazil has 7.6% women in the military, 8% deployed and 9% of women are police. No data was provided for the percent of senior women in the military or police. Chile has 10% of women in military, 10% deployed, 34% of women in the Police force and 15% senior policewomen. No data was provided...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1, EWCMS-DATA-4
Table 6 titled “Women’s Participation as a percentage of the Total Force,” highlights each country in the survey, the percentage of women in their military, deployed, senior military women, percent of women in the police and senior policewomen. Argentina has 17.3% women in the military and 8% deployed. There is no data for the other categories. Brazil has 7.6% women in the military, 8% deployed and 9% of women are police. No data was provided for the percent of senior women in the military or police. Chile has 10% of women in military, 10% deployed, 34% of women in the Police force and 15% senior policewomen. No data was provided...more
April 28, 2023, 11:11 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[W]omen remain under-represented in the military and the police. Even fewer women reach senior ranks" (v).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[W]omen remain under-represented in the military and the police. Even fewer women reach senior ranks" (v).
March 3, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling on Wednesday to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces" (Para. 1). "Previously the service's second-in-command, Fagan has worn the Coast Guard uniform for more than four decades and on all seven continents. She graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1985, one of 16 women who graduated her year in the sixth class to include women" (Para. 2). "Fagan is the 27th commandant of the service..." (Para. 3). "'We're a learning organization striving to be more diverse and representative of the great nation that we serve,'...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Admiral Linda L. Fagan shattered the military's glass ceiling on Wednesday to become commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the first female officer to lead a branch of the U.S. armed forces" (Para. 1). "Previously the service's second-in-command, Fagan has worn the Coast Guard uniform for more than four decades and on all seven continents. She graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1985, one of 16 women who graduated her year in the sixth class to include women" (Para. 2). "Fagan is the 27th commandant of the service..." (Para. 3). "'We're a learning organization striving to be more diverse and representative of the great nation that we serve,'...more
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Currently, the representation of women in [the] Nepal Army is 2.58…"(11)."...2.58 in Nepal Army, 3.4 in Armed Police Force…"(28).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Currently, the representation of women in [the] Nepal Army is 2.58…"(11)."...2.58 in Nepal Army, 3.4 in Armed Police Force…"(28).
Feb. 3, 2023, 2:59 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Research by charity Age UK found that a fifth of grandparents over the age of 50 — or five million people — provide regular care for their grandchildren. Yet exclusive figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show that fewer than 16,000 of them have signed up to a scheme designed to help boost their pensions each year" (para 4-5). "Yet just 15,311 people claimed Specified Adult Childcare credits between October 2021 and July 2022, according to HMRC. Between October 2020 and September 2021, 15,927 applications were approved. There were a further 15,007 claims from October 2019 to September 2020. HMRC says it does not know how many people could...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Research by charity Age UK found that a fifth of grandparents over the age of 50 — or five million people — provide regular care for their grandchildren. Yet exclusive figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show that fewer than 16,000 of them have signed up to a scheme designed to help boost their pensions each year" (para 4-5). "Yet just 15,311 people claimed Specified Adult Childcare credits between October 2021 and July 2022, according to HMRC. Between October 2020 and September 2021, 15,927 applications were approved. There were a further 15,007 claims from October 2019 to September 2020. HMRC says it does not know how many people could...more
Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The women’s movement began in earnest with the guerrilla war against Somoza in 1979. Thirty percent of guerilla combatants were women. Some militias were made up exclusively of women, while others took up leadership of mixed units and entire battalions. A handful of these same women went on to senior military positions in Sandinista society and have worked tirelessly to progress the revolution ever since, like Doris Tijerino, who led the Sandinista Police, or Leticia Herrera, who directed the Sandinista Defense Committees" (para 9). "With the arrival of the neoliberal period in 1990 and the concomitant decline in workers’ rights, women’s organizing became even stronger as a response. ATC women...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The women’s movement began in earnest with the guerrilla war against Somoza in 1979. Thirty percent of guerilla combatants were women. Some militias were made up exclusively of women, while others took up leadership of mixed units and entire battalions. A handful of these same women went on to senior military positions in Sandinista society and have worked tirelessly to progress the revolution ever since, like Doris Tijerino, who led the Sandinista Police, or Leticia Herrera, who directed the Sandinista Defense Committees" (para 9). "With the arrival of the neoliberal period in 1990 and the concomitant decline in workers’ rights, women’s organizing became even stronger as a response. ATC women...more
Jan. 7, 2023, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[A]fter decades of war, Afghanistan has an estimated 2 million widows who may not have a living father, brother or son able or willing to serve as their mahram" (para 18). Women are not common in the military since men are favored to be accepted and serve in the military. (MV-coder comment).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"[A]fter decades of war, Afghanistan has an estimated 2 million widows who may not have a living father, brother or son able or willing to serve as their mahram" (para 18). Women are not common in the military since men are favored to be accepted and serve in the military. (MV-coder comment).
June 14, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Since the eighth periodic report, the Danish armed forces have further developed the initiative to incite more young women from the age of 18 to also participate in the Armed Forces Day. Since 2009, the armed forces have held inspiration days specifically for women and are now carrying out a yearly National Inspiration Day for women with a nationwide communications effort and inspirational events spread out in the country. The initiatives are proving successful; in 2007, 419 women out of 6,119 conscripts signed on for conscription, whereas in 2017, it was 722 out of 4,214 – an increase from 7 percent female conscripts in 2007 to 17 percent in 2017"...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Since the eighth periodic report, the Danish armed forces have further developed the initiative to incite more young women from the age of 18 to also participate in the Armed Forces Day. Since 2009, the armed forces have held inspiration days specifically for women and are now carrying out a yearly National Inspiration Day for women with a nationwide communications effort and inspirational events spread out in the country. The initiatives are proving successful; in 2007, 419 women out of 6,119 conscripts signed on for conscription, whereas in 2017, it was 722 out of 4,214 – an increase from 7 percent female conscripts in 2007 to 17 percent in 2017"...more
March 17, 2022, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Nearly 17% of the Ukrainian army is female, one of the highest percentages in Europe."
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Nearly 17% of the Ukrainian army is female, one of the highest percentages in Europe."
March 9, 2022, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"As at 31 December 2008, the number of women in the Forces was as follows: In the Army, women amounted to 5.2%, of whom 219 officers, 52 under-officers, 5102 in the troops; In the Navy, 3.3% were women, of whom 305 officers, 133 under-officers, 1024 in the troops; In the Air Force, the presence amounted to 1.4%, of whom 137 officers, 85 under-officers, 388 in the troops; in Carabinieri Corps, the percentage decreases to 0.9%, of whom 168 officers, 295 under-officers, 488 in the troops" (56).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"As at 31 December 2008, the number of women in the Forces was as follows: In the Army, women amounted to 5.2%, of whom 219 officers, 52 under-officers, 5102 in the troops; In the Navy, 3.3% were women, of whom 305 officers, 133 under-officers, 1024 in the troops; In the Air Force, the presence amounted to 1.4%, of whom 137 officers, 85 under-officers, 388 in the troops; in Carabinieri Corps, the percentage decreases to 0.9%, of whom 168 officers, 295 under-officers, 488 in the troops" (56).
Feb. 11, 2022, 5 p.m.
Countries: Thailand
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Women comprised approximately 9 percent of the country’s military personnel" (33).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Women comprised approximately 9 percent of the country’s military personnel" (33).
Jan. 5, 2022, 4:41 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Women are not seen as leaders in the military and/or police force. Currently there is one general, General Zakia Hussein. She is the Director of Community Policing at the Somali Police Force" (1).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Women are not seen as leaders in the military and/or police force. Currently there is one general, General Zakia Hussein. She is the Director of Community Policing at the Somali Police Force" (1).
Oct. 4, 2021, 9:37 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"A 2020 Government Accountability Office report found that women service members are 28 times more likely to separate from military service than their male peers, forfeiting career advancement, leadership opportunities and full retirement benefits, citing sexual assault as a key factor in the separation. Other research has also found premature separation from military service — with loss of benefits and achievement of goals — resulting from experience of gender-based violence during service" (para 9).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"A 2020 Government Accountability Office report found that women service members are 28 times more likely to separate from military service than their male peers, forfeiting career advancement, leadership opportunities and full retirement benefits, citing sexual assault as a key factor in the separation. Other research has also found premature separation from military service — with loss of benefits and achievement of goals — resulting from experience of gender-based violence during service" (para 9).
Aug. 31, 2021, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: Albania
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The law mandates equal pay for equal work, although many private employers did not fully implement this provision" (p 19).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The law mandates equal pay for equal work, although many private employers did not fully implement this provision" (p 19).