Latest items for EWCMS-DATA-1
Nov. 1, 2025, 8:06 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Since the start of Russia’s invasion in 2022, the number of women in the armed forces has increased by 20 percent, according to the Ministry of Defense" (para 6). "About 70,000 women are serving in the Ukrainian military, of whom just 5,500 are in combat positions" (para 8). "Lieutenant Kateryna is the only female combat pilot in the Ukrainian military, the military says, serving at a forward helicopter base with dozens of male pilots... 'I would love more women to fly,' said Lieutenant Kateryna, adding that she had been the only woman among 45 men in her military flight school" (para 9).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Since the start of Russia’s invasion in 2022, the number of women in the armed forces has increased by 20 percent, according to the Ministry of Defense" (para 6). "About 70,000 women are serving in the Ukrainian military, of whom just 5,500 are in combat positions" (para 8). "Lieutenant Kateryna is the only female combat pilot in the Ukrainian military, the military says, serving at a forward helicopter base with dozens of male pilots... 'I would love more women to fly,' said Lieutenant Kateryna, adding that she had been the only woman among 45 men in her military flight school" (para 9).
Oct. 29, 2025, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The Air Force is becoming more popular for females, [Major M, the Israeli officer interviewed for this article] adds, saying: 'When I joined, I think there were only around 20 women, but it's grown significantly since then. I think it's now over 70'" (para. 20).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The Air Force is becoming more popular for females, [Major M, the Israeli officer interviewed for this article] adds, saying: 'When I joined, I think there were only around 20 women, but it's grown significantly since then. I think it's now over 70'" (para. 20).
April 28, 2025, 3:25 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The female cricketers, a mix of Indian players and international ones, are also benefiting from more lucrative pay days and increased exposure during the league's first three-week run" (par. 15). "Kaur is one of the highest paid female international cricketers in India, but the launch of the Women's Premier League has been a boon for her, after she secured a contract with the Mumbai Indians worth $300,000 Cdn. Even younger, rookie players are benefiting, with an assured a base salary that reached as high as $84,000 Cdn" (par. 17).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"The female cricketers, a mix of Indian players and international ones, are also benefiting from more lucrative pay days and increased exposure during the league's first three-week run" (par. 15). "Kaur is one of the highest paid female international cricketers in India, but the launch of the Women's Premier League has been a boon for her, after she secured a contract with the Mumbai Indians worth $300,000 Cdn. Even younger, rookie players are benefiting, with an assured a base salary that reached as high as $84,000 Cdn" (par. 17).
March 14, 2025, 5:25 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
Infographic 1, titled "Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at the Military Service Academies," states that the three academies enroll about 12,700 students: 9,200 men and 3,500 women (para 6).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
Infographic 1, titled "Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at the Military Service Academies," states that the three academies enroll about 12,700 students: 9,200 men and 3,500 women (para 6).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Between 2015 and 2019, the representation of women in the Bolivarian Armed Forces increased from 11 to 15 per cent, thanks to the policy encouraging the admission of women to the various military schools. The breakdown for the different branches shows an increase from 14 to 21 per cent for the Army, from 16 to 22 per cent for the Air Force; from 15 to 26 per cent for the Navy and from 6 to 8 per cent for the National Guard. In 2020, a female Admiral occupied the post of Deputy Minister and there were five female Vice-Admirals and one female General of Division, all of which are high-level...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Between 2015 and 2019, the representation of women in the Bolivarian Armed Forces increased from 11 to 15 per cent, thanks to the policy encouraging the admission of women to the various military schools. The breakdown for the different branches shows an increase from 14 to 21 per cent for the Army, from 16 to 22 per cent for the Air Force; from 15 to 26 per cent for the Navy and from 6 to 8 per cent for the National Guard. In 2020, a female Admiral occupied the post of Deputy Minister and there were five female Vice-Admirals and one female General of Division, all of which are high-level...more
Feb. 15, 2025, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"In recent years, women have made up about 18 percent of the military’s combat force" (par. 14).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"In recent years, women have made up about 18 percent of the military’s combat force" (par. 14).
Jan. 9, 2025, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"WALSH: The Marines have the lowest percentage of women of any service, Manning says. MANNING: I think - even though they won't come out in public and say it, I think they really don't want to go much above 9- to 10% of women in the Marine Corps. And this is the best way to make sure that happens without having to say it" (par. 14-15).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"WALSH: The Marines have the lowest percentage of women of any service, Manning says. MANNING: I think - even though they won't come out in public and say it, I think they really don't want to go much above 9- to 10% of women in the Marine Corps. And this is the best way to make sure that happens without having to say it" (par. 14-15).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Just 15 female soldiers completed basic training for either infantry or tank units between January and September 2023, a freedom of information request has revealed. While almost half of those who began the training since 2019 failed to complete the course. The data also showed that fewer than five trained female soldiers transferred into either the armoured corps or the infantry from other Army units, while no female recruits have passed Royal Marines training, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. In all, 85 women have joined the infantry while 45 entered the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) in five years, MoD figures claimed. It means that out of the 24,000 tank...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"Just 15 female soldiers completed basic training for either infantry or tank units between January and September 2023, a freedom of information request has revealed. While almost half of those who began the training since 2019 failed to complete the course. The data also showed that fewer than five trained female soldiers transferred into either the armoured corps or the infantry from other Army units, while no female recruits have passed Royal Marines training, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. In all, 85 women have joined the infantry while 45 entered the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) in five years, MoD figures claimed. It means that out of the 24,000 tank...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:44 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"In 2023, there were 4,717 conscripts in Denmark. Women who volunteered for military service accounted for 25.1 per cent of the cohort, according to official figures" (para 10).
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"In 2023, there were 4,717 conscripts in Denmark. Women who volunteered for military service accounted for 25.1 per cent of the cohort, according to official figures" (para 10).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:55 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"An all-female combat unit of just 13 soldiers from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) took on and killed nearly 100 Hamas gunmen when they fought off a terror attack on an army base and helped liberate a kibbutz, it has emerged. Lieutenant Colonel Or Ben Yehuda and her 12 women soldiers of the Caracal Battalion led the frontline fightback from armoured personnel carriers after racing to a military post on the Egyptian border that was being attacked during the Hamas onslaught" (para 1-2). "She also acknowledged the bravery of an all-female tank crew under her command that led the attack on Hamas fighters who had ransacked the nearby Holit kibbutz,...more
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1
"An all-female combat unit of just 13 soldiers from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) took on and killed nearly 100 Hamas gunmen when they fought off a terror attack on an army base and helped liberate a kibbutz, it has emerged. Lieutenant Colonel Or Ben Yehuda and her 12 women soldiers of the Caracal Battalion led the frontline fightback from armoured personnel carriers after racing to a military post on the Egyptian border that was being attacked during the Hamas onslaught" (para 1-2). "She also acknowledged the bravery of an all-female tank crew under her command that led the attack on Hamas fighters who had ransacked the nearby Holit kibbutz,...more
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: 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: 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, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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, 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).