Thanks to the military's faithful implementation of a gender equality policy, the army has managed to form an all-female company that will undertake support missions in electronic warfare, military sources said yesterday.
According to the sources, the special army unit is composed of more than 100 women officers, non-commissioned officers and rank-and-file members.
The unit has been trained in electronic warfare skills and relevant job specialties, the sources said, adding that the all-female army company will be take part in the Han Kwang No. 23 combined services exercise later this year.
The military is expected to introduce the all-female company to the press for the first time today, the sources said.
Military analysts said the organization of an all-female army unit became possible only after the military began to recruit volunteer women soldiers over the past couple of years.
With more women interested in pursuing a military career, the sources said, the military has continued to raise its percentage of women volunteer soldiers. Nearly 1,000 volunteer women soldiers have joined military ranks so far, and the military is planning to recruit an additional 3,000 this year, the sources said.
Besides the increase in the number of female volunteers women have also been playing an increasingly important role in the country's armed forces in other respects.
Army Colonel Ting Liang-chien (
Ting, a mother of two young children, was promoted to political warfare chief of the Army's No. 601 Airborne Cavalry Brigade last November, making her the country's first ever female officer to assume a management position in a combat unit.
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