Abstract
The war in Eastern Ukraine has been going on since 2014. This situation has led to new challenges for the social sphere, in particular, the construction of a system of social services for combatants and veterans. Female combatants and veterans need gender-specific services adopted to this particular category. Since the experience of social assistance to this specific category of clients of social work in Ukraine is limited, there is a need to study the experience of other countries to address the issue.The purpose of the article is to analyze the peculiarities of women's military service and the system of social protection of this category in Ukraine and abroad.The article analyzes the experience of Australia, Israel, Spain, Canada, Korea, Poland, the USA, and Croatia in implementing the policy of social protection of combatants. The authors identify the main types of services and assistance to this category provided by the legislation in other countries.The authors of the article used the method of theoretical analysis of scientific works and legal documents that describe and regulate the mechanism of social protection of servicemen/servicewoman in different countries; compare the key aspects and features of women's military service in different countries and systematize the list of social services and structures responsible for providing various social services.
Highlights
In the period from 2014 to the present, the fighting caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation is going on in Ukraine. These events have led to the emergence of a new facility for domestic social work – combatants in need of social assistance and support. This category of social services recipients is characterized by a change in the orientation of values, dissatisfaction with the new social and professional status, violations of social interaction and loss of interest in public life, reduced
Based on the analysis of different approaches to the social protection system of servicemen in different countries, we have identified the main types of services in each mentioned above countries
Based on the analysis of the international and domestic experience of social protection of servicemen it was found that the mechanism for providing services for such category as women-combats isn’t established
Summary
In the period from 2014 to the present, the fighting caused by the aggression of the Russian Federation is going on in Ukraine. These events have led to the emergence of a new facility for domestic social work – combatants in need of social assistance and support. This category of social services recipients is characterized by a change in the orientation of values, dissatisfaction with the new social and professional status, violations of social interaction and loss of interest in public life, reduced. Women serve in the National Guard of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the National Police. 9,136 women are participants in hostilities according to data on March 2020 (Ministerstvo oborony Ukrayiny, 2020)
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