Equality of rights of men and women in military service in Ukraine: challenges of wartime

Abstract

The current state and promising ways of ensuring gender equality in the defense and security sector of Ukraine is analyzed in the article. The aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the violation of territorial integrity, sovereignty as a result, encroachment on Ukraine's independence, brought to the fore the issue of overcoming gender stereotypes, establishing equality, and countering gender-based and sexual violence both in Ukraine and around the world. First of all, in these conditions, the state policy regarding the development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was revised.
 The strategic course of Ukraine for the acquisition of full membership of Ukraine in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, enshrined in paragraph 5, part 1 of art 85 of the Constitution of Ukraine. It defines the priorities of Ukraine's cooperation in the international environment. Standardization in order to achieve the interoperability of the security and defense sectors of Ukraine, as a partner with enhanced capabilities and NATO member states, is currently a priority task for Ukraine to receive the Action Plan for NATO membership, a prerequisite for the restoration of sovereignty and security, and the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories.
 First of all, in the article during the analysis of the foreign experience of ensuring gender equality in the field of defense, the attention was focused on the experience of the member countries of the Alliance and taking into account the status of Ukraine as a partner of NATO with shared capabilities, as well as the intention to become a member of NATO. However, countries which are not part of NATO, but have some success in the processes of ensuring world order and taking an active part in the peace-building processes were also included in the analysis. Both from the point of view of the achieved results, and regarding promising ways of intensifying the participation of women in the processes of maintaining peace and stability in the world, ensuring the safety of humanity and the international legal order.