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Taiwan’s army on Tuesday rolled out plans to permit girls to volunteer for reserve pressure coaching for the primary time, as China continues to ramp up army strain on the democratic self-ruled island.
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry stated it’s going to permit 220 discharged feminine troopers to enroll within the coaching ranging from the second quarter of this 12 months.
Maj. Gen. Yu Wen-cheng, from the ministry’s All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency, stated the transfer could be on a trial foundation for this 12 months.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has beforehand stated it solely skilled male reservists as a result of it didn’t have ample capability to accommodate each sexes.
Taiwanese lawmakers had stated excluding girls from reserve coaching amounted to gender discrimination.
In December, Taiwan introduced that it’s going to lengthen the interval of obligatory army…
2023-01-18 02:14:58 Taiwan to permit girls into army reserve pressure coaching as China fears develop
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