Defense ministry has new division tasked with researching issues of women’s service in the military

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 18, ARMENPRESS. Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan has ordered the creation of a new division in the military which will specifically work with matters concerning the service of women in the armed forces.

The unit has been formed under the Morale Division of the Armenian Armed Forces and its goal is “to research and analyze the organization and provision of equal opportunities of women’s service in the military and presentation of recommendations for the solution of raised issues”, the defense ministry said in a news release.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan