POLOŽAJ ŽENA U VOJSCI SRBIJE – STANJE I PERSPEKTIVE

The military profession has always been regarded as a typical male profession. This understanding is the result of numerous prejudices in the ability of women to adequately respond to all the challenges that they carry with this service. In the past, it seemed that there was no place for women in the Serbian Army. Women who wanted to serve their homeland in this way were forced to conceal their gender identity. This is also evidenced by the example of the First World War hero Milunka Savić, whose true identity probably remained undetected if she was not wounded. The paper deals with the position of women in the Serbian Army nowtodays, the futures they face and the perspectives for their resolution. The Serbian Armed Forces have made an important step towards greater involvement of women in their ranks, when it is approved that female can be engaged in the duties of officers, non-commissioned officers and professional soldiers in the same way as men. The aim of the paper is to point out the directions of the development of the position of women in the Serbian Army, especially considering the process of its professionalisation.Vojnička profesija je oduvek smatrana tipično muškom profesijom. Ovakvo shvatanje je posledica brojnih predrasuda o mogućnosti žena da adekvatno odgovore svim izazovima koje bavljenje ovim pozivom nosi sa sobom. U prošlosti, kao da nije bilo mesta za žene u vojsci Srbije. Žene koje su želele da na ovaj način služe svojoj otadžbini su bile prinuđene da prikrivaju svoj rodni i polni identitet. O tome svedoči i primer heroine Prvog svetskog rata, Milunke Savić, čiji bi pravi identitet verovatno ostao neotkriven da nije bila ranjena. Rad se bavi položajem žena u vojsci Srbije danas, poblemima sa kojima se one suočavaju i perspektivama za njihovo rešavanje. Vojska Srbije je učinila važan iskorak ka većem uključivanju žena u svoje redove, onda kada je odobeno da i lica ženskog pola mogu da budu angažovani na poslovima oficira, podoficira i profesionalnih vojnika, na isti način kao i lica muškog pola. Cilj rada je da ukaže na pravce razvoja položaja žena u Vojsci Srbije, posebno imajući u vidu proces njene profesionalizacije