Evaluation of carrier opportunities of NCO women in The Lithuanian Armed Forces

Currently a concentration of NCO women in Lithuanian Armed Forces is in personnel, logistic and finance NCO positions. Their concentrations are observed in NCO positions in headquarters in lower level (squad and platoon), however women are rear in compare to men. Despite the fact that legislation is blameless, but for NCO women it is still demanding to have some deficiencies to advance in their carrier. The problem of research was to examine carrier deficiencies for NCO women in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The object of research was NCO women carrier organization and situation in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The aim of research was to analyze situation and opportunities for NCO women in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The tasks of research were: to analyze carrier and equal opportunities theoretical aspects, to find reason women integration into military organizations, to identify theoretical and practical barriers for women carrier, to explain NCO carrier opportunities in the Lithuanian Armed Forces, to conduct evaluation of NCO by measuring gender equality in the Lithuanian Armed Forces, to conduct questionnaire and clarify NCO women carrier situation, to propose conclusions and proposals for development of NCO women carrier situation in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The method of the research: science literature analysis, logical systemic analysis and summary method and a survey carried out through a questionnaire. According to summarized data it has been identified that NCO women could advance within the ranks in their carriers, however they have complex to combine their family and carrier matters. Challenge with men, leader’s discrimination view towards their issues is general problem in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. A shortage of political will to solve women carrier problems and consideration, that legislation will make things better unfold, that there was no progress in ten years regarding women carrier