Women's Affairs advisor
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The Women's Affairs advisor to the Chief of Staff (Hebrew: יועצת הרמטכ"ל לענייני נשים, abbreviated to יוהל"ן Yohalan) is a female officer in the Israel Defense Forces, in charge of promoting freedom of opportunities for women soldiers so as to better develop their abilities and talents in the military, and to provide them with a functional, suitable and diverse environment, safe from and free of discrimination.
[edit] History
The Woman's Affairs advisor dates back to the Womens' Corps that existed from 1949 to 2001. The corps was responsible for women soldiers, including: their absorption, recruit training, and transfers to IDF units. During their service, the WC provided them with various services through WC units attached to units in other corps. It also operated a women's soldiers-teachers unit, which taught new immigrants and developing regions.
Since the 1990s, the corps' authority began to gradually transfer into the regional commands and individual commanders, while the female soldiers-teachers unit was moved to the Israeli Education and Youth Corps. In 2001, the Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, announced the dismantling of the corps. Its command was replaced with a new Women's Affairs advisor to the Chief of Staff position. The corps' last commander was Brigadier-General Suzy Yogev.
On September 1, 2001, the then Chief Women's Corps Officer, Brigadier-General Suzy Yogev, initiated the founding of the Women's Affairs advisor position, the dismantling of the Chief Women's Officer Command, and transferring the authority of caring for individual women soldiers’ problems to respective commanders, and placing the authority for the women soldiers training base to GOC Army Headquarters.
The position is currently being held by Brigadier-General Gila Kalifi-Amir who replaced Brigadier-General Yehudit Grisaro in June 2009.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ IDF Spokesperson Website July 3rd 2009
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