Women's role in Georgia, including the political and military fields, has sig...

Women's role in Georgia, including the political and military fields, has significantly grown. Women represent 5.4 per cent of the armed forces and 50 per cent of the civilian personnel of the Ministry of Defense, among whom 20 per cent hold decision-making positions. Women take part in the Georgian contingent of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. This is the first year that female students have attended the main education programme of Georgia's national defence academy.