Taiwan will include women in the army: Will give military training, plan made in view of increasing threat of attack from China
Sensing China's intrusion and preparations for war, Taiwan has stepped up its preparations. For this, Taiwan is going to include women in the reserve force and give them military training like men. Women who want to join the reserve force can voluntarily register for training. The Defense Ministry said it will train 220 women soldiers from the second quarter of this year. Major General Yu Wen-Cheng of the All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency of Taiwan's Ministry of Defense has said that this year the plan will be on trial. As of now, we have the capacity to provide military training only to male candidates, while there is no such system for women. MPs have reacted sharply to this statement taken amid increasing infiltration of Chinese aircraft , saying that excluding women from reserve training is gender discrimination. In fact, China is infiltrating Taiwan's airspace with fighter jets every day. China has recently conducted a major naval exerci...