Israel

One of the most amazing and probably surprising things about Israel s army is not their global firepower, and not even the fact that they are one of strongest military countries in the world despite only being the size of a large city, but instead a decision that has made it probably the most powerful army in the world: and that is its treatment of women. Ever since the country of Israel was created in 1948, it was formed on a totally equal basis and that meant that women had the same rights and responsibilities as any other male citizen. This meant that just as every man would have to take part in military service once they reached a certain age, so would every single woman. There are only three countries in the entire world that have this mandatory policy, and the other two Norway and Eritrea have never seemed to capture the public s attention in the way that Israel has. Perhaps that is because Israel is considered by many to be a highly conservative society. That, however, has not stopped women from doing their bit during National Service, and it has certainly not prevented them from becoming official and full members of one of the strongest militaries in the world. Exact figures are often very hard to come by, but as of 2011, just over half of the officers in the Israel Defence Force were female, and a third of the entire email were women. As the Military Service law says: