Women at Arms – Paul Schwennesen

Women at Arms – Paul Schwennesen

As my eldest daughter wings her way to the cadet body at West Point, I find myself processing one set of headlines less abstractly than usual—specifically the ones relating to women in combat. This perennial minefield in the culture wars has gained new salience as the Trump administration’s reactionary instincts are rapidly formulated as policy. “For far too long,” according to Defense Secretary Hegseth, “we allowed standards to slip, with diffe…

Sexual assaults, missing uniforms: According to Eva Högl, the Bundeswehr does not make enough efforts for women. Their share in the troop must increase significantly.

At the end of her five years as military officer, Eva Högl criticises that there are still too few women in the troop. The Bundeswehr has to recruit them specifically.

Eva Högl (SPD), the outgoing military officer of the Bundestag, has complained of a lack of women in the Bundeswehr and their continuing disadvantage – there are also sexual assaults. {/mprestriction} "We have now had women in all parts of the Bundeswehr for more than 20 years," she told the editorial network Germany (RND). "But the Bundeswehr misses the target of 20 percent women in the armed forces as set out in the Soldiers' Equality Act.