Women warriors

女战士

The Documentary Podcast

社会与文化

2025-05-11

49 分钟
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n the last few decades western militaries have been training more women for combat than ever, yet female recruitment and retention is stalling. But with warfare changing, new technologies and new threats, women soldiers are a vital resource. Victoria Hollingsworth talks with different women around the world, some on the frontline and others about to go, and explores the motivations and the challenges they face. Many have families and find juggling these two lives very hard and with little support. Away from the frontline many have faced sexism and worse from their own colleagues.
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  • Right now the world seems a much more dangerous place.

  • Commander of Ukraine's armed forces has said that Russia has begun a spring offensive in the northeast.

  • Israel has ended this ceasefire in Gaza, launching airstrikes overnight, killing hundreds of people.

  • Sudanese army says that it has recaptured the presidential palace,

  • a potential decisive turning point in the country's brutal civil war.

  • There are 120 active armed conflicts across the world right now,

  • and in most, women are on the front line fighting.

  • Some choose to be there.

  • Others have no choice.

  • I'm Victoria Hollingsworth, and this is Women Warriors from the BBC World Service.

  • In this programme,

  • I'm going to hear from women warriors in combat around the world at a time when there are more women serving in the military and more opportunities available.

  • The question is why they feel uncertain about their future.