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The first women PMA cadets graduated in 1997. [3] As of 2020, Filipino women are allowed to fulfill combat duties within the Philippine Army. There are 795 officers and 3,777 soldiers in the army who are women. [4] The whole Armed Forces of the Philippines has 2,414 female commissioned officers and 7,843 enlisted personnel. [5]
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Pages in category "Women in war in the Philippines" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Ramona Go was the first female brigadier general in the regular (non-technical) Filipino armed forces (first female General in the Philippine Army). In May 2013, she was elected mayor of San Enrique. She also serves as a Consul General to the United Nations of the Philippines.
Nieves Fernandez (born circa 1906) was a Filipino guerrilla leader in Tacloban City, during World War II. [2] [3]Before the war, Fernandez worked as a school teacher. When the Imperial Japanese began occupying the Philippine Islands, including her hometown of Tacloban, Fernandez organized a resistance movement that numbered around 110 fighters. [4]
Female soldiers in Eritrea played a major role in both the war, the Eritrean independence and the border dispute with Ethiopia. During the Eritrean war of independence more than 30% of the Eritrean military were women. They served in direct combat operations. Eritrea is one of the few nations in the world where women fight side by side with men.
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