The Organization of Support Centers in the Greek Armed Forces
by Eleni Nina – Pazarzi
enina@unipi.gr
This paper presents the organization of support centers in the Greek armed forces. The presentation is based on the description of one of the actions of the European project “Artemis – Equal” in Greece. This action refers to a network of seven support centers for gender equality in Greece in the local level. Specifically, we will point out the main characteristics and aim as well as the specific goals, the actions which took place during the whole period of the functioning, the problems that were dealt with as well at the way that these problems were resolved, for the success of this Action.
In the Anthropocene era, which is characterized by various developments and new thinking, I propose this network as a replicable model of organization of support centers for women in the armed forces making at the same time some critical remarks.
Ending up the presentation we will present the results of a research survey, concerning the problems that were recorded by the personnel of Support Centers as well as by enlisted women themselves.
Finally, a critical review of the Action will be presented and some proposals will be made for the future in order to be applied as a tool to empower women in male dominated professions.