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Women in warfare and the military (2000–present)

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This article is about women in warfare and the military (2000–present) throughout the world outside the United States. For women in warfare and the military in the United States since 2000, please see: Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States, 2000–2010 and Timeline of women in warfare and the military in the United States from 2011–present. 27 March: Elza Kungayeva, an 18-year-old Chechen woman, is abducted and murdered by a Russian Army Colonel during the Second Chechen War. Her murder was one of the first cases in which Russian authorities promptly and publicly acknowledged a war crime perpetrated by Russian federal forces against civilians in Chechnya. September: West Side Boys, an armed group in Sierra Leone, are destroyed during Operation Barras, and subsequent operations by the Sierra Leone Army and the British Army's Royal Irish Rangers, the Parachute Regiment and the Special Air Service. The group had female fighters as well as male ones. Lone Træholt became the first woman in the Danish Air Force to hold the rank of lieutenant colonel (oberstløjtnant). The Equality amendment to the Military Service law stated that "The right of women to serve in any role in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is equal to the right of men". Major Micky Colton became the first female Hercules pilot in the Canadian military to complete 10,000 flying hours. Lieutenant Ruth Ann Shamuhn became the first female combat diver in the Canadian military. Brooke Chivers and Aroha Fifield became the Royal Australian Air Force's first women to graduate to fast jets. Since 2000, women are allowed to voluntarily serve in the Mexican military, with restrictions to medical units. Canada granted permission for females to serve in submarine units "Colonel Black Diamond" joins the rebel group LURD, going on to command its all-female wing, the Women's Artillery Commandos, during the Second Liberian Civil War. German women are allowed to serve in combat units as of 2 January 2001 rather than only being admitted to medical units/musicians in the military bands.
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