A fake memo for women on how to “avoid conscription” for military service is being spread on social media. It was allegedly published by the human rights organization La Strada, which deals, in particular, with the prevention of gender-based violence. Among the proposed options are “get pregnant urgently or adopt a child”, “provoke rape and delay the trial”, “break limbs to undergo long-term rehabilitation”, etc.

However, this is a fake, La Strada did not create such material, as it reports on its Facebook page. Despite the meaningless “advice” on how to avoid conscription, there is no forced “mobilization of women” as such in Ukraine. The current law has obliged female doctors and pharmacists to register for military service from October 1, 2023.

However, this still has nothing to do with the repeated narrative of agitprop on the topic of “women’s mobilization”. Since such a law does not mean mobilization or the establishment of restrictions on traveling abroad.