Women In Combat
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Women Army Officers Can Get Command Roles. Top Court Slams "Stereotypes"
In a watershed moment for the Indian military, the Supreme Court today said women officers in the Army can get command positions on par with male officers, asserting that the government's arguments against it were "discriminatory", "disturbing," and based on stereotype. The judgment has to be implemented within three months.
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First Woman Inducted As Combat Officer In ITBP
In another first for women, 25-year-old Prakriti has been inducted as the first direct-entry combat officer in the border guarding force, ITBP.
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Ready To Have Women As Jawans, Says Army Chief Bipin Rawat
In a transformational move, the Indian Army is all set to open up combat positions for women, a gender barrier broken by only a few countries globally.
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Ordeals Will Be Same For Women Opting For Combat Role, Says Army Chief Bipin Rawat
Battling for equal opportunity for men and women, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday it's up to women to decide if they are willing to join men in frontline combat role without separate and additional facilities.
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With Women In Combat, Taking The 'Man' Out Of Job Titles
Engineman? Yeoman? Not so fast. Now that women will be allowed to serve in all combat jobs, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are dropping "man" from some of their job titles to make them inclusive and gender-neutral.
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As Pentagon Opens Combat Jobs To Women, 'Deep-Seated' Opposition And Checkered Past
Many men in ground combat jobs remain deeply skeptical that combat effectiveness will remain the military's top priority as the integration occurs, according to the documents, which were released just days after Carter's announcement.
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US To Open All Combat Roles For Women in the New Year
In a historic move knocking down gender barriers, the US military has decided to open all combat roles to women starting January, 2016.
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Indian Army's Shameful Treatment of Women Recruits
Stop discrimination against women, writes Brinda Karat.
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Canada ahead of US in allowing women in combat
On May 17, 2006, in a firefight with Afghan Taliban insurgents, Canadian forces lost an artillery officer hit by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade. She was Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first Canadian woman to be killed in action since her country's 1989 decision to admit women soldiers into combat.
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Women Army Officers Can Get Command Roles. Top Court Slams "Stereotypes"
In a watershed moment for the Indian military, the Supreme Court today said women officers in the Army can get command positions on par with male officers, asserting that the government's arguments against it were "discriminatory", "disturbing," and based on stereotype. The judgment has to be implemented within three months.
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First Woman Inducted As Combat Officer In ITBP
In another first for women, 25-year-old Prakriti has been inducted as the first direct-entry combat officer in the border guarding force, ITBP.
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Ready To Have Women As Jawans, Says Army Chief Bipin Rawat
In a transformational move, the Indian Army is all set to open up combat positions for women, a gender barrier broken by only a few countries globally.
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Ordeals Will Be Same For Women Opting For Combat Role, Says Army Chief Bipin Rawat
Battling for equal opportunity for men and women, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday it's up to women to decide if they are willing to join men in frontline combat role without separate and additional facilities.
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With Women In Combat, Taking The 'Man' Out Of Job Titles
Engineman? Yeoman? Not so fast. Now that women will be allowed to serve in all combat jobs, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are dropping "man" from some of their job titles to make them inclusive and gender-neutral.
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As Pentagon Opens Combat Jobs To Women, 'Deep-Seated' Opposition And Checkered Past
Many men in ground combat jobs remain deeply skeptical that combat effectiveness will remain the military's top priority as the integration occurs, according to the documents, which were released just days after Carter's announcement.
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US To Open All Combat Roles For Women in the New Year
In a historic move knocking down gender barriers, the US military has decided to open all combat roles to women starting January, 2016.
-
Indian Army's Shameful Treatment of Women Recruits
Stop discrimination against women, writes Brinda Karat.
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Canada ahead of US in allowing women in combat
On May 17, 2006, in a firefight with Afghan Taliban insurgents, Canadian forces lost an artillery officer hit by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade. She was Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first Canadian woman to be killed in action since her country's 1989 decision to admit women soldiers into combat.
