Women taking frontline combat roles around the world
Deccan ChronicleWith the Supreme Court's landmark verdict allowing women officers in the Army to be granted permanent commission and command postings, a pertinent question that arises is whether India is the only country to do so or is it far behind its counterparts. Women undertaking frontline combat roles in armies has been a contentious issue around the world. Women have served in the US military in noncombat roles and in 2016 the United States lifted Pentagon's ban on allowing women in frontline combat roles. People's Liberation Army Ground Force of China, the world's largest Army, has a ground force consisting of approximately five per cent or less women officers. In 1989, Canada allowed women in combat roles, Denmark has had a total inclusion policy since 1988 and Israel in 1985 started recruiting women into combat positions.
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