Nowadays , women are moving forward shoulder to shoulder with men but can you imagine that this is the case in every field ???
No, it's not, however, a lot of steps and changes are made by the government so that we can be closer to gender inclusivity.
In this article, the main focus will be on the INDIAN ARMED FORCES NEARING TO GENDER INCLUSIVITY. Isn't it quite surprising that 1.4 million of the population serves the country where the share of women in this field is just 3%? In earlier times 1988 women were allowed in just medical services in the armed forces but with the time passage and finally in the year 1992 women can also join the armed forces like men to serve their country. In 2015, this year is considered to be "YEAR OF CHANGE FOR WOMEN " because due to this change now women can also take charge as "FIGHTER PILOTS" earlier which was just a male-dominated field where in 2020, the SUPREME COURT also made the change that women are also eligible for NDA and they can sit for this exam if they want to as if they don't do this then it will be considered as "gender discrimination " and it will be a violation of the fundamental rights. Despite all changes and developments, the growth rate was not very great however there could be many reasons for this :-
The first reason is that men are not ready to accept women as their commanding officers however it is taught during the training time of soldiers that follow rules and orders according to the rank of a soldier not the gender of the soldier.
The other supporters claim that women are neither physically nor psychologically fit for the combat forces however the employment of women in combat forces is a paramount issue in the present times .But we can't deny the fact of women contribution to the wars. In the Kargil war, Captain Yashica Tyagi , was five months pregnant at that time and still fought in the war as an ordnance base head. Many women created history in the armed forces . In an interview she said "she feels that the objections to women joining in combat positions are ridiculous. “Women don’t need to be mollycoddled, and I don’t believe this theory that men will not accept a woman’s leadership. I know from experience that if you deliver on your job, you will be as respected as I was. Yes, we need infrastructure improvements, but more than that, we need a mindset change. We cannot be caught in a zero-error syndrome in the case of women in the forces.”
So in the nutshell we can that mindset change of public and combatting officers is much required if Indian wants to come closer to gender inclusivity.
- By Pooja
WIB Member
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