Women to be enlisted in military police

The decision could be the first step before including women for combat duties.

In a big step towards addressing gender biases in the armed forces, the Army has decided to induct women into military police. Currently, women are recruited for selected roles in medical, education, legal, signals and engineering wings, and only as officers.

The decision could be the first step before including women for combat duties.

The increasing need for investigating gender specific allegations and crimes has prompted the need for women to be included in the military police, the Army said on Friday.

During operations in Kashmir, the Army has often confronted women protesters and women soldiers as part of military police could with this situation.

Army chief Bipin Rawat had also hinted at women being deployed in such situation when he announced that as a first step, women will be inducted into the military police before being sent for combat.

Initially, a batch of 800 women will be inducted, targeting 52 recruitments a year.

The decision was taken a day after Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s first women full-time Defence Minister, assumed office.

The subject of women donning the battle fatigues has been a sticky one, with a section of the Army opposed to it in the past.

Last year, the Air Force commissioned three women as fighter pilots for the first time. 

It’s gonna be bye-bye gender bias

The increasing need for investigating gender specific allegations and crimes has prompted the need for women to be included in the military police. The Army decision to induct women into military police is a big step towards addressing gender bias.

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