GENDER EQUALITY IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW WITH EMPHASIS ON WOMEN IN COMBAT
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Women are often depicted as the minority, the weaker section, and the victims in IHL, which is not inaccurate. However, this demographic is fast changing. There is a need to discuss the roles of those women who take up roles in contrast to these depictions, such as soldiers, medical and other personnel within a military outfit. The objective of the present paper is to determine the impact of women’s inclusion in combat roles and military outfits. It seeks to analyse, in the bigger picture, the roles taken up by women in International Humanitarian Law and whether they have, in any way, changed over the years and the impacts of the same on society, these women, and the organisations they represent. There is special focus on the regiments of certain nations, chiefly USA and India, including the experiences of certain women who have been recruited by the national military forces of these nations. The paper aims to establish the positive effects of having women take up more significant roles in society and IHL, and play a more facilitative part in each nations’ military agenda. The status of women as present over the world is only graphically represented, however it is of essence to have a comparative analysis. The inclusion of women in a more important role in the Indian military forces is also discussed. The paper concludes with the findings and analyses of the authors on the above parameters.
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