North America | United States | Law

​​​​​​​Male-Only Draft “Unconstitutional”: Women’s Compulsory Military Service

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"They are going to draft your daughters for their forever wars," Ben Domenech of The Federalist rages. This after a federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that a male-only draft is unconstitutional in a surprise decision that only began to hit the press late Sunday via a USA Today report. US District Judge Gray Miller of the Southern District of Texas wrote in his ruling that the “time has passed” on continued debate for women in the military, regardless of if the controversial issue of women serving in combat “may have justified past discrimination.” Miller issued the decis
North America | United States | Military

Proposal Could Require Women to Register for the Draft

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A congressionally mandated commission is weighing whether women should be required to register for the Selective Service System, or whether the U.S. needs a draft registration system at all. The National Commission on Military, National and Public Service, created in 2016, spent the past year reviewing public service options in the U.S., including the armed forces, AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, federal employment and more.
South Asia | India | Military

Indian armed forces to recruit women for all combat roles

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India will allow women to take up combat roles in all sections of its army, navy and air force, President Pranab Mukherjee said, signaling a radical move towards gender parity in one of the world's most male-dominated professions. Most countries employ women in various roles in their armed forces but only a handful, including Australia, Germany, Israel and the United States, have allowed them to take on fighting, or combat, roles. India, which has one of the largest armies in the world, has resisted such a move, citing concern over women's vulnerability if captured and over their physica
South Asia | India | Military

40% suicide rate for women in India’s paramilitary forces

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The rate of suicide among the women in the paramilitary force is striking by itself, but more particularly when compared to the same with men. The reports says that there are 396.9 suicides per lakh for women while for men it is 11.2 per lakh. Women account for 40% of suicides in central paramilitary personnel, according to date from the National Crime Records Bureau and the Bureau of Police Research & Development, a leading newspaper reports. The central paramilitary personnel inlude the Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the Central Reserve Po
North America | United States | Military

Retired Marine major comes to defense of female officer fired for ‘toxic leadership’

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A retired Marine believes a double standard is behind the firing of a female officer known among recruits for her demanding reputation. “This much I know about Kate Germano: She is a firm, but fair leader by example,” retired Maj. Charles ‘Lynn’ Lowder told Fox News on Tuesday. “If her name was Kevin Germano I don’t think we would be having this conversation at all.” “Believe it or not, there are some Marines that don’t want to be held to standards,” Lowder told Fox News. “And those are the people that will complain and gripe when somebody comes in, puts those stand
International | Culture

Women in armed groups are more than just an exotic novelty

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Open your favorite fashion magazine these days and you may see an unfamiliar sight: women in uniform, holding automatic weapons. Strangely glam portraits of fierce female warriors have recently proliferated. To most, they seem novel, out of the ordinary. But the truth is that women have taken active part in conflicts all over the world, from Sri Lanka to Sierra Leone. Some armed units are 30-plus percent female. When wars end, though, these women become next to invisible. In every country, they have been overlooked and underserved by processes set up to disarm fighters and reintegrate them i
North America | United States | Military

Women candidates do not pass first phase of Ranger School

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All eight women who participated in the Darby Phase of Ranger School will not move on to the next phase after not having met certain standards. 115 Ranger students successfully met the requirements, and they will move on to Dahlonega, Georgia Sunday to begin the next phase of training. Their next assignment will be the Mountain Phase of Ranger School. 101 men and eight women will be "recycled" into the next Darby Phase of Ranger School, which begins Thursday May 14th.