Women Empowerment

Medical ‘Wonder Women’ making a difference in the region’s fight on coronavirus.  Beyond Tunisia, many medical professionals across the Arab world are setting an example.  UNIS--From Merit-Ptah, the ancient Egyptian healer, to Rufaida Al-Aslamia, known as the first female surgeon in Islamic history, to Tunisian pioneering doctor Tewhida Ben Cheikh, the Middle East and North Africa region has been the birthplace of unique and exceptional women medical professionals. Women represent 65% of the medical doctors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, 61.5% of the graduate medical residents in Oman and more than 60% of the health sector workforce in Tunisia. Women constitute 79% of the nurses in Jordan. Their numbers include talented and dedicated health workers who, today more than ever, face the biggest and riskiest challenge of their careers. In the face of the pandemic, which has officially infected so far about 400 people in their country, Tunisian doctors, nurses and o...

  In October 1976, Dr. Barbara Ghosh became the first woman officer in the Indian Navy to attain the rank of commander. Having joined the navy in 1961, she was also the first woman medical officer to receive a permanent naval commission. Dr.  Punita Arora , commissioned in 1968, is the first woman in the India Navy to reach the second highest rank as the  Lieutenant General ,and the first female  Vice admiral .  Padmavathy Bandopadhyay  is the first woman  Air Marshal  of the  IAF  and the second woman in the Indian armed forces to be promoted to a  three-star rank  after Lt. General Punita Arora.Despite this  Indian Navy  is still against the idea of putting women in  warship  as  sailor , eventhough they fly on  maritime patrol   aircraft  like  P8I  and  IL 38   On 8 March 2018,  International Women's Day  the 6 member crew of  INSV Tarini  that ...

  I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. … We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. Indian Air Force inducts women in all roles, including combat and support roles. As of September 2020, there were 1,875 female officers serving in the IAF, including 10 pilots and 18 navigators.  Women who have served in the IAF find themselves to have a high degree of self confidence, are self reliant and are better equipped to cope with or face difficult situations in their second career in the civil or corporate world subsequently. This is due to the attitude that is mentored while in the IAF. In the words of a woman officer who has retired, “With the kind of experience a woman officer has while in the IAF, she can do justice to any other job after she steps out of uniform.” In August 1966, Flight Lieutenant Kanta Handa, an IAF medical officer, became the first female IAF officer to receive a commendation for her service durin...