Women Officers in India Seek Permanent Commissions in Military


	Women Officers in India Seek Permanent Commissions in Military

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5-5-2008 12:03 AM

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Defense Minister A. K. Antony told the <A target="_blank" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Firmer_ground_likely_for_women_in_forces/articleshow/2993059.cms"><I>Times of India</I></A>, "It's a commitment we all must honor and endeavor to achieve this objective on priority...It's high time women officers were given their due."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=10971">
Currently only 2.5 to 7 percent of officers in the branches of the Indian armed forces are women.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6A6572A3-0795-41EC-9756-E7C17F5200B1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>