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These are some of the evidences to show that Pakistani girls have all rights to be fighter pilots of PAF.
The picture below belongs to the IAF Flying Officer Gunjan Saxena who created history as she became
the first women to conduct sorties in the operation zone.
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freedom fighters
Besides, I would also like to point out the exemplary courage and determination of just three freedom fighters.
1. Firstly, Djamila Boupacha of Algeria, who was tortured by French soldiers but she did not betray her fellow fighters and ultimately Algeria won the battle for freedom.
2. Then, there is Laila Khalid, who herself hijacked an American plane to draw the world’s attention to the war of liberation in Palestine.
3. Lastly, the heroic deeds of Kalpana Dutt of the famous Chittagong armoury case.
4. Also we must not forget the efforts of Begum Obaida Alam.
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ISLAMIC EVIDENCES:
1. Islam says Jihad is obligatory for every Muslim and when we say Muslim we are talking about both men and women.
2. Islamic history is replete with substantial evidences to show that in the early struggle of the Muslims, led by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) against the pagans and non-Muslims, Muslim women fought side by side with the men folk.
3. Though many women had their job description different that is of nursing the wounded but one must also remember that Hazrat Ayesha had led an army on the battlefield. War in those days was fought on camel back and involved great physical exertion and strength.
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EVIDENCES TO SHOW THAT A GIRL CAN BE A FIGHTER PILOT JUST AS A BOY CAN:
1. History bears testimony to the fact that Russian women played gallant roles as fighter pilots in the World War II against Germans, who nicknamed them as 'night witches'.
2. Thousands of Russian women and girls courageously fought for their Rodina (motherland) , serving with the Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily (Air Forces, in Russian).
3. In 1942, three air regiments were formed from female volunteers.
4. Women-pilots of female air regiments engaged in dogfights, cleared the way for the advancing infantry and supported them in ground support missions.
5. The fighter pilots of the all-women 586th IAP (Russian abbreviation for Fighter Aviation Regiment, same as Fighter Air Regiment) flew a total of 4,419 sorties (per pilot) and participated in more than 125 separate air battles, in which they massed a total of 38 confirmed kills.
NINETY NINES
Tracy's words
Well, I've got some perceptions, too. But mine are based on 15 years of often harrowing and difficult... but very rewarding... experience as a Woman in the Navy. I didn't hear about it from somebody's brother; I've lived it.
I hold this position:
A person should be able to do whatever job they're capable of doing.
Race, gender and culture should be irrelevant. We may not like the way somebody looks, or how they're made up physically. That's OUR problem, not theirs.
It follows that standards should be uniform for everyone employed in the same occupation, regardless of their race, gender or culture. If a PERSON can't pass a minimum physical strength test required for a program, then they can't enter the program. If MOST men are stronger than MOST women, then more men will likely be in a more physically demanding job. That's no reason to exclude the women who can cut it, though, nor is it a reason to lower standards so more women can.
Making a woman a Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine doesn't make her a man. It makes her a Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine.
women in military (Tracy's Page)
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women fighter pilots of Russia in WW2
Its now the time to put an end to this discrimination against women in Pakistan. PAF should start inducing girls into its flying branch. To initiate the process, women should be allowed to fly slower aircraft like helicopters, transport planes so that they could make their way up to the supersonic F-16s. This method has been adopted by the Indian Air Force and Sri Lankan Air Force.
But, all the major air forces of the world do employ women as fighter pilots and they are allowed to fly the fighter aircraft other than the transport and helicpters.
BESIDES, Bangladesh has become one of the few Muslim- majority nations to have allowed women into the armed forces, with thousands of young women queuing up to join as officers.
Bangladesh is the third South Asian nation after India and Sri Lanka to recruit women army officers. Among the Islamic nations, only Sudan, Libya and Iran have women in the armed forces.
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RIGHTS-BANGLADESH: Women Queue Up as Army Opens Door
This is the article about the recruitment of women in the Bangladesh Army. (I am just mentioning the certain points of this article).
By Tabibul Islam
Nearly 15,000 women have applied in response to the Bangladesh Army's new recruitment policy, which has opened all officer ranks to women.
According to senior officials closely involved with the recruitment, twice as many women as men, have applied for recruitment to officer ranks in the army.
''We have been very encouraged by the large number of applications from female candidates to join the commissioned ranks in the army. It is beyond our expectation,'' said a senior army official.
Till now, the army hired women only as nurses or doctors. There are many women doctors, making up nearly a third of the officers in the Army Medical Corps.
Women seeking a career in the army are enthusiastic. ''Military life is definitely hard. I am aware of the risks involved in this profession and I am mentally prepared to cope with it,'' said Rubi, one of the applicants.
A first year student of political science in a Dhaka college, Rubi said she would consider herself ''lucky'' if she were selected.
The first women cadet officers will undergo two years of extensive training from December at the Bangladesh Military Academy in Bhatiary, in the south-eastern coastal city of Chittagong.
The first batch of women army officers will take charge early in the year 2003. Selections begin in September. The number of officer trainees to be chosen in the first batch is not known, but some officials say that this would be between 30 to 40.
Women aspiring to become army officers must have cleared, at least, the Higher Secondary Certificate examination, in the second division.
Another woman candidate, who did not want to be named, said her selection would ''give added honour and prestige to me and also to my family.''
Senior army officials involved in recruitment policy making are pleased with the response of the women to the army's advertisement. This shows that women in the country ''are willing to take up challenging careers.''
''We have also marked a perceptible change in the attitude of guardians who seem to be supportive of their daughters taking up non- conventional careers,'' added a senior army official, who is involved in policy making.
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