International Women’s Day: After 23 years, Navy deploys women officers on warships

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New Delhi: In a significant step, the Indian Navy has just lately deployed 4 women officers onboard its warships after a niche of round 23 years when woman officers have been posted for the primary time on the maritime pressure`s vessels.

“Four Indian Navy women officers have been deployed recently on warships in recent times. Two of them are posted on the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya while two others are deployed on the tanker ship INS Shakti,” an Indian Navy spokesperson was quoted as saying by information ANI on International Women`s Day.

For the primary time in 1998, women officers began getting deployed onboard warships however the determination was modified quickly after on account of sure logistical and different points.

The woman officers have been posted on two totally different warships just lately. Women officers deployed onboard the tanker vessel INS Shakti embrace a health care provider who mentioned the Indian Navy has given her a chance to serve each as a health care provider and onboard warship.

“We work shoulder to shoulder with our male counterparts,” the woman officers mentioned.

Indian Navy had began constructing separate cabins and bathrooms for women officers just a few years in the past on its warships to arrange the vessels for girl officers.

The pressure additionally just lately deployed a girl officer as the primary women defence attache posted overseas. The woman officer is Lieutenant Commander Karabi Gogoi who’s posted at Moscow as a naval attache. 

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