New Delhi: Asserting that equal opportunity brings equal responsibility, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Friday said it’s up to women to decide if they are willing to join men in frontline combat role without separate and additional facilities. Noting that women are present in combat arms of the army except on the the frontlines, Gen Rawat reminded that there are no toilet facilities when they go out on patrol. I have said that if we induct women into combat role, they will have to share equal responsibility like their male counterparts because equal opportunity must come with equal responsibility. If women are willing to move out in that environment, the women folk themselves need to take a call. The Air Force has already inducted women into the combat role but are not likely to post them at forward bases.

Source: Mint January 14, 2017 04:30 UTC