They are trained in sophisticated combat tactics and weaponry, crowd and mob control, counter-insurgency. They patrol the streets of the Liberian capital, expected to keep the peace after years of war.
Most of them are also mothers and form an all-women unit from India, policing in a country where a 15-year conflict was characterized by sexual violence. Rape, according to the United Nations, remains the No. 1 crime reported to police in Liberia.
The Indian women were pioneers, the unit’s experience in Liberia an experiment of sorts for the United Nations.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/03/02/liberia.women/index.html
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