Mahila Battalions

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Mahila Battalions are all-women units of the Central Reserve Police Force in India, formed to handle security, law-and-order, and crowd-control duties with a focus on gender-sensitive policing.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mahila Battalions canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf all-women police unit ⓘ
law enforcement unit ⓘ
specialized battalion ⓘ
affiliation Central Armed Police Forces of India ⓘ
commandStructure headed by CRPF officers ⓘ
composition female constables ⓘ
female officers ⓘ
female sub-inspectors ⓘ
country India ⓘ
deploymentContext VIP security support ⓘ
crowd and riot control ⓘ
election duties ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
public order management ⓘ
employer Central Reserve Police Force ⓘ
focus gender-sensitive policing ⓘ
handling women-related law-and-order situations ⓘ
protection of women and children ⓘ
genderComposition all-women ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: Union of India
languageOfOperation English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalStatus armed force of the Union under CRPF Act ⓘ
notableCharacteristic first all-women units in Indian central armed police forces ⓘ
objective improve response to crimes against women ⓘ
increase participation of women in policing ⓘ
provide women-friendly policing environment ⓘ
operatedBy Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India ⓘ
operationalStatus active ⓘ
parentOrganization Central Reserve Police Force ⓘ
partOf Central Reserve Police Force ⓘ
policingApproach gender-sensitive approach to law enforcement ⓘ
primaryRole crowd-control duties ⓘ
law-and-order duties ⓘ
security duties ⓘ
recruitment women candidates through CRPF recruitment process ⓘ
sector internal security and policing ⓘ
serviceType uniformed service ⓘ
training CRPF training academies ⓘ
trainingFocus crowd management ⓘ
firearms handling ⓘ
human rights and gender sensitization ⓘ
riot control ⓘ
self-defence ⓘ
typeOfForce armed police force ⓘ
uses non-lethal crowd-control equipment ⓘ
workEnvironment high-risk law-and-order situations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CRPF → specializedWing → Mahila Battalions ⓘ