Women in the military by country were assigned to duty in the theater of operations in Japan and Okinawa. Records regarding American women serving in the Vietnam War are vague. However, it is recorded that 600 women served in the country as part of the Air Force, along with 500 members of the WAC, and over 6,000 medical personnel and support staff. "Frontiero v. Richardson", , was a landmark United States Supreme Court case which decided that benefits given by the United States military to the family of service members cannot be given out differently because of sex. In 1974, the first six women aviators earned
Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo is a result of the lobbying work carried out by the IAC as well as by other NGOs. Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children The Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which seeks to change social values and raise consciousness towards eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM) and other traditional practices which affect the health of women and children in Africa. The IAC began at a seminar in Dakar in 1984 with a focus on