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On International Women's Day, Aljazeera has identified 8 documentaries as worth seeing on women empowerment. Indian women cops: Though the first all women was opened way back in the seventies, it has taken momentum and spread across India in the 21st century. They deal with cases relating to women including domestic abuse, sexual violence and crime. Indians are generally reluctant to interact with the police, more so women. Many cases of harassment go unreported because of the fear and suspicion about the police. This has been addressed to an extent but not fully. Meanwhile, a few women officers have won laurels for their exemplary service . Black Women in the USA: Rekia Boyd was only 22 when she was killed by an off-duty police officer. Dante Servin fired five shorts, one of which struck Boyd in the head. She was unarmed. The officer resigned days before a departmental inquiry. He was criminally charged for misconduct, manslaughter and reckless use of firearm, b