Women empowerment in Police

AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS

            FACING WOMEN POLICE

Women face multiple obstacles while entering into public sphere for employment. These obstacles can be categorized as socio-cultural, religious, ideological and institutional. These are strongly embedded into the women lives due to socialization process. The gendered socialization of male and female creates gender division of labor, due to which women are largely excluded from public sphere. Gender inequalities are declining across different regions, cultures and traditions, but the growth is very slow and the gender inequalities are more evident in those countries where population is increasing very fast

Pakistan, women are also facing different challenges due to the male domination and unflavored able working conditions at work place.  In Pakistan majority of institutions are dominated by men, and constructs such as masculine structure of institutions with masculine values, behaviors’ and expectations.  Historically, the department of police remains male dominated, women in police have low participation and influence throughout the history. In Pakistan women representation in police department is evident to be very low. Due to the socio-cultural norms and religious beliefs women have always been discouraged to join the police force, as it is considered unconventional for women, as a result the police department  becomes male  dominated  from  top  to  bottom,  at  police  station  level  and as  well  as  at  the policy and planning levels. On the other hand, the department working conditions are more protective of the male needs and interest. Less than 1% of police women of total police force are employed in Pakistan and they are not even given any senior ranks. The daunting image of policing as a male profession and a career unsuitable for women does deter their entry 

Women officials always give their kids and household responsibilities as an excuse for not doing their job properly. They get the same training which is for men so they should understand that they have to give proper time to their jobs”. As there were two categories of women inducted into the police force:

1.      1  Married    2 Unmarried

The unmarried women were not facing that many problems, as the married women do. Unmarried women mostly have their residence within the police station, while the married women were residing outside the police station even in the far flung areas, their coming and going back to homes was a problematic daily basis activity that was due to non-provision of pick and drop facility by the police department.The police women after discharging their duties even in the late evening have to travel by public transport, if available, or by costly taxi service which was not easily available everywhere, they have to wait for a reasonable time to get a conveyance to reach their homes, which was creating problems between the wife and husband and also other senior family members who kept on waiting for their arrival for hours

Suggestion to Government of Pakistan:

1.1.   Parents support his daughter and help to solving their problems.

1. It is important and it is essential for police women that working timing should be fixed then they can handle their home and work bitterly.
2. Without husband’s support a wife cannot progress in any field, it is important that husband should be supported.
3. Give awareness about the profession of women police then society give respect to the police women.
4. Women should be economically strong because of their job, a husband try to understand that working women can support their home and support their husband bitterly.
5. There should be separate police station for women police like in Lahore.