While the corporate world has taken the lead in women-centric issues through reforms such as better maternity benefits, safety, facilities and redressal, a number of other spheres are yet to catch up and one of them is the police force.
A recent survey conducted by Police Reforms Watch, a community forum on police reforms has raised daunting questions on the state of women police personnel in the city’s security forces.
While issues surrounding women police personnel has remained a moot point when it comes to police reforms — partly due to the skewed ratio of the number of male and female personnel — a recent video showing a politician physically harassing a traffic policewoman that went viral has drawn the topic into public debate. – READ MORE
