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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | We need more policewomen -Devyani Srivastava

We need more policewomen -Devyani Srivastava

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published Published on Apr 18, 2021   modified Modified on Apr 22, 2021

-The Hindu

Increasing the number of women recruits alone will not be enough; institutional changes are as important

At least since 2009, when the Home Ministry set 33% as the target for women’s representation in the police, increasing women’s recruitment in the police force has been the goal of the Central and State governments. Yet, India persists with a male-dominated police force. In 2019, women comprised less than 10% of police personnel. Only seven States (Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Sikkim) had more than 10% policewomen. In fact, there has been only a 5% increase in the number of policewomen in a decade (3.65% in 2009 to 8.98% in 2019).

Reservation has been the primary tool to increase women’s representation. Yet, no government has developed an action plan with clear timelines to meet the quota within a specified time period. Thus, it is not surprising that the annual change in the share of women in the police force from 2012 to 2016 was found to be less than 1% across States, according to the India Justice Report, 2019. At this rate, most States will take over 50 years to achieve the 33% target.

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The Hindu, 18 March, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/we-need-more-policewomen/article31093035.ece


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