Assessment On The Impacts Of Traditional Gender Roles And Expectations On Job Of Women Police Officers Of Federal Police Commission Crime Prevention Sector Of Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

The study which was conducted on employees of federal police commission crime preventionrnsector was intended to see the representation of female police officers and if at all the traditionalrngender roles and expectations have created a negative impact on their representation at therncommission. Moreover, the study intended to see the possible challenges that women policernofficers face on their workplace starting from recruitment to that of job advancement once theyrnare employed. The study also included the different perceptions and attitudes of male policernofficers towards their counterpart. There is no research that was done on the possible effects ofrngender roles and expectations on female police officers work and their carrier advancement. Tornachieve the objectives of the study, qualitative research method was used. So as to understandrnthe lived experience of women police officers and the different challenges that they have faced inrntheir workplace, data were collected using in-depth interviews, FGDs, key informant interviewsrnand review of related different literatures. The data was thematically organized and analyzed byrntriangulation of various data sources to increase its reliability and validity. One major finding ofrnthe study is that a major gender gap exists in policing profession as female police officers arernnot duly represented and this has been the case for many years. The commission doesn’t have arndiscriminatory deployment rule; but the practice shows that female police officers are not able torndo works like patrolling and operational tasks which require physical strength as well as fullrntime engagement. Women officers are expected to do work at home and this has some effect onrntheir physical capability and time management. The misrepresentation become even worse asrnone goes up on the higher position in the policing hierarchy. Responses of different male policernofficers are evident that they are not positive towards the ability and skills of their womenrncounterparts. This had led them to be resistant and disobedient to the commands and orders ofrntheir counterparts in the event that women police officers are superior in position. The effect ofrngender roles and expectations has made female police officers to be double burdened as theyrnstruggle to reconcile their work load with the load they have at home. The findings also showrntheir burden is more prominent as one got married and has children as the primary care giver isrnsaid to be the mother. And as traditional role shaped female to accept whatever the societyrnexpect them to do and this has led them to prefer an indoor activities, female police officersrnprefer to do indoor works than outdoor activities accepting the fact that they are the primaryrncaregivers in their family. According to the above findings of the study the researcher hasrnrecommended different measures to be taken at organizational level, on personal level andrninterpersonal level. One important recommendation is enhancing the capacity of female officersrnthrough trainings and scholarship opportunities. There should exist a sisterhood environmentrnamong female police officers as one who has higher position should inspire others in the lowerrnposition. Male police officers should be given trainings to support their counterparts at thernworkplace and to understand female officer’s burden.

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