Abstract: The main objective of this research was to explore the challenges of female police officers in Gambella town. To this end, two specific objectives were designed. These are, investigate the social challenges affecting the working conditions of female police officers in Gambella town and to assess the institutional challenges affecting the working conditions of female police officers in Gambella town. The researcher used case study as a research strategy/design/ which is related to interpretive philosophical assumption. Purposive and convenience (availability) samples was employed in order to select key informants. Nineteen (19) police officer (16 females and 3 males) were taken as participants for the in-depth interview and the 16 participants to the three focus group . The researcher used in depth interview, focus group discussion and document analysis as the major sources of data collection for this study. Qualitative data analyzed thematically based on the research an objective that was guided by the study. The finding of this study showed that the most fundamental challenge to women’s in policing is acceptance .They don’t have acceptance by the society, the police department and by their male police officers. In addition, Institutional challenges like gender discrimination, lack of positive thinking leadership for females, lack of education and trainings are other pervasive problems or challenges for female police officers in Gambella town. Physical Violence and balancing family matters with their work are also revealed as a challenge for female police officers. The obtained results were discussed and recommendations to alleviate the problem were also forwarded.
Keywords: Female police officers and Gambella town.
Title: Exploring the challenges of female police officers: a case study in Gambella town (Ethiopia)
Author: Surafel Melsew
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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