Daily Times

ISLAMABAD:National Police Bureau (NPB) is committed to increase the recruitment, retention and promotion of women in police by adopting the principles of gender just policing.

This was reiterated by the NPB Director General Iqbal Mehmood Khan while addressing the Board of Directors of Women Police Forum (WPF) on Wednesday at NPB.

Hosted by NPBthe event was attended by the women members from all provinces. They shared their concerns and challenges in a resource constraint environment and need for a gender policy.

WPF also developed its next quarter’s plan that revolves around key activities like social media advocacy, data collection on gender sensitive indicators and creating a mentor’s forum to enhance their own skills and promote gender responsive policing. These activities will be implemented with Gender Crime Cell and the gender team of the phase III of gender responsive policing.

USIP, in collaboration with NPB, is doing a series of media outreach activities to build greater trust between the citizens and police. Some of the video clips from the said series were also shared with theforum to seek their insights and feedback.

The key decisions taken today included the need for a transformative leadership within police service; data for decision making and effective working of lady complaint units to effectively address crimes against women.