Sexual harassment within Maldives Police Service under-reported
A quarter of women police officers interviewed for the study -“Rough Roads to Equality: Women Police in South Asia” by the New Delhi-based Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) – said they had faced harassment, but only half referred the incident to a higher authority.
23 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
A new regional study has found sexual harassment to be an under-reported, unacknowledged and inaccurately recorded problem within the Maldives Police Service.
A quarter of women police officers interviewed for the study –‘Rough Roads to Equality: Women Police in South Asia’ by the New Delhi-based Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) – said they had faced harassment, but only half referred the incident to a higher authority.
Detailing a culture of male dominance, superiority and discrimination within the police force, the study recommended an external and independent complaints investigation mechanism and the introduction of a zero-tolerance policy.
The report surveyed the situation of women in policing in five South Asian countries; Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and the Maldives and identified challenges to women’s participation in the police force.
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