EMPOWERING POLICING: ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Authors

  • BAIDYA NATH MUKHERJEE https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-3432
  • MEERA MATHEW https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-9961

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.15.2.03

Abstract

United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 5 emphasizes the eradication of violence, while Goal 16 underscores the need for robust and stable judicial institutions (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2016). The effectiveness of a nation's police force in attaining these objectives is significantly influenced by its composition and culture. The inclusion of a diverse workforce, especially ensuring equitable female representation at all levels of the policing command structure, stands as a critical factor shaping the culture of a police force. Nonetheless, many law enforcement agencies persist as traditional, male-dominated hierarchical institutions (Rabe-Hemp, 2017). In India, only 10.5 percent of police officers are women (Chawla, 2022), a figure significantly lower than in countries like England and Wales, where women make up 36.8 (Clark, 2023) percent of the police force. Additionally, the upward mobility of women to top police positions has seen a decline.

Author Biographies

BAIDYA NATH MUKHERJEE, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-3432

Assistant Professor of Law at AURO University (India) and Doctoral Fellow at Christ University, combines academia with a knack for research, adorned with over 7 years of experience in academia. His brilliance shines through 10+ research papers in esteemed journals. He has also edited a book on “Law and Emerging Issues” published by Routledge, other books include “Recent Trends and Challenges in Law” by Cambridge Scholar Publishing and “Rethinking Police Reforms” by Springer Nature . He crafts knowledge in publishing book chapters and presenting research papers at International Conferences. A sought after speaker in national constitutional rights programs, his expertise spans international law, human rights, and intellectual property. A radiant presence in international and national law conferences, he enriches discussions in workshops and round tables.

MEERA MATHEW, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-9961

Associate Professor at the School of Law - CHRIST (Deemed to be University) - Delhi NCR (India). Before this, she was working as an Assistant Professor (senior grade) at Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA, the constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University). She is a gold medalist, did the five-year integrated law of B.S.L, L.L.B from I.L.S College, Pune University and completed her LLM from Indian Law Institute, New Delhi with first rank. She pursued Ph.D. from the Indian Law Institute and one of her chapters as a working paper had been referred to in the Indian Law Commission’s Consultation Paper about “Sedition”. Further, she also presented research papers at Stanford University (USA), Glasgow University (Scotland), Maltepe University (Turkey) and Howard University of Kwazulu Natal (South Africa). Before joining academics, she worked as a Legal Associate at Infosys, Bangalore (Legal Division) where she was involved in reviewing Software Licensing Agreements inked by the company. She also worked as a Junior Advocate and fought for cases concerning human rights. Moreover, she is a visiting faculty for the Diploma Programme of the Indian Law Institute and Indian Institute of Mass Communication. Her areas of interest are technology law, media law, criminal law, women, justice & human rights. She has many national and international journal (SCOPUS indexed) publications to her credit.

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Published

2024-11-27

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2024): Novembro 2024-Abril 2025

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