ISLAMABAD: Gender friendly approach is essential to collectively address the rising trends of extremism, bigotry and police force must be sensitized on gender lines for better efficiency of overall law enforcing mechanism.
It was stated by Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza here on Monday at the inaugural ceremony of 2nd International Islamic Women Police conference.
German Ambassador Dr Michael Koch, Director General National Police Bureau (NPB) Dr Waseem Kausar, Heinrich Jurgen Schilling Country Director GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation) & Dr Khola Iram Principal Advisor Gender Responsive Policing (GRP) Project GIZ were also present on the occasion.
International delegates from more than 15 countries, officials from different embassies, government officials, UN & other International Organization's representatives, women police officers from more than 10 Islamic countries have also come to participate in this four-day conference.
Speaker NA Dr Fehmida Mirza said that role of women in peace-building and security can not be overemphasized.
United Nations, he said, had launched global efforts since August 2009 to recruit more female police officers into national police services, setting a goal of 20 per cent by 2014.
The Muslim World, naturally can not remain oblivious to all such developments and our societies are in the dire need of such reforms, she said adding that gender-friendly approach is also essential to collectively address the rising trend of extremism and bigotry in our respective countries.
Speaker NA said Islam does not believe in segregating people but calls for their integration with also stress on the message of harmony, women freedom to work for the benefit of human society and expects form every righteous man and women to establish a just order in Allah's land to ensure peace and prosperity.
She said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto embarked upon the idea of setting up independent Women Police Stations across Pakistan during her second stint as Prime Minister in 1994.
As a true leader, she knew it well that the ideals of women's empowerment would but remain a mere dream if they were not provided with a viable mechanism for women's security and safety through guaranteed access to speedy justice.
She also stressed to sensitize police force on gender lines for better efficiency and greater output of overall law enforcing mechanism in Pakistan.
Regarding the conference, she said that sharing of experiences is core to finding practical answers to various similar problems and urged all stakeholder especially National police Bureau to ensure that women police officers are not marginalized within their department.
Dr Fehmida Mirza said that women should not be segregated into administrative positions or restricted to specialized police units based on their gender. This would perpetuate the traditional mindset and the police culture would not change with regard to accepting women as colleagues and equal partners in combating crime and maintaining law and order, she maintained.
German Ambassador Dr Michael Koch said that our cooperation with the Government of Pakistan in promoting good governance is of strategic importance for Germany's overall development in Pakistan.
" We would like to see this partnership grow with visible outcomes and a greater impact on the lives of women men, girls and boys alike," he added.
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