Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Tuesday said that creches will be set up at district levels for women police personnel across the country in a bid to help them overcome challenges they face at work.
The proposal was mooted at an event organised by the Bureau of Police Research and Development to mark International Women’s Day.
“There needs to be a focus on improving the capabilities of women in the police force. One of the greatest challenges for women in the police force is that they can’t afford to look weak, not to the society or the establishment. There are certain challenges they face themselves but they don’t express them so that it doesn’t affect their evaluation, and their male colleagues don’t adjudge them as inferior. They never say that there are creches for children of other working women, but not for their children. The Ministry of Women and Child Development would like to provide a special creche facility at the district level for our police personnel across the country,” Minister Irani said during her address.
