Female Professionals in The Criminal Justice System of Pakistan: An Empirical Study of Challenges

Abstract

This study investigated the experiences of female lawyers judges, police officers regarding discrimination and examine the power relations in the criminal justice system of Gujrat. It examines the difficulties and challenges of female lawyers ,judges, police officers in their daily professional life.This research emphasizes on qualitative method to  investigate the issues females faces in criminal justice system in Gujrat. In order to carry out the study empirically, A questionnaire containing multiple- choice questions will be designed and distributed amongst women police officerrs, advocates, judges and asked to give their input regarding the issues they face in performing the dual jobs, which includes household chores and also the job related duties. The main results of this thesis found that female lawyers in Pakistan, are facing discrimination in terms of resistance from society and colleagues in the legal profession. The substantial challenges they face in daily professional life are, low income and implicit harassment etc.Based on the found results this can be concluded that the stereotype of women in the society makes it difficult for women to acquire the higher status in the criminal justice system of Gujrat. The power structure in the legal profession is male driven and they have set the hierarchies according to them. The difficulties and challenges of females in criminal justice system of Pakistan are overlooked easily but they are trying to overcome and struggling to establish their identity in the criminal justice system of Pakistan.