TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ................................................................................................ .i
SUPERVISOR'S APPROVAL ............................................................................. .ii
DEDICATION .................................................................................................. iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................ ················· .... V
ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................... vii
DEFINITION OF TERMS ............................................................................... viii
TABLE OF STATUTES ............................. ....................................................... ix
ABSTRACT .................. ................................................. ................................... x
CH.APTER ONE ......................................................................................... 1
1. 0 . Introduction ................................................................. ............................ 1
1.1. Background .................. ............................................................................ 4
1.2 . Statement of the problem ..... ..................................................................... 6
1.3. Objectives of the study ....... ..................................................................... .. 8
1. 4 . Significance of the study ... ........................................................................ 8
1.5. Hypothesis ............................................................................................... 9
1.6 . Research questions ................................................................................... 9
1. 7 . Methodology ..................................................................... ... ................... 10
1. 7 .1 Ground Theory ....... .... ....... ................................................................... 10
1.7.2 Legal Centralism ................... ................................................................ 10
1. 7 .3. Legal pluralism ............................................................... ..................... 10
1.7.4. Methods of Data Collection . ............ ..................................................... 11
1. 7 .5. Group discussions ................................................................. .............. 11
1.7.6. Key informants ................................................................................... 11
1.7.7. Qualita tive and Quantita tive Method: .................................................. 11
1. 7 .8. Desk Review ..................... ........... ........................................................ 11
1.8. Literature review ........... ............................................................... ........... 11
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CHAPTER TW0 .......................................................................................... 18
2.1 Law review ............................................................................................... 18
2 .2 The Police Act Chapter 30 ........................................................................ 18
2.3 Labour laws ............................................................................................. 20
2.4 The International Human Rights Norms ................................................... 21
CHAPTER THREE ............................................................................. ., ..................... 24
3.1 Research findings .................................................................................... 24
3.2 The rampancy of gender inequality in the Uganda Police Force ................ 24
3.3 Reporting of sex discrimination by police women ..................................... 27
3.4 The official position .................................................................................. 29
3.5 Inadequacy of the law .............................................................................. 31
3.6 Constraints posed by sexual discrimination ............................................. 31
3. 7 Consequences of refusal .......................................................................... 35
3.7.1 Punishment. ......................................................................................... 35
3.8 Cases of police women harassing police men ............................................ 36
CHAPTER FOUR ..................................................................................................................... 37
4.1 Conclusion .............................................................................................. 37
4.2 Recommendations and action plan .......................................................... 37
4.3 Awareness campaigns .............................................................................. 39
4.4 Boost the number of the policewomen in the force .................................. .40
4 .5 Other measures ....................................................................................... 40
4.5.1 Building confidence in the policewomen ............................................... .40
4.5.2 Establishing a reporting mechanism .................................................... .40
BIBILOGRAPHY ............................................................................................. 42
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to establish how the Ugandan female police officers cope in a predominantly male institution as well as to identify problems faced by the female police officers in as far as discrimination is concerned and whether the law address them adequately. The study was carried out at the police headquarters in Kampala. The study established that sex discrimination was rampant in the police force as revealed by the interviews respondents and was not being reported to the administration because of the way these reports were handled by administrators. The majority of whom were male. However sex administration although there were no mechanisms for reporting it. The study re commended that the law be reformed to recommend awareness campaigns as well as lobbying world advance. The members of police women should be increased to boost their confidence. Effective reporting mechanisms be established by way of suggestion boxes, effective punishments be put in place and victims should be removed from harassers, as well as have these perpetuators named.
