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Each year, the World Customs Organization (WCO) has announced a unique theme to give rise to debates, debates and concentrated measures for International Customs Day celebrations. This year’s theme, “commitment to performance, security and prosperity”, alleys well with the important risks posed by the customs administration around the world. However, the gender is recognized as an important driver of the mainstream in the mainstream.
The gender is a prominent concept in the mainstream today, and the WCO has been actively promoting it in recent years. It has patronized the gender mainstream in the customs administration and sponsored workshops on equality, and its member administration has been prepared to help the customs add gender equality, diversity and customs to the customs.
In the case of Pakistan, there has been positive progress in recent years, including the higher recruitment of female officers in the customs service. Despite this progress, cultural impressions continue to limit the number of female officers assigned to anti -smuggling and enforcement activities. The problem is largely affected by regional dynamics, as the UN Office for Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) highlights a 2021 report, which says “law in Southeast Asia The percentage of female officers is lower in the enforcement agencies. ” In addition, a joint study by the United Nations and Interpol has revealed 6 % disappointing representation of women in law enforcement agencies in Southeast Asia.
Although by 2022, there are no specific figures available about the exact number of women in the Pakistan Customs Implementation Division, women collectively set up only 2 % of the law enforcement personnel in Pakistan. – However, it has not refrained from proving its capabilities in anti -smuggling and border security roles. Women officers from all cadre have performed commendable in the implementation operations across the country, whether they are in Peshawar, Gwadar, Karachi, or Multan. Despite this complimentary performance, the challenges in relation to women’s participation in the implementation of customs remain. These challenges include cultural prejudices and lack of gender -sensitive facilities in the field.
From hereditary cultural prejudices to insufficient convenience from the gender -sensitive facility in this sector, women are generally not considered to be a patron of economic fronts or to deal with drug -related crimes. These areas are culturally attributed to men, and this idea is so deeply engulfed in the minds of policy makers that women often lose the opportunity to work in the implementation -related fields. For example, an emergency requires immediate action through anti -smuggling operation, which is compared to men compared to women in the formation of this team. A female officer is usually included only as a thinking, and often in the event of a lack of staff.
As Larrell Thatcher Alorich famously said, “Women who are treated rarely make history,” traditional trends of gender boundaries rarely produce the desired results or sustainable success. Effective Customs Implementation, Positive Social Meritization, and Mandate Setting LOLICY, Policymakers, it is important to formulate policies involved in more and more gender, especially traditionally male -majority areas such as anti -smuggling and border security management Increasing the representation of women.
In order to make gender a part of the customs to the mainstream, decision makers will have to set policies that women officers are able to maintain a good balance of work life even though they are deployed in operational areas – It will include provisions such as flexible work hours, remote work options, and workplace facilities such as day care centers. In addition, proper training training for female officers is essential to bring their skills equal to their male counterparts, who already receive such training, including regular exercises and weapons dealing with weapons. Session. In addition, large -scale awareness programs and social media campaigns can also produce positive results.
The New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) acts as a great case study for gender involvement in the fieldwork. Their participation and diversity council implemented a five -year plan to increase leadership roles, enhance women, ensure gender neutral policies, adopt zero tolerance measures to harass, and effective balance of work life Emphasis was on providing flexible arrangements.
Human resources policies should not be encouraged to represent women less than the implementation activities or deliberately exclude. Instead, the purpose of such policies is to create a conducive environment where all gender fully capabilities can be understood and used. The Enforcement Division of Pakistan Customs is making its identity with an effective system to prevent and control daily smuggling. However, more and more in the leadership characters and fieldwork to fully exploit the comprehensive human resource strategy and fully exploit the customs, security and prosperity of the performance, security and prosperity. Women need to be represented.
The author is currently working as Assistant Collector, Customs Enforcement Collector, Karachi.
