Abstract

GARCIA SARRIA, Juan José et al. Mothers in pregnancy and lactation period and their relationship with the police service in Colombia. Rev. logos cienc. tecnol. [online]. 2023, vol.15, n.1, pp.19-32.  Epub Dec 11, 2023. ISSN 2145-594X.  https://doi.org/10.22335/rlct.v15i1.1684.

Following studies carried out in different police forces regarding the performance of uniformed women during pregnancy and breastfeeding, we investigated how the roles of mother and police relate to each other in the Colombian National Police. The study focused on the establishment of lines of action to improve the quality of life of uniformed women through the interpretation of factors of reciprocal incidence between the police profession, being a mother and police service.

The research was framed within the qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Likewise, the emotional, social, labor and normative conditions of the female population during pregnancy and breastfeeding were studied, based on the experience of 37 women during a promotion course at the Escuela de Suboficiales y Nivel Ejecutivo Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. The difficulty of balancing the demands of work and child rearing, tensions caused by pressure from superiors and colleagues and the absence of places conducive to the manual expression of breast milk were evidenced. Finally, lines of action are proposed with a view to transforming the way policewomen are viewed in the conditions described, as an input to generate changes and strategies in institutional policies.

Keywords : mothers; maternity; lactation; gender division of labour; gender roles; gender stereotypes; gestation; pregnancy; police; women's health.

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