Marjorie Jiménez is a 39-year-old woman who has three children and one on the way. She is also one of the 2,500 women who work as police officers in the Public Force.
Marjorie began her police career when she was 19 years old and has had to fight her way through a sector that is typecast only for men.
This Thursday, a few hours after the commemoration of International Women’s Day, this police narrated the challenges that she and her colleagues face every day in their role to maintain public order and citizen security.
In a conversation between female police officers with President Carlos Alvarado, Jimenez talked about her experience, which has a tinge of greater effort because she works in Guanacaste, one of the provinces where there is a more patriarchal culture.
From being respected by a citizen who must be arrested, to fight against macho behaviors by her fellow police officers are just some of the challenges facing this woman.
President Alvarado listened to other experiences like Marjorie’s on Thursday and highlighted her strength to face this race.
Female police officers in the country represent 18% of the total of all police forces: Public Force, Air Surveillance Service, National Coast Guard Service, Border Police, Drug Control Police, National Police and Police Academy of Migration.