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Kathmandu , Nepal , Recent, 2009
1. Wide of traffic on street ; woman traffic police directing traffic
2. Various of women traffic police at work
3. Close of shoes
4. Women traffic police directing traffic
5. Close of gloved hand, holding whistle
6. Pan from woman traffic police gesturing with her hand to direct traffic to traffic moving on the road
7. Woman traffic police on horseback asking cyclist to move away from road
8. Close of woman traffic police blowing whistle and directing traffic
9. Tilt up from horse’s legs to woman traffic police on horseback
10. Wide of woman traffic police on horseback
11. Traffic Police sub-inspector Laxmi Gurung riding a patrol motor-bike
12. Pedestrians trying to cross road as traffic moving behind and in front of them
13. Various of Laxmi Gurung holding a wireless set and directing traffic
12. Poster of Laxmi Gurung in her uniform
13. SOUNDBITE: ( Nepali ) Laxmi Gurung, Sector In-charge and Police Sub-Inspector:
“Controlling the traffic is a much tougher job now compared to what it was like in the past. We have narrow roads and the number of vehicles on the streets have increased significantly. Also, people seem to lack awareness …which makes it a more difficult job for us at present.”
14. Billboard with traffic signs
15. Road safety awareness board put up on the street
16. Traffic light turning red
17. Woman traffic police rushing to stop a bike rider from crossing the red light
18. Woman traffic police checking ID of a bike driver
19. Woman traffic police pushing a car off the road after it broke down in the middle of the traffic
20. Camera tracking a woman traffic police officer as she hands over a traffic rule violation slip to a car driver
21. SOUNDBITE ( Nepali ) Laxman Lama, Cab Driver:
“The women traffic police are very good at their work. They are are doing a much better job than their male co-workers. They have been handling both the pedestrians and the drivers who do not follow the traffic rules and drive carelessly. They are very good.”
22. SOUNDBITE ( Nepali ) Rajendra Karki , Bike Rider:
“Their work is praiseworthy…they are very sincere in carrying out their duties. However I feel there is some kind of discrimination prevailing among the drivers regarding the women traffic police.”
23. Traffic Control Room sign board
24. Women traffic police taking a call on the traffic phone helpline ; telling the caller that ‘there is some disturbance in traffic flow at Kirtipur road but otherwise no traffic jams’
25. Road map of Kathmandu
26. Wide of traffic helpline centre
27. Close of traffic update being sent by SMS on mobile phone
28. Various of top angle traffic on road ; woman traffic police at work
29. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Laxmi Gurung, Sector In-charge and Police Sub-Inspector:
“Of course we face discrimination from some people…sometimes we find ourselves in situations and places where we have to face humiliation. But we try to ignore them…we would much rather focus on our work and the duty that has been assigned to us. That is how we have come this far.”
30. Pan from roadside vendors to woman traffic police at work
31. Woman traffic police officer talking to her colleague on horseback
32. Close of woman traffic police officer
33. Woman traffic police officer directing traffic at a busy junction
LEAD IN:
Women in the former Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal have conquered yet another male bastion.
More than 100 women are now part of the female traffic police force, directing the flow of vehicles across the Nepalese capital.
STORYLINE:
Today the Kathmandu.Metropolitan Women’s traffic police force is 125-strong, managing and regulating traffic at major junctions in the city.
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Post time: Jan-24-2017