What do you think is the harder challenge: to be a policewoman in one of the world's most dangerous cities?

Or to persuade a conservative husband %26amp; society to accept her choice of career?





In her old Baghdad house, policewoman Bushra Kadhem serves breakfast to her children, finishes her tea and readies herself for a day manning checkpoints in one of the world's most dangerous cities.





Kadhem, 43, became one of Iraq's first policewomen in 2005, joining when an insurgency raged and militants made a point of targeting recruits in the fledgling security forces. Being at the wrong checkpoint at the wrong time meant death.





Now, with violence falling across Iraq, Kadhem says she faces a more persistent challenge: persuading a conservative husband and society at large to accept her choice of career."We have to change the perception of women which says they should stay at home or only do certain kinds of work," she said. "At the beginning female policewomen were seen as a very odd phenomenon, but I hope society can progress beyond this."





A campaign by Saddam of "Islamisation" in the 1990s saw women's rights eroded. And since his downfall in the 2003 U.S. invasion, Iraq has been dominated by Shi'ite Islamist parties that are not sympathetic to calls for gender equality.Now, as U.S. forces hand over to local police and troops and get ready to withdraw completely by the end of 2011, female officers will play a vital role in the Iraqi security forces.





Whatever the complaints of their husbands or male colleagues, policewomen like Kadhem point out that one of Iraq's enemies, al Qaeda, has no qualms about recruiting women.Last year saw around two dozen female suicide bombers launch attacks on behalf of the Sunni Islamist militant group.They have proved a successful tactic, precisely because women are unlikely to be frisked by male police, police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mohammed Ibrahim said.





Kadhem has strong personal reasons for her commitment to the force: her son, also a policeman, was kidnapped and killed in a sectarian attack at the height of the violence in 2006."The killing of my son made me determined to move up in my career," said an emotional Kadhem, wiping tears with a napkin.





"In Iraqi society, there are people who understand women can serve as well as men, and then there are the fanatics," she said. "I hope soon that everyone accepts us as just as capable".|||I don't know the answer to your question Faith, All I can say is I have never met or heard of this woman before now and I do not think there is a person I respect more on this planet





People like her show us the people we should and can be, when you compare people like britney spears, MADONNA or this woman as a role model I know who I would pick|||I think the second choice is harder.|||Why isn't she looking after her house %26amp; family? Give women freedom,and look what happens,they try and think.What next? I expect you'll want to vote!|||No.


Don't think so.


Look in the real world.


Decode this lyrics " Lost in love"


"Fear is the key" ?


Zebra crossing the concrete jungle?


Giving out the smell of "Fear is the key"


With " Alley Oop" having a club on the shoulder passing by.


The predator smells "Food"


Must be finger licking good?


Pounce on it.


Luke 21.30-36


Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49


Luke 9.25,55-56,60


Luke 8.5-8,10-17


Luke 4.4


Luke 11.33-36,46-52


Leviticus 4.13,22


Matt 22.17-21,32


What do you think?|||If you want to be a policewoman, More power to you. No matter if it's in a small town or a large city. I have the utmost respect for any police officer, especially now a days dealing with this out of control society. Hey, women can deal with the public just as well as a man can. I'm a nurse and i gaurantee you it's not Florence Nightingale days anymore. Some of the best nurses are men now days!! Good luck to you if you are a woman and want to be a police officer....go for it!!