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Abstract
The main objective of this research was to explore the potential opportunity that benefits the working conditions of female community police officers in Gambella town. To this end, two specific objectives were designed. These are, identify the institutional opportunity that benefits the working conditions of female community police officers in Gambella town and identify the social opportunity that benefits the working conditions of female community police officers in Gambella town. The researcher used case study as a research strategy/design/ which is related to interpretive philosophical assumption. Purposive and convenience (availability) samples was employed in order to select key informants. Nineteen (19) police officer (16 females and 3 males) were taken as participants for the in-depth interview and the 16 participants used for the three focus group Discussion. The researcher used also document analysis as the sources of data collection for this study. Qualitative data analyzed thematically based on the research an objective that was guided by the study. The finding of this study showed that. Even though there exist many challenges for female police officers, there found opportunities for them in this study. The government encourages females to join the police department even though the quota is less as compared to males. The affirmative action policies adopted by many police departments significantly is important to increase the number of female police officers in Gambella Ethiopia. The department also creates favorable conditions for females by allowing them to not to do jobs at night and assist them to perform more administrative jobs during the whole pregnancy period. In addition, getting assignment on their preferred site is also another opportunity for female police officers. Socially, since women police officers are more trusted by females, on their GBV fruitful work, they gain better response from the society.