India's Ladycops

Hundreds of women's police stations have been set up across India to combat domestic abuse and sexual violence, following the Delhi rape case in December 2012.

Parmila Dalal is second-in-command at the women's police station in Sonipat, in the northern state of Haryana. Every day she must deal with the cases the public bring to her.

Some days she works as a typical police officer, investigating crimes or managing matters of public order. But much of Parmila's time is spent mediating in family disputes, in which she acts more as a counsellor or social worker.

She encounters family members at war over such contentious matters as caste, dowry payment and relations with abusive in-laws. The Al Jazeera documentary “India's Ladycops” reveals how women's lives are changing in India today, and how they often struggle to reconcile the conflicting demands made upon them.