Third Vice President Sandra Martin has been tasked with representing the IAWP in New York as well as compiling and presenting our recommendations.  In turn, IAWP is asking its Members for review and comment on the Manual; respond directly to Sandra at martinps@mymts.net.  Deadline for Responses is October 7, 2016.  This will ensure your input is reviewed and captured in time for the meeting.

• Draft of the Women's Access to Justice Manual which will be the subject of discussion at the meeting in October, being  provided to IAWP Members for review and comment directly to Third Vice President, Sandra Martin, martinps@mymts.net.

• Overview of the October meeting along with its provisional agenda.  This paper provides a detail of the meeting and the agenda.

• Links are also on the webpage to the 21 September 2016 Peace Day flyer, CSW60, CSW59, the U.N SDGs
  
  
• You can also find details on these initiatives at YouTube Videos on SDGs

• Contact Carol Paterick, carolpaterick@gmail.com, if you want a copy of the PDF file emailed directly.

IAWP Broadcast Service September 25, 2016

U.S. Senators seek to boost women in international forces

Also, according to the United Nations, women make up 3 percent of total military forces deployed to peacekeeping missions and 9 percent of total police forces deployed to peacekeeping missions.

For law enforcement, the U.S. State Department would have to ensure that women make up at least 10 percent of participants from foreign countries getting law enforcement training.

In her statement, Boxer said more women in peacekeeping missions could curb alleged sexual abuse.

“When women are deployed on peacekeeping missions, there are fewer allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation,” she said. “Women soldiers and police are uniquely capable of reaching out to underserved populations, demobilizing and reintegrating female ex-combatants, and mentoring other women."

The underrepresentation of women affects mission effectiveness, Shaheen added.

"Women bring an invaluable and necessary skill set to their units,” she said in a written statement. “We know that women all across the globe are ready and willing to meet the challenge of serving in security forces alongside male colleagues. Through our support of foreign security forces, the United States is in a position to empower women through participation in security forces.”

http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/policy/defense/297294-senators-seek-to-boost-women-in-international-forces

   
 
Senior Superintendent Maxine I. Graham
Guyana Police Force
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From TIME:
 

Get to know Phoenix’s first female police chief, Jeri Williams
     http://ktar.com/story/1175543/get-to-know-phoenixs-first-female-police-chief-jeri-williams/

Los Angeles Times, Opinion
One group is responsible for America’s culture of violence, and it isn’t cops, black Americans, Muslims or rednecks. It’s men.  What we don’t talk about is how the greatest predictor of violence isn’t religion, occupation or race. It’s gender.
      http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-police-mass-shooting-men-women-gender-20160715-snap-story.html

CBC Investigates
Quebec police forces have best representation of women in Canada
32% of Montreal's force are women, Winnipeg and Northern RCMP rank lowest
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/women-police-quebec-1.3679657

Retired Australia Queensland Deputy Commissioner Kath Rynders keynote on the 85th anniversary of women in the Queensland service:

"Four phases of development:
-battle to be a female police officer
-achieving equality in the Service
-achieving power in the role
-current phase of rebuilding women in policing"

http://www.qt.com.au/news/battle-continues-for-police-women/3005192/

The police have traditionally been regarded as men's profession. In the Nigeria Police, no woman had held the post of national spokesman since the unification of the various municipal and regional police organisations to form the national police in the 1960s, until August 28 last year. That was when Olabisi Kolawole was appointed Force Public Relations Officer by Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase. How does it feel to be Nigeria's first female FPRO, to manage the image of an organisation dominated by men? Yemi Akinsuyi, in this report, brings focus to the experiences of Kolawole 

Read more: http://allafrica.com/stories/201604181556.html