Latest items for EWCMS-LAW-4
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Law No. 13/013 of 1 June 2013, on the staff rules for the national police, prohibits all forms of gender-based discrimination during recruitment or at any stage of employment" (2).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Law No. 13/013 of 1 June 2013, on the staff rules for the national police, prohibits all forms of gender-based discrimination during recruitment or at any stage of employment" (2).
Jan. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The Botswana Police Service has also included gender and gender based violence in their pre-service and in service training" (6). "The Botswana Police Service has regularised inclusion of gender and gender based violence in their pre-service and in-service trainings. Tools to facilitate capturing of gender disaggregated data at service points have also been developed by the police" (16).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The Botswana Police Service has also included gender and gender based violence in their pre-service and in service training" (6). "The Botswana Police Service has regularised inclusion of gender and gender based violence in their pre-service and in-service trainings. Tools to facilitate capturing of gender disaggregated data at service points have also been developed by the police" (16).
Aug. 31, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"When the Taliban took over, there were nearly 4,000 women police officers in the country, most of whom lost their jobs. A fraction were retained to manage women’s prisons... The Taliban has maintained a very small number of women as security officials" (para 15).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"When the Taliban took over, there were nearly 4,000 women police officers in the country, most of whom lost their jobs. A fraction were retained to manage women’s prisons... The Taliban has maintained a very small number of women as security officials" (para 15).
June 20, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"From 2002 to 2010, the national police had its own gender department and a handbook of duties that incorporated institutional advances and modernization and provided guidance on gender-related responsibilities." (8).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"From 2002 to 2010, the national police had its own gender department and a handbook of duties that incorporated institutional advances and modernization and provided guidance on gender-related responsibilities." (8).
May 2, 2023, 5:58 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: ATC-DATA-6, EWCMS-PRACTICE-2, EWCMS-LAW-1, EWCMS-LAW-2, EWCMS-LAW-4, EMCMS-LAW-1
Table 7 titled “Policy and Practice,” lists the countries in the survey and information on accommodations made for women in the military. All military positions are open to women in Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad, and Uruguay. All military positions are not open to women in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay. There are recruitment targets in Argentina for the military and it is unknown whether it is the same for the police. Brazil does not have recruitment targets since there are some caps in the military and local caps in the police. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Peru all have no recruitment target...more
Variables: ATC-DATA-6, EWCMS-PRACTICE-2, EWCMS-LAW-1, EWCMS-LAW-2, EWCMS-LAW-4, EMCMS-LAW-1
Table 7 titled “Policy and Practice,” lists the countries in the survey and information on accommodations made for women in the military. All military positions are open to women in Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad, and Uruguay. All military positions are not open to women in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay. There are recruitment targets in Argentina for the military and it is unknown whether it is the same for the police. Brazil does not have recruitment targets since there are some caps in the military and local caps in the police. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Peru all have no recruitment target...more
April 29, 2023, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: Trinidad/Tobago
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"In the national police forces, all positions are officially open to women... [T]he practice does not always align with the formal rules. NO more than 30% of the force is allowed to be women" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"In the national police forces, all positions are officially open to women... [T]he practice does not always align with the formal rules. NO more than 30% of the force is allowed to be women" (12).
April 29, 2023, 12:13 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"In the national police forces, all positions are officially open to women... [T]he practice does not always align with the formal rules" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"In the national police forces, all positions are officially open to women... [T]he practice does not always align with the formal rules" (12).
Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"A handful of these same women went on to senior military positions in Sandinista society and have worked tirelessly to progress the revolution ever since, like Doris Tijerino, who led the Sandinista Police, or Leticia Herrera, who directed the Sandinista Defense Committees" (para 9)
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"A handful of these same women went on to senior military positions in Sandinista society and have worked tirelessly to progress the revolution ever since, like Doris Tijerino, who led the Sandinista Police, or Leticia Herrera, who directed the Sandinista Defense Committees" (para 9)
July 1, 2022, 11:06 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"National Police Force focuses on increasing the number of women police stationed at crisis centres for women. This is to ensure investigations on report of VAW are being properly follow [sic] up" (5).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"National Police Force focuses on increasing the number of women police stationed at crisis centres for women. This is to ensure investigations on report of VAW are being properly follow [sic] up" (5).
March 9, 2022, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"As for women in the State Police, as at December 2008, they amounted to 14.664, of whom 917 performing managerial duties" (56).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"As for women in the State Police, as at December 2008, they amounted to 14.664, of whom 917 performing managerial duties" (56).
Feb. 11, 2022, 5 p.m.
Countries: Thailand
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Since September 2018, women have been barred from applying to the police academy... Separately, the RTP listed 'being a male' as a requirement in an employment announcement for new police investigators" (34).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Since September 2018, women have been barred from applying to the police academy... Separately, the RTP listed 'being a male' as a requirement in an employment announcement for new police investigators" (34).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The state does recruit women to police. While there is no specific data, there are actually more women in police than military" (1).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The state does recruit women to police. While there is no specific data, there are actually more women in police than military" (1).
Nov. 3, 2021, 9:38 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"In order to ensure the safety of policewomen, in 1395 (2016) MoI developed a guide on prevention of sexual harassment, with one of its main objectives to ensure the implementation of the Anti-Harassment Law" (1).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"In order to ensure the safety of policewomen, in 1395 (2016) MoI developed a guide on prevention of sexual harassment, with one of its main objectives to ensure the implementation of the Anti-Harassment Law" (1).
Oct. 12, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"...The judge also commended a police officer who testified against her colleagues, whom she witnessed beating a detained suspect. The police officers were themselves placed under investigation, but press reported in July that the public prosecutor filed another appeal, and the case could go to trial a third time" (4). Indicates that females are recruited into the police force. In this case she was also able to testify against male colleagues (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"...The judge also commended a police officer who testified against her colleagues, whom she witnessed beating a detained suspect. The police officers were themselves placed under investigation, but press reported in July that the public prosecutor filed another appeal, and the case could go to trial a third time" (4). Indicates that females are recruited into the police force. In this case she was also able to testify against male colleagues (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Sept. 22, 2021, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"[T]he committee recommends that the State party:...(g) Continue to increase the number of women judges and police officers" (4-5). "The Committee is particularly concerned about:...The concentration of women judges and police officers in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e Sharif and Jalalabad, owing to the lack of security in other regions, the dearth of trained female police officers assigned to family response units, and their assignment to clerical tasks" (7-8). "[T]he Committee urges the State party:...To increase the number of women judges assigned to units prosecuting violence against women and assign female police officers to family response units throughout the country, ensuring their protection, in particular in provinces and districts where security is...more
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"[T]he committee recommends that the State party:...(g) Continue to increase the number of women judges and police officers" (4-5). "The Committee is particularly concerned about:...The concentration of women judges and police officers in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e Sharif and Jalalabad, owing to the lack of security in other regions, the dearth of trained female police officers assigned to family response units, and their assignment to clerical tasks" (7-8). "[T]he Committee urges the State party:...To increase the number of women judges assigned to units prosecuting violence against women and assign female police officers to family response units throughout the country, ensuring their protection, in particular in provinces and districts where security is...more
Sept. 8, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The law prohibits arbitrary interference in matters of privacy, but authorities did not always respect its provisions. The criminal procedure code contains additional safeguards for the privacy of the home, prohibiting night arrests, requiring the presence of a female officer during residential searches, and strengthening requirements for body searches. The government did not always respect these prohibitions" (12).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The law prohibits arbitrary interference in matters of privacy, but authorities did not always respect its provisions. The criminal procedure code contains additional safeguards for the privacy of the home, prohibiting night arrests, requiring the presence of a female officer during residential searches, and strengthening requirements for body searches. The government did not always respect these prohibitions" (12).
Aug. 11, 2021, 11:23 a.m.
Countries: Finland
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"GREVIO reported a need for more female police officers to fulfill the government’s pledge always to match a victim of violence with an officer of the same gender"(10).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"GREVIO reported a need for more female police officers to fulfill the government’s pledge always to match a victim of violence with an officer of the same gender"(10).
July 23, 2021, 12:51 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Baljit Kaur lives two lives. In the first, she’s a policewoman, composed and authoritative in a pressed uniform and red lipstick. In the second, she’s an aging bride, abandoned by her husband and sleeping under sheets printed with red hearts" (Para 47). "Baljit became a cop in 1995. She worked her way up through training courses and exams and is an assistant sub-inspector at the Fatehgarh Sahib District headquarters in Punjab. She has a sunny government flat with a plant-filled terrace and drives both a scooter and a car" (Para 56).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Baljit Kaur lives two lives. In the first, she’s a policewoman, composed and authoritative in a pressed uniform and red lipstick. In the second, she’s an aging bride, abandoned by her husband and sleeping under sheets printed with red hearts" (Para 47). "Baljit became a cop in 1995. She worked her way up through training courses and exams and is an assistant sub-inspector at the Fatehgarh Sahib District headquarters in Punjab. She has a sunny government flat with a plant-filled terrace and drives both a scooter and a car" (Para 56).
July 21, 2021, 10:16 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The Australian Federal Police will recruit hundreds of women under a new strategy to boost the number of female officers to 30 per cent within seven years" (Para 1). "'The AFP already has a number of senior, experienced women within the organisation and incredible women coming through the ranks, but we want and need to do better'" (Para 6).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The Australian Federal Police will recruit hundreds of women under a new strategy to boost the number of female officers to 30 per cent within seven years" (Para 1). "'The AFP already has a number of senior, experienced women within the organisation and incredible women coming through the ranks, but we want and need to do better'" (Para 6).
July 7, 2021, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Prince Mohammed bin Salman, named heir to the throne in June 2017, has pushed an economic plan, known as 'Vision 2030', that aims to boost the female quota in the workplace from 22 percent to 30 percent by 2030.King Salman - his father - has signed off on decrees allowing women to apply online for their own business licences. Women are now also permitted to join the Saudi police force"(para 96,97).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Prince Mohammed bin Salman, named heir to the throne in June 2017, has pushed an economic plan, known as 'Vision 2030', that aims to boost the female quota in the workplace from 22 percent to 30 percent by 2030.King Salman - his father - has signed off on decrees allowing women to apply online for their own business licences. Women are now also permitted to join the Saudi police force"(para 96,97).
July 1, 2021, 2:29 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Interestingly, two women are at the forefront of this effort: Eka Zguladze, the first deputy interior minister, and Khatia Dekanoidze, the country’s national police chief. In addition to improving training programs and introducing new uniforms, they have also overseen a rapid increase in the hiring of female police officers" (para 3).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Interestingly, two women are at the forefront of this effort: Eka Zguladze, the first deputy interior minister, and Khatia Dekanoidze, the country’s national police chief. In addition to improving training programs and introducing new uniforms, they have also overseen a rapid increase in the hiring of female police officers" (para 3).
June 29, 2021, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"[Baghdad] — As in many places, women who work in law enforcement in Iraq have yet to achieve equality with their male counterparts, but they're making progress. The Rescue Directorate of the Ministry of Interior deployed Nov. 17 a group of policewomen to patrol the streets of Baghdad and monitor the gates of girls’ schools, colleges, institutes and markets in a bid to combat harassment in public places" (para 1-2). "The Police Academy confirmed the graduation of 158 female police officers between 2011 and 2017 and said that 25 more are to graduate in next July. Of note, women have only been allowed to take part in four of the...more
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"[Baghdad] — As in many places, women who work in law enforcement in Iraq have yet to achieve equality with their male counterparts, but they're making progress. The Rescue Directorate of the Ministry of Interior deployed Nov. 17 a group of policewomen to patrol the streets of Baghdad and monitor the gates of girls’ schools, colleges, institutes and markets in a bid to combat harassment in public places" (para 1-2). "The Police Academy confirmed the graduation of 158 female police officers between 2011 and 2017 and said that 25 more are to graduate in next July. Of note, women have only been allowed to take part in four of the...more
April 26, 2021, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"As for women in the State Police, as at December 2008, they amounted to 14.664, of whom 917 performing managerial duties" (56).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"As for women in the State Police, as at December 2008, they amounted to 14.664, of whom 917 performing managerial duties" (56).
Feb. 13, 2021, 6:15 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
“As Pakistan struggles with extremism and terrorism, a growing number of women are joining the country's security forces. Photographer Sa'adia Khan recently spent some time with the female police commandos in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. During months of intense exercises, these Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) commandos acquire essential skills in survival, hostage rescue, counterterrorism operations, and policing protests” (para 1).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
“As Pakistan struggles with extremism and terrorism, a growing number of women are joining the country's security forces. Photographer Sa'adia Khan recently spent some time with the female police commandos in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. During months of intense exercises, these Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) commandos acquire essential skills in survival, hostage rescue, counterterrorism operations, and policing protests” (para 1).
Feb. 4, 2021, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1325, passed in 2000, Afghanistan has put in place the Elimination of Violence against Women Law (EVAW Law), including the establishment of the Commissions on EVAW at national and local levels and the EVAW Prosecution Units. It also has seen to the creation of women protection centers and the progressive increase in recruitment of policewomen. Today, across Afghanistan, there are 205 gender response units, run primarily by women of the Afghanistan National Police, in some of the most troubled parts of the country. Despite the challenges they face in gaining acceptance, I am encouraged by the dedication of these Afghan policewomen. Their motivations to...more
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1325, passed in 2000, Afghanistan has put in place the Elimination of Violence against Women Law (EVAW Law), including the establishment of the Commissions on EVAW at national and local levels and the EVAW Prosecution Units. It also has seen to the creation of women protection centers and the progressive increase in recruitment of policewomen. Today, across Afghanistan, there are 205 gender response units, run primarily by women of the Afghanistan National Police, in some of the most troubled parts of the country. Despite the challenges they face in gaining acceptance, I am encouraged by the dedication of these Afghan policewomen. Their motivations to...more
Jan. 31, 2021, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: LO-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-1, EWCMS-LAW-4
“Angola has a significant number of non-governmental associations, which attests to the openness to such organizations and to the capacity of women, including: the Angolan Women’s Organization, the Association of Women Entrepreneurs, the League of Angolan Women, the Angolan Association of Women Lawyers, the Women’s Network, the Association of Women Police, the Association of Women Parliamentarians, the Forum of Women Journalists for Gender Equality, the Association of Women Journalists, the Women in Action Platform and the Network of Women Living with HIV/AIDS” (pp. 28-29).
Variables: LO-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-1, EWCMS-LAW-4
“Angola has a significant number of non-governmental associations, which attests to the openness to such organizations and to the capacity of women, including: the Angolan Women’s Organization, the Association of Women Entrepreneurs, the League of Angolan Women, the Angolan Association of Women Lawyers, the Women’s Network, the Association of Women Police, the Association of Women Parliamentarians, the Forum of Women Journalists for Gender Equality, the Association of Women Journalists, the Women in Action Platform and the Network of Women Living with HIV/AIDS” (pp. 28-29).
Jan. 1, 2021, 2:57 p.m.
Countries: Tanzania
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"But Superintendent Pili Simon Misungwi, who heads the gender desk at the Shinyanga district police station, dismisses any claims of wrongdoing by her staff" (para 34).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"But Superintendent Pili Simon Misungwi, who heads the gender desk at the Shinyanga district police station, dismisses any claims of wrongdoing by her staff" (para 34).
Dec. 23, 2020, 3:04 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The Bhopal Police’s Nirbhaya Women’s Patrol is under the scanner for moral policing. The team is named after the December 16 gang-rape victim’s pseudonym. The six-member police unit consists of an SUV with a male driver and four women constables led by Sub-Inspector Namita Sahu, an officer who has previously dealt with crimes against women in Jabalpur" (para 1-2).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The Bhopal Police’s Nirbhaya Women’s Patrol is under the scanner for moral policing. The team is named after the December 16 gang-rape victim’s pseudonym. The six-member police unit consists of an SUV with a male driver and four women constables led by Sub-Inspector Namita Sahu, an officer who has previously dealt with crimes against women in Jabalpur" (para 1-2).
Dec. 23, 2020, 2:47 p.m.
Countries: Libya
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"As part of a decision made at the G8 summit (June, 2013) to offer army and police security training to 7,000 security personnel, Libyan troops will be sent to the UK for training. There are no women among these personnel, despite years of successful women-formed police and security units first deployed in post-war Liberia in 2003" (5). "Qadhafi exploited women’s rights discourses to prove his modernity and enlightenment. He made pronouncements on women’s advancement and gave them highly visible and sexualized roles as his personal bodyguards" (6).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"As part of a decision made at the G8 summit (June, 2013) to offer army and police security training to 7,000 security personnel, Libyan troops will be sent to the UK for training. There are no women among these personnel, despite years of successful women-formed police and security units first deployed in post-war Liberia in 2003" (5). "Qadhafi exploited women’s rights discourses to prove his modernity and enlightenment. He made pronouncements on women’s advancement and gave them highly visible and sexualized roles as his personal bodyguards" (6).
June 23, 2020, 6 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The reform of the internal affairs agencies and their integration into the global system requires the broad involvement of women in law enforcement activities. This principle was incorporated in the police reform strategy approved by Presidential decree in March 2013. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will conduct a continuous review of recruitment procedures and job descriptions from a gender perspective in order to identify possible elements of prejudice against women applicants and obstacles to their recruitment and if necessary, make adjustments to these procedures" (9).
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-4
"The reform of the internal affairs agencies and their integration into the global system requires the broad involvement of women in law enforcement activities. This principle was incorporated in the police reform strategy approved by Presidential decree in March 2013. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will conduct a continuous review of recruitment procedures and job descriptions from a gender perspective in order to identify possible elements of prejudice against women applicants and obstacles to their recruitment and if necessary, make adjustments to these procedures" (9).