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7th DECEMBER, 2013

Abu Dhabi UAE - MoI and IAWP Discuss Cooperation. The Ministry of Interior, represented by the National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking at the Human Rights Department, discussed means to enhance cooperation and mutual coordination in the anti-trafficking field with the International Association of Women Police (IAWP). For this end, Colonel Khamis Obeid Al Kaabi, Vice Chairman of the committee, met in his office with Jane Townsley, President of the International Association of Women Police.
 http://www.zawya.com/story/MoI_and_IAWP_Discuss_Cooperation-ZAWYA20131207101826/

Kabul Afghanistan - FOURTH Policewoman is killed in the last six months. Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a policewoman in western Afghanistan on Thursday, wounding her daughter and two other family members who were with her. It was the fourth killing of an Afghan policewoman in the last six months.  “Her name was Masooma, and she was very active in her job,” said Gen. Abdul Rahim Chikhansori, the acting police chief for Nimruz Province. “The enemy of Afghanistan didn’t tolerate her great service and active approach, and unfortunately she was martyred.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/world/asia/gunmen-kill-afghan-policewoman.html?_r=0
          Related: Gunmen kill female police officer in western Afghanistan
  http://www.khaama.com/gunmen-kill-female-police-officer-in-western-afghanistan-2601
Jakarta Indonesia - Indonesian Policewomen wear hijabs. Hijabs for policewomen is a matter of human rights and is protected by the Indonesia Constitution`s Chapter 28E, Article 1. Wearing a headscarf is a human right, and he will therefore allow women to wear headscarves if they believe it is part of their religious obligations.http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/91739/just-a-matter-of-time-before-indonesian-policewomen-wear-hijabs
Edmonton Canada - Edmonton police approve newly designed uniform hijab for female officersPhoto and article: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Edmonton+police+approve+newly+designed+uniform+hijab+female+officers/9257918/story.html
US - First three female soldiers join Fort Hood artillery unit.

1st DECEMBER, 2013
 
43 weeks until IAWP 43 kicks off!
IAWP 2014 has updated our registration page, including extending the early bird rate until January 31, 2014.  Be sure to visit the web site at www.iawp2014.org to register.  See the IAWP 2014 Blog (doing double duty as the Region 12 Blog) for regular updates at http://www.iawp.org/regions/region12.htm.

Quebec Canada - Quebec police arrest 28 in child pornography crackdown. Quebec provincial police say they have arrested 28 men in a sweeping crackdown on Internet child pornography across the province. Most of the suspects, who were picked up in 25 municipalities, have already appeared in court on several charges, including possession, distribution and production of child pornography.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec-police-arrest-28-in-child-pornography-crackdown/article15552211/

Olive Branch Mississippi - The city of Olive Branch has dedicated a strip of Mississippi Highway 305 to Lt. Vicky Baldwin, the city’s first woman police officer.  http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20131127/NEWS/311270046

Bath Maine - Michelle Small, the Bath Police Department’s first woman supervisor, followed in the footsteps of her great-grandfather when she went into the field of law enforcement. Bath police officer Michelle Small was recently promoted to corporal, the department’s first female supervisor. She is with her new canine partner, Sampson.http://bangordailynews.com/2013/11/25/news/midcoast/first-female-supervisor-among-bath-police-promotions/?ref=latest
Jakarta Indonesia - Policewomen begin wearing ‘hijab’ .  National Police chief Gen. Sutarman gave his approval on Wednesday, allowing policewomen to wear the Islamic head covering to work. “Wearing a hijab is part of religious freedom. Policewomen who want to cover their heads can do so, just like the policewomen in Aceh. They must, of course, buy their own hijab as we don’t have the budget to supply them,” he said at National Police headquarters in South Jakarta recently. The ban on policewomen wearing hijab was introduced in 2005, when then-National Police chief Gen. Sutanto issued a decree ordering all police officers to wear only official police force attire.http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/11/23/policewomen-begin-wearing-hijab.html

Abu Dhabi - Conference addresses challenges faced by women cops.  Regional Conference of Women Police being held in Abu Dhabi discusses the role of women in police work.  In 1978, 24 Emirati women constituted the first group of women personnel to join the Abu Dhabi Police. Today, 35 years later, there are over 2000 Emirati women in the police force. The challenges they face, however, are far from over. Reaching higher ranks, lack of women-personnel in police departments such as K9 and dealing with violence against women are some of the challenges they plan to address in the second Regional Conference of Women Police 2013, taking place in Abu Dhabi on November 25-27.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/government/2013/November/government_November91.xml&section=government

26th NOVEMBER, 2013

Abu Dhabi UAE - Conference Addresses Challenges Faced by Women Police.  During the first Regional Conference of Women Police, also held in Abu Dhabi last year, the EWPA was named as the regional headquarters for the IAWP in the Middle East. Among the delegates present at this year’s conference was Millan Veriva, US ambassador for global women issues, who stressed that women in uniform still have “miles to go”. “There is an enormous gender gap. Women in uniform can more easily build trust in areas such as violence against women,” she pointed out. She gave the example of Afghan police women, who only represent one per cent of the Afghan Police, yet one of them died in the line of duty last month. “An Afghan police woman told me that they are viewed by their male colleagues as weak and they have to work hard every day to prove them wrong,” Veriva said.http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/government/2013/November/government_November91.xml&section=government
Bath Maine - First female supervisor among Bath police promotions. Michelle Small, Bath's canine patrol officer, recently became the Bath Police Department's first supervisor after being promoted to corporal.http://bangordailynews.com/2013/11/25/news/midcoast/first-female-supervisor-among-bath-police-promotions/?ref=latest
Afghanistan - Meet Afghanistan's first Female Rapper, Paradise Sorouri. http://jezebel.com/meet-afghanistan-s-first-female-rapper-1471133537

25th NOVEMBER, 2013

Abu Dhabi UAE - The 2nd Regional Conference of Women Police Starts in Abu Dhabi Tomorrow.http://www.zawya.com/story/The_2nd_Regional_Conference_of_Women_Police_Starts_in_Abu_Dhabi_Tomorrow-ZAWYA20131124135426/
Abu Dhabi UAE - UAE ministry backs female police officers to succeed. UAE official hails women’s role as capital hosts Regional Women Police Conference.
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/uae-ministry-backs-female-police-officers-to-succeed-1.1252533
Washington DC - First female Park Police chief announces retirement. The first ever female leader of the U.S. Park Police, Chief Teresa Chambers, announced her retirement Thursday effective on the date of her 35th anniversary as a sworn police officer. 
  http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/21/21565662-first-female-park-police-chief-announces-retirement?lite
American Canyon California - American Canyon picks first female police chief. Tracey Stuart welcomed, but council grouses about short tenures.With a bit of grousing about the short tenure of her predecessors, the American Canyon City Council unanimously selected the city’s first female police chief Tuesday, naming Napa County Sheriff’s Captain Tracey Stuart to the position.http://napavalleyregister.com/eagle/news/local/american-canyon-picks-first-female-police-chief/article_8acc402e-523f-11e3-b849-0019bb2963f4.html

Jakarta Indonesia - Policewomen cheering the use of hijab.  http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/11/21/policewomen-cheering-use-hijab.html


19th NOVEMBER, 2013

Lucknow India - India's first women-only bank now open.  The first branch of India's first all-woman bank -- Bharatiya Mahila Bank -- opened in Lucknow on Tuesday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the branch via video conferencing from Mumbai. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was also be present. The Bharatiya Mahila Bank has been set up by the government exclusively for women and will predominantly employ women. One of the key objectives of the bank is to focus on the banking needs of women and promote economic empowerment through women's growth and development. The bank has appointed an all-women board of 8 members.http://profit.ndtv.com/news/cheat-sheet/article-indias-first-women-only-bank-now-open-top-10-facts-372621

West Brookfield Massachusetts - West Brookfield police hire first female full-time officer. Selectmen Tuesday night paved the way for a history-making event early next month. Jeannine M. Bonnayer of Ware was introduced to the board by Police Chief C. Thomas O'Donnell Jr. as the department's choice for appointment as the first full-time female police officer in town. There were eight candidates for the post, and "hands down she was our first choice," the chief said.
 http://www.telegram.com/article/20131112/NEWS/311129613/1116
Boddington Western Australia - Ad campaign to see police women step forward. THE State Government has unveiled new advertisements targeting women to join the policing ranks. The new ads, which started Sunday night at an estimated cost of $1million, are part of a State Government commitment to recruit an additional 550 extra police officers and auxiliaries. Premier Colin Barnett said the State Government was committed to increasing the ratio of both female officers and officers from Aboriginal and multicultural backgrounds within WA Police through the Step Forward campaign.http://www.murraymail.com.au/story/1917587/ad-campaign-to-see-police-women-step-forward/?cs=1234
Thames England - Women police proving a force to be reckoned with. THAMES Valley Police Chief Constable Sara Thornton CBE QPM, said: “When I joined the Metropolitan Police 28 years ago, women were treated very differently – we weren't even issued with the old wooden truncheons." In June 2006 she was awarded the Queen's Police Medal. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the police. In February 2013 she was assessed as the 18th most powerful woman in Britain by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10817388.Women_police_proving_a_force_to_be_reckoned_with/
Uttar Predish India - Man to head women police station.   Undeterred by the widespread criticism for being insensitive toward the womenfolk, the Uttar Pradesh police have gone a step further in showing utter disregard to women’s rights. Officials in the riot-torn Muzaffarnagar district have handed over the charge of the only mahila thana (women-only police station) to a male cop even though there were strict instructions that only women should head such police stations.  “It is only a temporary arrangement. A woman cop will be handed over the charge the moment we get one,” said a senior police official.

12th NOVEMBER, 2013

Britain's Bletchley Park - Lifting the veil of secrecy: Meet the female code-breakers of WWII. Bletchley Park was the home of British code-breaking during World War II. The National Museum of Computing based at the Bletchley estate launched a new exhibit on women in computing. Bletchley's fascinating history only became public several decades after the war ended. Women made up majority of the 10,000 people who worked at secret code-breaking operation.http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/11/world/europe/lifting-the-veil-of-secrecy-codebreakers/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews
Kenya - CNN Heroes - Woman challenges tradition, brings change to her Kenyan village.  "Fathers are now saying, 'My daughter could do better than my son,' " Ntaiya said. Kakenya Ntaiya is one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2013. When she was 14 years old, Kakenya Ntaiya entered the cow pen behind her home with an elderly woman carrying a rusty knife. As a crowd from her Maasai village looked on, Ntaiya sat down, lifted her skirt and opened her legs. The woman grabbed Ntaiya's most intimate body parts and, in just moments, cut them out. "It (was) really painful. I fainted," recalled Ntaiya, now 34. "You're not supposed to cry." But she had a plan. She negotiated a deal with her father, threatening to run away unless he promised she could finish high school after the ceremony.http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/14/world/africa/cnnheroes-ntaiya-girls-school/index.html?hpt=wo_t2
Botwana - The four sisters who took on Botswana's chiefs - and won. In many countries across Africa, the right of the firstborn male, or closest male relative, to inherit family property - is still standard practice. Women are denied the right to inherit the family estate purely because of their gender, a custom that is upheld by some traditional leaders. But four sisters in Botswana did something that no-one there thought was possible - they took on tradition and won. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24623692

Tucson Arizona - Tucson's first woman cop back in the Old Pueblo. Joan Reinke Robles, left, caught up with her former police partner, Alice Birdman Maguire, on Monday. Robles and Maguire, who is visiting from California, were the first female officers in Tucson during the 1950s. The Tucson Police Department today employees 940 sworn officers, 139 of whom are women, according to the department website.

 7th NOVEMBER, 2013

Abu Dhabi UAE - UAE ministry backs female police officers to succeed. UAE official hails women’s role as capital hosts Regional Women Police Conference. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced plans to narrow the gap between male and female police officers, adding that women are just as capable of excelling in all fields of the task force as their male counterparts. Currently comprising 5,000 members, the Women’s Police Association will be the spotlight of the second Regional Women Police Conference, which will be held in the capital from November 25 to 27. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/uae-ministry-backs-female-police-officers-to-succeed-1.1252533?utm_content=1.1252533&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign=UAE_ministry_backs_female_police_officers_to_succeed&localLinksEnabled=false&utm_term=News_RSS_feed
Gaza City Israel - Yorkshire-educated woman becomes first female Hamas spokesperson. Isra al-Modallal, 23, who spent three years at school in Bradford, becomes public face of Hamas government in Gaza. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/07/yorkshire-educated-woman-female-hamas-spokesperson
Fairfax Virginia - Stacey Kincaid is elected Fairfax County’s first female sheriff. Fairfax voters elected the first female sheriff in the county’s history Tuesday, as Stacey Kincaid, a 26-year veteran of the sheriff’s department, cruised to a double-digit lead over her closest opponent. In an interview, Kincaid said she had thought about running for sheriff throughout her career.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/stacey-kincaid-is-elected-fairfax-countys-first-female-sheriff/2013/11/05/1c63a0e8-4626-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html
Cedar City Utah - Elects Youngest, First Woman Mayor. Cedar City residents elected their first woman mayor in Tuesday's elections. And at only 27 years old, Mayor-elect Maile Wilson is also the city's and one of Utah's youngest mayors ever. "It kind of broke the mold of the 'good ol' boys club' and what we'd always had here," Wilson said of her selection. "I've had a number of different parents contact me and say: 'This shows that my daughter can reach for the stars and do whatever she sets her mind to.'"http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_7977.shtml
Pleasant Valley New York - NY State Police Troop K gets first woman commander. Maj. Robin H. Benziger has been appointed commander of New York State Police Troop K, the first woman ever to hold the post, the police announced on Thursday. Benziger is a 30-year veteran of the state police who began her career as a trooper in Troop K, patrolling Fishkill, Rhinebeck, and Claverack. Troop K comprises Dutchess, Columbia, Putnam and Westchester counties and is based in Dutchess.http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20131107/ny-state-police-troop-k-gets-first-woman-commander
AWLE Conference - Post-traumatic stress help needed, say women police. More than 100 female police officers from across Atlantic Canada are in Charlottetown this week, and one of the topics of discussion is post traumatic stress disorder. It is the annual conference of Atlantic Women in Law Enforcement, which focuses on the unique challenges facing women in policing.
 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/post-traumatic-stress-help-needed-say-women-police-1.2418278
Storm of the Century - Thousands flee Super Typhon's deadly path.
http://edition.cnn.com/?hpt=ed_Intl

3rd NOVEMBER, 2013

EWPA - Second Regional Women Police Conference to Discuss Challenges and Future.
 http://www.ewpa.adpolice.gov.ae/index.php?module=news&nid=73&catid=1
Montreal Canada - Since the beginning of 2013, border services officers at Montreal-Trudeau Airport have made 173 drug seizures, including 10 cocaine seizures. Canadian border officials got a
Halloween surprise when they discovered three pumpkins apparently stuffed with cocaine in a woman's luggage.  Dubbed Halloween Crack-o-Lanterns.
  http://news.sky.com/story/1162484/pumpkins-stuffed-with-cocaine-seized-at-airport
UK - UK police go ditial, ditch notebooks for smartphones. As part of a new initiative, police will be able to build cases - paperless - from the street.
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10147657/Police-notebooks-to-be-replaced-by-smartphones-as-justice-system-goes-digital.html
Malang Indonesia - Malang Policewomen Allowed to Wear Hijab on Fridays Despite Nationwide Ban. Policewomen in Malang are now allowed to wear Islamic headdress to work on Fridays, a regulation that has been effective since last month following an increasing number of requests by local female officers. In light of the concession, female officers are now hoping they will soon be allowed to wear head scarves to work daily. “It’s better to wear a hijab, it’s more efficient. We don’t have to comb our hair but we’d still look tidy. It’s also good when we have to work at night,” said Dewi Fitria, a member of Malang Police’s community guidance unit on Friday.http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/malang-policewomen-allowed-to-wear-hijab-on-fridays-despite-nationwide-ban/
Bremerton Washington- Bremerton policewoman donates uniform to department museum. Head — who was Ruth Bozarth during her career at Bremerton police — worked in a different era of law enforcement. She had no patrol car and, if a sergeant wanted to reach her while she was working the beat, certain lights around the city would flash, prompting her to go to a telephone. Being the second female officer presented its own challenges, though. She couldn’t get promoted, for no other reason than her gender. “I couldn’t be a sergeant because women couldn’t be sergeants,” she said. In her scrapbooks, she kept the letter to prove it. When the department asked the city attorney for his opinion on whether she could be promoted, the answer was no. http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/yhr/saturday/1623670-8/bremerton-policewoman-donates-uniform-to-department-museum
Chennai India - Prank callers prey on women cops. Personnel at the Chennai city police control room attending emergency calls have asked senior police officers to take action against pranksters, who call up and abuse women police answering the phone. At least five pranksters call the toll-free 100 emergency number regularly and abuse the officers. A month ago, the women police personnel employed in the control room queued up in front of their senior officer's room seeking legal action against the pranksters.
 http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-31/chennai/43558609_1_control-room-prank-callers-women-cops
Germany - Germany becomes Europe's first country to let babies be legally neither male or female. GERMANY has become Europe's first country to allow parents of children with characteristics of both sexes to choose a "indeterminate" gender option today.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/440569/Germany-becomes-Europe-s-first-country-to-let-babies-be-legally-neither-male-or-female

29th OCTOBER, 2013

Providence Rhode Island - It’s a first: Female officer rises to No. 3 in ranks. Maj. Karen D. Pinch has been named to lead the state Department of Public Safety, replacing former lieutenant colonel Wilfred K. Hill, making her the highest-ranking woman in the 88-year history of the Rhode Island State Police.
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131028-its-a-first-female-officer-rises-to-no.-3-in-ranks.ece
Manila Philippines - PH sends first female officer to lead UN peace-keeping mission. For the first time, a female military officer will lead the Philippine contingent to a peacekeeping mission of the United Nations. Captain Luzviminda Camacho, commander of the 17th Philippine Contingent to Haiti, will lead the 157-strong officers and personnel to the UN mission of up to nine months. She is the first female to lead Philippine contingents for the UN. They will be sent off at Villamor Airbase in Pasay on Tuesday, October 29.
  http://globalnation.inquirer.net/88849/ph-sends-first-female-officer-to-lead-un-peace-keeping-mission
Sefat Israel - In Historic First, Woman And Ethiopian Jew Both Win Spots On Small Holy City’s Council.  Elkabetz is reportedly the first woman in history to serve on the Sefat city council; Mangiste is the first Ethiopian Jew to do the same.
  http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2013/10/in-historic-first-woman-and-ethiopian-jew-both-win-spots-on-small-holy-citys-council-over-haredi-objections-123.html
Houston Texas - Policewoman dubbed ‘Robocop’ by colleagues after chasing down gunmen suspects despite being shot in face and chest.
Ann Marie Carrizales shot twice at close range during routine traffic stop. Despite injuries, chased the car and assisted with arrest of alleged gunman. Mother-of-two now recovering at home after being released from hospital.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2478441/Robocop-policewoman-chased-gunmen-suspects-despite-shot--TWICE.html
Washington DC - The FBI reported this morning that 95 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2012, while 52,901 were assaulted while on the job. Forty-eight of the deaths were the result of criminal acts and spread across 26 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The number is down by 24 from the officers killed in 2011. The average age of the slain officers was 38 years old; 43 were male and 5 female, and 42 were white and six black.
 http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/10/28/fbi-95-police-officers-killed-in-2012-many-by-suspects-with-priors/
Bedfordshire England - Yarl's Wood urgently needs more female staff, says prisons chief; also male staff should be banned from entering female detainees' rooms without invitation.http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/29/yarls-wood-female-staff-prisons-chief

23rd OCTOBER, 2013

Miami Florida - She's got a shiny badge and a heart of gold. Police officer buys groceries for woman accused of shoplifting. A kindhearted police officer took a Florida mom grocery shopping after arresting her on shoplifting charges. Miami-Dade Police Officer Vicki Thomas was asked to arrest Jessica Robles after employees at an Ojus, Fla., supermarket saw her steal food. Thomas asked Robles why she did it, and she responded that her children were hungry. Thomas ran a check on Robles, saw that there was no major criminal history in her background. She charged her with a misdemeanor and gave her a notice to appear in court. Then, Thomas took Robles to buy groceries. Thomas told WSVN, "I made the decision to buy her some groceries because arresting her wasn't going to solve the problem with her children being hungry.Video and article: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/police-officer-buys-groceries-for-woman-accused-of-shoplifting-173940197.html
UK - Study finds that sexual harassment 'Rife' at work, Study Says. The most common places women experience inappropriate behaviour is at their desk, a work party or in a lift, the survey finds. Nearly two thirds of women have had a male work colleague behave "inappropriately" towards them, new research reveals.
 http://news.sky.com/story/1158495/sexual-harassment-rife-at-work-study-says
Johannesburg South Africa - Tip-offs vital in global war on crime. Partnership between the police and community is vital to crime prevention, and we must each do our bit, writes Yusuf Abramjee. I recently returned from the annual Crime Stoppers International (CSI) conference which was held in Barbados with invigorated faith in the role that tip-offs are playing in the fight against crime globally. I recently addressed the International Association of Women Police Officers (IAWP) conference in Durban. I stressed the importance of partnerships at all levels. As much as we point fingers, we must all hold hands. National police commissioner General Riah Phiyega and the police force need the support of the community. The police alone cannot fight crime.
 http://www.iol.co.za/news/tip-offs-vital-in-global-war-on-crime-1.1595950#.UmenSd7D-Uk
Press Release Philadelphia - International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference. Motorola Solutions, International Association of Chiefs of Police Join Forces to Recognize Outstanding Programs in Law Enforcement.  Houston PD, Denver PD, Edmonton PS recognized for innovations
14th OCTOBER, 2013
Manipur India - 857 Women Policed Constables graduated.  8th Batch of women police constables.Video and article: http://www.aninews.in/videogallery2/16290-passing-out-parade-of-the-
8th-batch-of-women-police-constables-held-in-manipur.html
Tajikistan - Group of Police Women train with Southern California officers.  A group of female police officers from the central Asian nation of Tajikistan are getting some special training here in Southern California.
  Video and article: http://ktla.com/2013/10/12/female-police-officers-from-tajikistan-visit-socal-for-special-training/
Canada - Canadian Press -Today in History: October 13. In 1905, the Ontario Provincial Police force was established.http://www.mysask.com
London - Women in Leadership. Why being a woman makes me a better police detective. Policing started out as an all-male profession that women fought hard to be part of, but female traits could make for better bobbieshttp://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2013/oct/14/being-woman-makes-better-police-detective
                       
Kosovo - The Kosovo Police have launched the 'Association of Women in Kosovo Police'.  Julia Jaeger was in Kosovo in November to provide a wide-range of guidance and assistance.  Read the article in the WomenPolice Magazine for details.  The Association will be seeking to affiliate with IAWP.
              > WomenPolice article at Page 7, December 2012 to February 2013. ATTACHED.
              > Read the UN Consultant Job Description to manage the secretariat of the Association in its first year, including background of the position of national consultant that will collaborate closely with Association of Women of the Kosovo Police and support as required.
 http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=36422
Islamabad Pakistan - First Hazara woman joins foreign service. In a promising development on the diplomatic front, this year for the first time a young Hazara woman joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan (FSP) that could mark the beginning of more to follow suit. Sughra Changezi who hails from Quetta is a member of the latest batch and recently embarked on her career as a diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Currently, she is working as an assistant director at the OIC Division. Changezi is the second woman officer from the country’s largest province to enter FSP.
  http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/14-Oct-2013/first-hazara-woman-joins-foreign-service
Colombia - Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, has launched a new website run by and dedicated to its female members. Victoria Sandino, one of the left-wing rebels negotiators, said the site Farianas aimed to campaign for gender equality in Colombia, she said

4th OCTOBER,2013

EWPA - Emerites Women Police Association - Women Police Association Members Benefit From The “Be Ready” Initiative. The initiative aims to develop the skills of women police in the UAE and augment their experiences in the fields of emergency, crisis and disaster management. It also spreads awareness and knowledge among them, and teaches them how to take the right action in cases of emergency. Major Amina Mohammed Khamis Al Bloushi, Chairwoman of the UAE Women Police Association, considers the “Be Ready” initiative to be a good step towards enhancing the awareness level of women in the field of emergency, crisis and disaster management.http://www.abudhabicityguide.com/news/news-details.asp?newsid=13153&newstype=Local%20News
Dorset England - Dorset police force believes it could save up to almost 4,000 frontline hours a year by outsourcing the guarding of major crime scenes to the private sector. Dorset Police is launching a four-month pilot from October 1 with private firm Securitas. The firm will provide police-vetted employees to guard major-crime scenes instead of officers or PCSOs.
 http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Investigation/2013/Oct/01/Force-outsources-crime-scene-guarding_71606.html
Avon and Somerset UK - An independent review of Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s recruitment procedures could result in members of the public sitting on selection panels to ensure the right candidates are chosen. The aim of initiative, which will examine the recruitment process from when appicants first consider joining through to when their training finishes, is to give the public a greater say over those selected to join the force.
  http://www.policeoracle.com/news/HR%2C+Personnel+and+Staff+Development/2013/Oct/02/Public-to-be-involved-in-recruitment-decisions_71604.html
Bordentown Pennsylvania - The township’s first female police officer was sworn in Monday night. Township resident Jessica Meyer took the oath surrounded by friends and familyhttp://www.phillyburbs.com/00redesign/news/local/bordentown-township-hires-first-female-police-officer/article_4231a9d5-30ab-5c92-ba8b-ed45d342c858.html
East Hampton Village New York - East Hampton Village Hires New Female Police Officer. Proving that it’s not just a man’s world, Jennifer Dunn will begin her career on Friday as a police officer with the East Hampton Village Police Department. She will be only the third woman to be employed as an officer there in the department’s history, behind retired Detective Sergeant Margaret Dunn and retired Police Officer Janice DeAngelo.
    http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/East-Hampton-Village/35690/East-Hampton-Village-Hires-New-Female-Police-Officer
Cairo Egypt - Policewomen patrol Cairo metro to protect women. A special task force of policewomen is patrolling Cairo's metro system to ensure female passengers are not harassed, according to the Egyptian website Ahram Online. The 10-member female force patrols the two carriages in every train that are reserved for women, the website said. Sexual harassment is endemic in Egypt's capital and passengers in female-only carriages often complain about men riding in them, especially late at night.
  http://www.trust.org/item/20131003154547-o37sd/
Lucknow India - Special cell for women cops’ grievances in Lucknow. Recent incidents of sexual harassment of women cops have prompted the city police to address their grievances on priority basis. In the first step of its kind, senior superintendent of police J Ravinder Goud has set up a cell where aggrieved women in the police force could register their complaints and issues to the nodal officer. Deputy superintendent of Police (DySP), Babita Singh, has been made nodal officer of the cell.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/lucknow/Special-cell-for-women-cops-grievances-in-Lucknow/Article1-1130830.aspx
Wentzville Missouri - Wentzville's police chief is one of few female chiefs in MO. Do you remember what you wanted to do with your life when you were in second grade? The police chief of Wentzville clearly recalls wanting to be a police officer. And as Newschannel Five's Kay Quinn recently found out, the reaction of classmates may have played a big role in that dream becoming reality. "We were all asked to draw what we wanted to be when we grew up and I drew a police officer and I was laughed at." But Lisa Harrison is the one smiling now.  Since January of 2012, she's served as police chief of Wentzville; one of only six women out of 500 municipalities in the state of Missouri to hold that job.
 Article and video: http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/400155/3/Wentzvilles-police-chief-is-one-of-few-female-chiefs-in-MO
Sudan - Shocking video: Sudanese woman flogged for getting into car with man who isn't related to her. Amnesty International's Women's Human Rights program weighs in. The "personal status" laws found in several conservative countries around the world are often vaguely worded, according to Cristina Finch, the managing director of Amnesty International's Women's Human Rights program. "Public indecency laws can be interpreted widely, " Finch told The News. "But this is not a matter of culture or religion. Women's rights are universal and governments have an obligation under international human rights law to respect, protect, and fulfill those rights."
 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/shocking-video-sudanese-woman-flogged-car-man-isn-family-member-article-1.1475162#ixzz2gkVG5RvD

26th SEPTEMBER, 2013

SAPS Journal, September 25, 2013, SA Welcomes the World for the IAWP Conference
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=27439
>>SAPS National Media Centre, September 25, 2013, African Dream Realised. The opening of the 51st International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Training Conference heralded a new dawn and ushered in an era of hope on African soil. The five-day conference held at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) in KwaZulu-Natal will see law enforcers around the globe sharing policing ideas, information and exchanging best practices among themselves.
http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=27441
>>IAWP Conference Durban South Africa. ‘SA wide open to drug traffickers’. Interpol’s Colonel Deven Naicker said unsecured borders, along with other factors, fuelled the drug trade, and ultimately other crime. “Drug trafficking operates within a very intricate network over various countries. We have put structures in place to make sure we dissolve this network and get to the heart of the trafficking,” Naicker said. He was addressing delegates at an International Association of Women Police training conference at Durban International Convention Centre, which entered its third day on Tuesday. Naicker said there was a connection between drugs and crime. http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/sa-wide-open-to-drug-traffickers-1.1582419#.UkQ9Dt7D-Uk
>>Durban IAWP Conference - Legalised rhino trade supported. An expert on rhino poaching has described the scourge as a “new form of organised crime” that involves local and international syndicates, conservation officials and diplomats. Professor Moses Montesh, from the College of Law at Unisa, said rhino poaching fatality figures for the year so far had already exceeded those for the whole of last year, pointing to the need for improved anti-poaching measures and more manpower. Legalising the trade in rhino horn might also need to be considered, he said. A total of 688 rhinos have been slaughtered for their horns in South Africa this year, in comparison with 688 for the whole of last year. To date, 290 arrests have been made as opposed to 267 last year, said Montesh, who was addressing delegates at the 51st International Association of Women Police training conference in Durban.
Manilla Philippines - PH picked to head UN body’s meeting on women’s rights. The Philippines has been chosen to head next year’s meeting of the United Nations’ body pushing for women empowerment and gender equality, reflecting “the international community’s recognition” of the country’s capacity to take on a leadership role in a sector of critical global importance. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement late Friday that the Philippines has assumed the chairmanship of the Bureau for the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), represented to the post by Philippine Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Libran Cabactulan. “The Philippines is honored by this position of leadership which recognizes the country’s long-lasting and continuing commitment to gender equality and the advancement of women. Under the Philippines’ leadership, we will continue to build on the Commission’s accomplishments and help ensure that current efforts contribute to a future of gender equality and empowerment of women,” Cabactulan said in a statement.


 25th SEPTEMBER, 2013

Homepage updated with a few Conference photos, 2013 Awards Recipients link, www.iawp.org
Ghana - Leave legacy for future generation — Policewomen urged. The first woman to occupy the highest position in the Ghana Police Service was Mrs Elizabeth Mills Robertson, who was appointed the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) by the late President John Evans Attah Mills, following the retirement of the then IGP, Mr Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, in January, 2009. Yet another woman who has excelled in police work, not in Ghana but in South Africa, is General Riah Phiyega, the National Commissioner of the South African Police, the First Woman to head the South African Police Service after 99 years of the operation of the police in that country.
  http://www.ghanamma.com/leave-legacy-for-future-generation-policewomen-urged/
Saudi Arabia - Tata unveils first all-female outsourcing centre in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia promises something different: the world’s first business processing outsourcing centre staffed entirely by women. Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest software developer by sales, on Tuesday unveiled its debut “all-female services centre” in the capital, Riyadh, part of plans to access a largely untapped pool of workers in the segregated Middle Eastern nation.
  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d42cf914-2523-11e3-9b22-00144feab7de.html#axzz2fu2svgbm
Shah Alam Malaysia - Move to recruit more policewomen. A rise in the number of crime cases related to women and children has prompted police to recruit more female constables.
  http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/09/25/Move-to-recruit-more-policewomen.aspx
Pune India - 6 Arrested for Manhandling Women Police Constables. The Kondhwa police have arrested six people, including a woman, for allegedly manhandling and molesting women police constables at the Kondhwa police station on Monday night.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/6-arrested-for-manhandling-women-police-constables/articleshow/23018737.cms
Japan - Unprecedented Instructions - Male cops told to rethink image of female officers. The Metropolitan Police Department issued an unprecedented instruction to about 40,000 male officers to change their perceptions of their female colleagues, aiming to wipe out deep-rooted prejudice against female police officers and prevent them from quitting mid-career, it has been learned. The instruction issued on Tuesday also urged more male officers to take paternity leave, which has been taken by only four officers since the system was launched 11 years ago. Of 43,000 MPD officers, 7.9 percent, or 3,400, are women. Given a rising demand for female officers in the handling of such cases as those involving female stalking victims, the MPD plans to increase the percentage to 10 percent by the end of 2020. It has hired 200 female officers for seven consecutive years since 2006.http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000620493

24th SEPTEMBER, 2013

2013 Conference Newsletter,
http://www.iawp.org/conferences/2013Durban/IAWP2013Newsletter.pdf
>>Durban South Africa -  ‘Give police commissioner a chance’. ‘Give General Riyah Phiyega time.” This was the impassioned plea by the head of Crime Line, Yusuf Abramjee, to the media and the public on Monday as criticism continued to mount against the police commissioner following the release of the police crime statistics, which showed an increase in violent crime, particularly murder, across the country. “I am not saying don’t criticise her. Criticise if she is wrong, but the criticism must be justified,” he said.  Abramjee was addressing delegates attending the 51st International Association of Women Police training conference in Durban. Phiyega, who was appointed South Africa’s top police officer last year, has faced a barrage of criticism, particularly for her handling of the Marikana massacre where police killed 34 striking miners. http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/give-police-commissioner-a-chance-1.1581875#.UkFnq97D-Uk

23rd SEPTEMBER, 2013

Durban Keynote. Women mustn't use the 'gender ticket': Mthethwa. "The continued oppression of women can as well be worsened by some other women who use women's oppression to climb the social ladder," he said in a speech prepared for delivery at a training conference held by an international association of policewomen.  "They use the gender ticket for narrow, material benefit, which has no bearing to the course of women's emancipation," he said.  Mthethwa said the association needed to reflect on how it improved female police officers' lives "not only through work promotions, but impacting even the impoverished young girls in terms of career shadowing".http://thenewage.co.za/107697-1010-53-Women_mustnt_use_the_gender_ticket_Mthethwa
>>Durban activity. The International Association of Women Police will conclude its 51st training conference in Durban on Thursday. The event comes after the release of the national crime statistics last week. Former Gauteng provincial police commissioner Mzwandile Petros is expected to address the conference on the role of media in the fight against crime.
http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2013/09/23/political-week-ahead-zuma-visits-un-as-sa-marks-heritage-day
Britain - Don't write first world war women out of history. It was a time of female munitions workers, welders and engineers. As the commemoration nears, remember them. Though most wars before the 20th century had been men-only events, the first world war should have given women a much greater claim to be remembered for the part they played. Women were, for the first time in Britain, part of the government's war machine: the munitions industry depended on nearly a million of them; thousands upon thousands of injured soldiers were nursed and cared for by myriad women's organisations; the country's meagre welfare systems were buttressed by countless voluntary groups of well-organised, dedicated members who raised money, distributed supplies, visited families and staffed scores of canteens at ports and stations for exhausted troops. Others drove ambulances in France under fire and put on concert parties to the sound of artillery. On the home front, 80,000 were in uniform in non-combatant roles in the new Women's Services, and several million were undertaking work hitherto thought unsuitable or impossible for a woman – welders, train cleaners, policewomen, taxi-drivers ...
  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/23/first-world-war-women-remember-them
Ghana - Soldier and police woman crowned 2013 Milo Marathon Champions. An army officer Alhaji Mohammed Kassim beat his Kenyan rival and defending champion Alex Kimeli while Elizabeth Bortsor, 22, a police officer, successfully defended her title in style.

21st SEPTEMBER, 2013

Media invited. SAPS to host the IAWP 51st Annual Training Conference.  http://www.saps.gov.za/_dynamicModules/internetSite/newsBuild.asp?myURL=3634
Clarendon Hill Illinois - Clarendon Hill’s first female sergeant always wanted to be cop. Wendy Porter has been promoted to the rank of sergeant for the Clarendon Hills Police Department, making her the first-ever female to hold that position.
  http://clarendonhills.suntimes.com/news/sergeant-CHD-09262013:article
Myrtle Beach South Carolina - Female officers train in intense survival course. They wear the same uniform, carry the same weapons. But there are different dangers facing female officers than their male counterparts. This week, a survival course designed for women wearing badges came to Myrtle Beach for the first time. The intensive training is for officers from different agencies in the area. However, they all have one thing in common: being a woman in a workforce typically dominated by males.
  http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/23489828/female-officer-survival-course
Southeast Asia - Heavy rain and howling winds are lashing the northern Philippines and Taiwan as Typhoon Usagi goes through the Luzon Strait which divides them. Villages have been evacuated, ferries suspended and flights cancelled. Meteorologists say the storm is the most powerful this year and will bring a cumulative rainfall of 1,000mm (39in) as it heads towards China. The authorities there have announced a red alert ahead of the expected arrival of the storm on Monday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24170721
Huntsville Alabama - 2013 World Police and Fire Games.  Huntsville Police Officer Tess Hughes brings home 3 gold, 2 silver medals from World Games.  Huntsville Police Department Officer Tess Hughes, 29, won three gold and two silver medals in swimming at the World Police & Fire Games 2013 held in Northern Ireland in August. The biennial Olympic-style competition attracted nearly 7,000 competitors from 67 countries vying for medals in 56 sports at 41 venues in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland.http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/09/world_police_fire_games.html

Minneapolis Minnesota - Inventing "Minneapolis Police 2.0": Chief Janeé Harteau wants more diverse, more community-friendly cops.  She’s the first woman to hold the title of Police Chief in Minneapolis, in addition to having Anishinabe heritage. She describes herself as having empathy, and an ability to understand negative experiences, because she’s experienced it herself both from people within the department (Harteau filed a discrimination and harassment suit earlier in her career), in the media and people on the street. It’s been a rough first year for Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau, who took over as chief in January. With numerous protests spurred by the death of Terrance Franklin, who was shot by police in May, to recent incidents involving racial slurs by Minneapolis Police Officers in Green Bay and Apple Valley — including homophobic remarks about Harteau, a lesbian — the 48-year-old chief has her hands full.http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2013/09/20/inventing-minneapolis-police-20-chief-janee-harteau-wants-more-diverse-more-communit
Onitsha Nigeria - Alleged Assault On Female Police Officer - Groups Demand Arrest of Bizman. A coalition of human rights groups Wednesday embarked on street protest, demanding the arrest and prosecution of an Onitsha-based businessman (names withheld) for allegedly battering and stripping a female police officer, Inspector Tochukwu Offorchebe, naked recently at Bridge-Head police post, Onitsha. Inspector Offorchebe was said to be on her duty post last Friday when the businessman operating a park in Onitsha, approached her and allegedly told her that he would facilitate her removal from Onitsha as he did to another officer, simply known as Archibong.http://allafrica.com/stories/201309201069.html
Policeone - How gender-based training can make us all better cops. Police trainers have the responsibility to be open-minded and informed so that they can give all of their students — male and female — the best possible training experience.http://www.policeone.com/police-trainers/articles/6455681-How-gender-based-training-can-make-us-all-better-cops/


20th SEPTEMBER, 2013

Press Release, South Africa: Speaker Notes By Lieutenant General C.N. Mbekela At the Readiness Parade for the International Association of Women Police Training Conference 2013, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201309191326.html
>>Press Release September 20, 2013. Media Invited. Presentation on the symposium in Durban South Africa.http://www.saps.gov.za/_dynamicModules/internetSite/newsBuild.asp?myURL=3634
Manchester UK - PC Who Read Tributes Dies Unexpectedly.  Police woman who was 'close friend' of murdered PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes dies suddenly aged 42. PC Tracy Miskell spoke movingly at the funerals of PCs Bone and Hughes. She died almost exactly a year after her friends' deaths.  PC Miskell had herself been awarded the prestigious "baton of honour" from the Association of Chief Police Officers after graduating at the top of her class eight years ago, and was described by her former boss Chief Supt Nick Adderley as "very well regarded and well respected".
 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-woman-who-close-friend-2284939
Riyadh Saudi Arabia - Saudi women driving ban not part of sharia-morality police chief. Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving is not mandated by any text in Sharia, the Islamic legal code which forms the basis for most Saudi law, the head of its morality police told Reuters on Thursday. Sheikh Abdulatif Al al-Sheikh stressed that he has no authority to change Saudi policy on women driving, but his comment may feed into a national discussion in Saudi Arabia, where women have in the past been arrested for defying the ban.
http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-women-driving-ban-not-part-sharia-morality-141749452.html

Roanoke Virginia - Women stepping up as Roanoke police officers. The police department is seeing more women join the force, and a couple are climbing the ranks. •Women now make up 13 percent of the Roanoke Police Department. That is 4 percent higher than the national average of police departments that size, according to the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives. •In the Roanoke County Police Department, 21 of the 143 sworn officers are female, making up 14.7 percent of the department. Of Roanoke County’s 17 detectives, five (29.4 percent) are women. •Out of 65 sworn-in officers in Salem, three are female.http://www.roanoke.com/news/2219192-12/women-stepping-up-as-roanoke-police-officers.html
Ahmedabad India - Women police officers to check liquor permits. Permit holders will find a new attraction when they go to buy their quota of liquor at an approved wine shop. For some, it may come as a surprise. But, for many, it will be a shock as the state government has approved the appointment of women sub-inspectors at all liquor shops across the state.http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/1891381/report-women-police-officers-to-check-liquor-permits
Newcastle UK - A female police officer was kicked and punched unconscious by an angry drink driver while her colleague was assaulted in the face. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/drink-driver-attacks-two-women-6068129

Newark Delaware - Delaware police department releases very own trading cards to children’s craze. The project is a way for kids in the community to meet — and trust — members of the Newark Police Department. The first eight children to collect all 86 cards will win prizes. Some kids have since camped outside the police station every day waiting for officers’ cards, according to police. Gotta get 'em all! Kids can win prizes like bicycles and skateboards donated by local businesses if they collect all 86 cards being distributed by police officers. It's no longer Delaware's crime-fighting police officers that gotta catch 'em all. The brave men and women of Newark's police department have unveiled their very own line of trading cards that have local children "mobbing police officers" to get their hands on them. "Kids are camped outside the police station every day," said Lt. Mark Farrall of the craze behind the cards that feature every officer, civilian employee and specialized unit.
  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/delaware-police-releases-trading-cards-article-1.1461301
Northern Ireland - Recruitment: Force targets under-represented groups.  Police Service of Northern Ireland to host special events in the community in an effort to bring in new blood.  http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police+Staff/2013/Sep/20/Recruitment-Force-targets-under-represented-groups_71028.html

19th SEPTEMBER, 2013

Kathmandu Nepal - U.S. Embassy Press Release. DSP duo to attend Durban conference.  Two female police officers — Deputy Superintendent from Nepal Police Durga Singh and Deputy Superintendent from the Armed Police Force Dipta Lama — are participating in the 51st annual International Association of Women Police Training Conference to be held in Durban on September 21-26. The conference presents a unique opportunity for women police personnel from all nations to attend presentations and trainings with their colleagues and learn about policing trends and best practices from all around the world, the US Embassy in Kathmandu said in a press release. The DSPs met US Ambassador Peter W Bodde today. The DSPs will be exposed to international norms in policing, and learn from female cops about a variety of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, the release stated.http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=DSP+duo+to+attend+Durban+conference&NewsID=391279
Kabul Afghanistan - Afghan Women Silenced by Fear. Women in Afghanistan are increasingly worried about a return to the repressive policies of the past as international combat forces leave the country. Following years of outspoken activism, women are retreating into public silence to avoid being targeted by extremists.  Even after defiantly dropping the all-covering burqa following the fall of the Taliban government a decade ago, many women in Afghanistan now are reluctant to speak their mind on camera. Many women fear a family backlash, or worse, punishment by extremists in a highly conservative society.
  http://www.voanews.com/content/afghan-women-silenced-by-fear/1752355.html
New Dehli India - Delhi police undergo training to investigate sexual abuse cases. Delhi's new police chief imparts special lessons on how to manage sexual abuse cases. Police in the Indian capital, New Delhi, are receiving special training in handling rape cases and sexual abuse of children. The police top brass have taken this program seriously as it comes in the wake of the sentencing of four men to death last week for the brutal rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman. Officers are learning about new laws, such as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences law, which metes out very strict punishments for sexual abuse, molestation and rape of children. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-09-19/delhi-police-undergo-training-to-investigate-sexual-abuse-cases/1192998
Washington State US - WA Law Enforcement Can't Prolong Stops To Ask About Immigration Status. A court in Washington State has ruled that local law enforcement officers cannot prolong traffic stops and other detentions to ask people about their immigration status. The suit was brought in Pierce County Superior Court on behalf of three people who were detained by Kitsap County Sheriffs in 2010. Officers pulled them over to check on a defective headlight and to see their shellfish licenses. But then deputies began to ask the three about their immigration status and held them until border patrol agents arrived.
 http://nwpr.org/post/wa-law-enforcement-cant-prolong-stops-ask-about-immigration-status
United Nations - Head of UN Women condemns intimidation, targeted killings of female Afghan officials. UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcukav head of the United Nations body tasked with promoting women’s rights today condemned the intimidation and targeted killings of female Afghan officials and called for bringing the perpetrators to justice. The latest victim is the top woman police officer in the southern province of Helmand, 38-year-old Sub-Inspector Negar, who died today of bullet wounds from an insurgent attack that occurred on Sunday. She took up her post in July when her predecessor, Islam Bibi, was shot by unknown gunmen.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45865&Cr=afghan&Cr1=#.UjrVUd7D-Uk

Washington - Woman power is key to ending poverty and must remain a top development goal - U.N. official. Empowering women is the single most important factor for reducing poverty and must be central in the new set of global development goals from 2015, a top United Nations official said on Monday. “The character of this century will be determined by our ability to walk towards gender equality,” Rebeca Grynspan, U.N. under-secretary general and associate administrator of the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP), said in an interview with Thomson Reuters Foundation. “All the studies not only suggest but demonstrate that if you tackle gender equality, you empower women, then you will be much more effective in fighting poverty and hunger. There is no question about it.”http://www.trust.org/item/20130917085426-o5mk8/

18th SEPTEMBER, 2013

Oakland California - Calif. Given Federal Grant To Hire 100 New Law Enforcement Officers.
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/17/calif-given-federal-grant-to-hire-100-new-law-enforcement-officers/
Afghanistan - Lieutenant Nigar died of her wounds.  Nigar had worked seven years as a criminal investigator in Lashkar Gah.  She became the highest-ranking female police officer in Helmand Province after her predecessor, also a woman, was murdered in July.
  http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan-arrests-policewoman-murder/25108741.html
NOTE from Carol:  This is the woman from my April 8 News Stories, "Afghanistan - Helmand's most senior policewoman: 'My brother tried to kill me three times'
When Lt Islam Bibi decided to join the small band of female police officers in Helmand, she expected death threats from the province's ruthless heroin traffickers and the Taliban. She didn't expect them from her own relatives as well.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9975730/Helmands-most-senior-policewoman-My-brother-tried-to-kill-me-three-times.html"

Largo Florida - Largo names first female fire chief. Shelby Willis beat out more than 50 others to become fire chief. Firefighting tends to be a male-dominated, physically challenging profession. Shelby Willis is 5 feet 4 inches tall. But that didn't stop her from climbing up the ranks to become Largo's first female fire chief and the only female fire chief in Pinellas County.
  http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/fire/largo-names-first-female-fire-chief/2142189
Somalia - First Self-Defense Course for Somali Women. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali government have launched the first in a series of training of trainers (TOT) programmes designed to teach basic self-defense skills to female members of neighborhood watch teams from three different regions; Banaadir, Middle and Lower Shabelle. The training is part of the on-going campaign against Sexual Exploitation Awareness Campaign conducted by the Civilian and Police Component of the AU Mission in Somalia.
  http://www.raxanreeb.com/2013/09/somalia-first-self-defense-training-course-for-somali-women-in-mogadishu/

16th SEPTEMBER, 2013

South Africa - Media briefing and parade: Operational readiness to secure international women’s policing conference. Invitation from the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure and the KwaZulu Natal Provincial Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure 16 September 2013. The International Association of Women Police (IAWP) will be holding their 51st annual training conference in South Africa, hosted by the South African Police Service, between 22 and 26 September 2013. The Women’s Network of the South African Police Service, through intensive lobbying and extraordinary effort, managed to win the bid to host this prestigious event which will see approximately 1000 women in law enforcement from about 100 countries descending on our shores within a week.
  http://www.saps.gov.za/_dynamicModules/internetSite/newsBuild.asp?myURL=3618
>>>IAWP 2014 -Fundraising Golf Tournament, read details in the PDF flyer attached; register through the PDF registration form attached.

Afghanistan - Officials: Top Female Policewoman Dies in Afghanistan. A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died early Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain. Her death, one of the latest in a string of attacks on prominent Afghan women, could make it even harder to recruit female officers in a deeply conservative nation where just 1 percent of the police are women.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/female-police-officer-shot-afghanistan-20260500
...Third such attack on a female officer since July. 
  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/afghan-attackers-shoot-female-police-commander/article14330159/
Iran - Meet Shirin Gerami, Iran's first female triathlete. Woman makes history by becoming country's first female to take part in sport's world championship. http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/sep/15/meet-shirin-gerami-iran-s-first-female-triathlete
Saudi Arabia - Wadjda, Saudi Arabia's first female film, is country's Oscar entry. Haifaa Al Mansour's Wadjda, the first ever feature from a Saudi Arabian woman, is to be the country's official nomination for the 2014 Oscars.
 http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/16/wadjda-oscars-saudi-arabia
Richmond Virginia - Va. law enforcement to share guns database in pilot program. Virginia has become the test state for a planned nationally linked program that will allow every law enforcement agency in the commonwealth — if they choose to participate — instant access to a shared database of records on recovered crime guns and investigative traces of those weapons.http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/article_cc7f70e6-1e6d-11e3-9d8f-001a4bcf6878.html
Yemen - Yemeni minister seeks law to end child marriage. Yemen's human rights minister has asked parliament to pass a law setting a minimum age for marriage. Hooria Mashhour told the BBC she believed there was more chance of making progress on the issue of child marriage in Yemen than ever before.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24083127
New Dehli India - Court sentences 4 men to death in New Delhi gang rape case. The rape that shocked the world. After a trial that lasted about seven months, the Delhi court Tuesday convicted four of the men -- ages 19 to 28 -- of murder, rape and kidnapping. The victim's parents had tears in their eyes as the judge read the verdict in which he said the men had been found guilty of "committing the murder of a helpless victim." Her brother wiped a tear from his cheek. The four men -- Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh -- will appeal the verdict, their attorneys said.http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/13/world/asia/india-gang-rape-sentence/index.html?hpt=ias_c2
Iran - Kurdish men in drag promote feminism in the region. Masoud Fathi launched the Kurd Men for Equality Facebook campaign in Kurdish area of Iran. The campaign was at once a pro-feminist and anti-Iranian regime statement. The Kurdish community still has honor killings and genital mutilation according to experts. Hollywood actress Rosario Dawson said to be a supporter of the campaign. "It's a political move against the Iranian regime, and the regime happens to be oppressive, to Kurds and to women -- not just Kurdish women but all women."
  http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/11/world/meast/kurd-drag-campaign/index.html?hpt=imi_t4Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KurdMenForEquality

9th SEPTEMBER, 2013

Devon UK - Pioneering policewoman Joan Squire has died, aged 95. One of Devon's first policewomen has died, aged 95. Joan Squire, who served with the police in Teignmouth for 18 years, was the third woman to sign up to the constabulary on July 4, 1947.
 http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Pioneering-policewoman-Joan-Squire-died-aged-95/story-19744659-detail/story.html
Tarin Kot Afghanistan - Female police officers receive sustainable training. The dangerous job of the female police officer in Afghanistan is growing in importance.  In Uruzgan province, female Afghan Uniform Police Officers are working with coalition forces to receive the training they need to succeed alongside their male counterparts. Previously untrained and underutilized, the female officers are learning basic searching, laws and ethics, first aid, and improvised explosive device awareness. They are also receiving training on their service weapon, the AK-47, and learning how to interview a witness and a victim.
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/113259/female-police-officers-receive-sustainable-training
U.S. Air Force - Air Force Academy's first female superintendent takes command. Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson ushers in new era for 59-year-old military school.http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/8/13/first-female-superintendenttakescontrolsatusairforceacademy.html
Coimbatore India - 25 Law College students held for assaulting women police constables. A group of Government Law College students from Coimbatore stormed into a police station and attacked three women police personnel on Friday. The students were reportedly enraged after a friend of theirs was picked up for inquiry by the police. In retaliation, they assaulted the women police personnel in the station. Senior police officials rushed to the spot and arrested 25 students, booking them under various sections including Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Women Harassment Act.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-07/coimbatore/41854378_1_police-station-three-students-seven-students
UK - Sexist Test Favours 'Blobby Bobbies' Over High Quality Female Police Officers. A police fitness test should be scrapped because it favours overweight "blobby bobbies" over higher quality female officers, a professor at the British Science Festival at Newcastle University said. Occupational health expert Professor Craig Jackson led a study which found the timed obstacle course, designed to set a level playing field for men and women, to be "unfit for purpose". He described the test being conducted in conditions "like a sexist meat market" with male candidates wolf-whistling at their female colleagues. Men and women alike have to complete the course in three minutes 45 seconds. Prof Jackson analysed the test performances of 1,701 officer candidates from a single English constabulary, covering a period of five years up to 2012. He believes the results expose hidden dangers in one-size-fits-all "gender-neutral" fitness tests employed by police in the UK.
  http://tyneandwear.sky.com/news/article/80292/sexist-test-favours-blobby-bobbies-over-high-quality-female
Iowa US - Blind Can Carry Guns In Public In Iowa. Visually-impaired residents in Iowa will now be able to carry firearms in public following changes to the law in 2011. Iowa is granting blind people permits allowing them to buy guns or carry firearms in public, according to reports. The permits are legal as Iowa law does not deny anyone the right to carry a weapon based on physical disability. According to the Des Moines Register, visually-impaired residents of the state are already allowed to own guns and even hunt. But the difference is that they can now carry firearms in public, following changes to the law in 2011. The move has sparked public safety concernshttp://news.sky.com/story/1138946/blind-can-carry-guns-in-public-in-iowa

4th SEPTEMBER, 2013

Shared by Jennifer Rowe: Silverton Colorado - Colorado's only female sheriff brings law, order to the high country. San Juan County Sheriff Sue Kurtz holds a number of distinctions. She is the only female sheriff in Colorado. She was the first woman elected as sheriff in the state. She is the top law officer in a rugged county with the highest average elevation in the U.S. But on a recent day, in the only town in her bailiwick, she was on to a new distinction; for the first time in more than three decades of law enforcement, she was ticketing a golf cart. "Sometimes here we have to make it up as we go," said the 66-year-old Kurtz, as she stuck a ticket in the red cart blocking a fire hydrant in Silverton, the county seat.
http://www.brushnewstribune.com/ci_24002864/colorados-only-female-sheriff-brings-law-order-high
Arlington Texas - First black woman promoted to assistant police chief in Arlington.  On Friday, Lauretta Hill, a 19-year veteran of the Arlington police force, became the first black woman promoted to assistant police chief. Hers was one of nine promotions recognized during the ceremony at City Hall. Tears rolled down the face of Hill’s mom, and her husband, Maurice Hill, a retired Arlington police officer, nodded in encouragement.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/08/30/5121942/arlington-appoints-1st-black-female.html#storylink=cpy
IrAN - Iran appoints first female foreign ministry spokeswoman. When she officially accepted her appointment as spokesperson for Iran's foreign minister Sunday, Marzieh Afkhami wore a chador. To feminist critics of the Islamic government, the black head-to-toe cloak, leaving only the face visible, is a symbol of women's second-class status in Iran. But the most surprising symbol Sunday was Afkhami herself, the first female diplomat appointed to such a visible position.http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/world/meast/iran-female-foreign-ministry-spokeswoman/
San Francisco California - Homeless San Francisco Man Ryan Raso Rushes to Female Officer's Aid in Violent Assault (Video) and Article.  Father was a police officer.
 http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/homeless-san-francisco-man-ryan-raso-rushes-female-officers-aid-violent-assault
Reading Pennsylvania - Deputies are Berks' first female K-9 handlers. The Berks County sheriff's department has appointed its first female K-9 handlers, and they are thrilled with the job and their new best friends. K-9 Deputies Melissa Seidel and Alicia L. Angstadt said they love their dogs and are grateful to have jobs helping to keep the community safe.
  http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=506083
Kokomo Indiana - Peru 20-year-old becomes Indiana University of Kokomo's first female police cadet. Emily West gave up a spot on the volleyball team for the campus police cadet job.
 http://kokomotribune.com/local/x86515924/Peru-20-year-old-becomes-IUKs-first-female-police-cadet
Indonesia - National Police told to recruit more women officers. Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has called on the National Police to give equal access to women by recruiting more females and promoting policewomen to strategic positions. The IPW voiced concerned that as the National Police Policewomen Corps celebrated its 65th anniversary on Sept. 1, women were underrepresented at the police top brass. “The National Police tend to marginalize them,” chairman of the IPW said in a statement.http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/04/national-police-told-recruit-more-women-officers.html
San Francisco California - New social network for law enforcement to launch. The final stages are near completion for the launch of a law enforcement social media network designed exclusively for the men and women in blue. Created by former high-profile New York City police commissioner and Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton, BlueLine is being touted as a site where officers can share their expertise, insight and information securely through video, instant messaging, videoconferencing and screen share capabilities. The network is scheduled to go live at the International Association of Police Chiefs’ annual conference in Philadelphia in late October, Bratton said.http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/technology/new-social-network-law-enforcement-launch
Lego "Minifig" - Meet the First Female Lego Scientist. She carries two small Erlenmeyer flasks and a bright, cheerful smile. She's the first of her kind and she's positively delightful! This weekend Lego unveiled their Minifigure Series 11 and the stand-out is the female scientist. This is Prof. Bodin, the minifig who's breaking the brick ceiling.
http://lego.gizmodo.com/meet-the-first-female-lego-minifig-scientist-1244704180


30th AUGUST, 2013

Shared by Sandra Martin: Congratulations to Brenda Butterworth-Carr who has been promoted to RCMP Assistant Commissioner in F Division (Saskatchewan).  She becomes the first Aboriginal women in the country to hold this position.   Thanks to Shelley Ballard-McKinlay for keeping us informed on such great accomplishments.http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatchewan/Aboriginal+woman+becomes+Saskatchewan+head+RCMP/8822757/story.html
  http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Mountie+Saskatchewan/8817453/story.html
Saidu Sharif Pakistan - Special Report  Pakistani province sets up female-staffed police desks.  The new government of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has established four police desks staffed by female police officers to take reports from women complaining of abuse or violence. Photo: Khatoon Bibi, has been appointed to lady constable of the Women Police Reporting Center at Saidu Sharif Hospital, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The first Women Police Reporting Centers set up by the coalition led by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party are in the conservative Swat and Swabi districts. In addition, two small legal centers have been set up in area hospitals to ensure immediate action is taken when family or sexual abuse is reported.
 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/08/28/Pakistani-province-sets-up-female-staffed-police-desks/71374882036947/
Niceville Florida - First female police sergeant in Niceville. Rhonda Willis simply smiled when asked about what she thought of being the Police Department’s first female sergeant. “It’s an honor to be the first,” Willis said. “It seems like the last couple of years more women are getting into this field, and we’re making strides.”
  http://www.nwfdailynews.com/local/first-female-police-sergeant-in-niceville-1.191188
Kolhapur India - Kolhapur: Policewomen scour streets on motorcycle to tackle molesters.  Kolhapur's female SP and Deputy SP have found a unique way to tackle sexual harassment on the streets. Riding a motorcycle through the city's streets Deputy SP Vaishali Mane and SP Jyotipriya Singh scour the streets looking for miscreants. They have also managed to arrest a few men who tried to flee when they were found trying to misbehave with women in public places. This comes at a time when cases of crime against women are at a high in the country. There have been protests by women groups demanding stricter laws to ensure safety of women. Article and video: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kolhapur-policewomen-scour-streets-on-motorcycle-to-tackle-molesters/417515-3-237.html
   Related Kolhapur India - Incognito Indian Women Police Lead Harassment Crackdown.  Fed up with daily sexual harassment of women on their beat, a team of female constables in India have taken to incognito motorbike patrols to banish loitering men from public places. Jyotipriya Singh, additional superintendent of police in the western city of Kolhapur, led the initiative with her deputy last week, scouring the streets and targeting youths hanging around for no reason, especially on college campuses. "We took a drive and checked various public places and we went in civilian dress so we could see who was loitering around," Singh told AFP. "Women were getting lewd remarks."http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/incognito-indian-women-police-lead-harassment-crackdown-97716.html
Kansas City Missouri - More women seeking to become Kansas City police officers.  Women are increasingly cracking the glass ceiling at the Kansas City Police Department. Of the current class, 10 of 38 cadets are women. This is the largest amount of women ever in a class at the police academy. "I will say I was surprised to see nine other women in my class," Millie Gray said. "I was pleasantly surprised. I was glad to see that."
http://www.kctv5.com/story/23224223/more-women-seeking-to-become-kansas-city-police-officers
Edmonton Canada - Second annual Daughters Day in Edmonton promotes and celebrates equality at city hall.  City Hall echoed with music and applause as Edmonton celebrated the second annual Daughters Day on Saturday, honouring 10 female role models who are paving the way for a better and more gender equal tomorrow.
http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2013/08/28/second-annual-daughters-day-in-edmonton-promotes-and-celebrates-equality-at-city-hall
Ahmedabad India - Women cops no less than their male counterparts.  Serving as a standing example of gender equality is the police department in the city. So this year, women police officials took the opportunity to thank their department for considering them no less than their male counterparts. Currently, 16 women police sub-inspectors (PSI) serve at different police stations in the city. They were inducted a year ago after training at police academy in Karai, Gandhinagar. One of them is CB Jadeja, working as PSI with Navrangpura police station.
 http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/1880084/report-women-cops-no-less-than-their-male-counterparts
Madison Wisconsin - Madison police Capt. Sue Williams named acting assistant chief.  Madison police Capt. Sue Williams has been named acting assistant chief, becoming the first woman in the department’s history to have a chief’s title. Effective Sunday, Williams, 53, will be acting assistant chief of support services, temporarily taking on the responsibilities of Randy Gaber, who will become the department’s interim chief when Chief Noble Wray steps down next month.http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/madison-police-capt-sue-williams-named-acting-assistant-chief/article_23b7df69-e749-55f1-be72-1f990d68f4dd.html
Ahmedabad India - Gujarati women cops prefer to go undercover due to the job's 'aura'. Gujarat is witnessing a rise in number of women willing to work as intelligence officers with state CID (intelligence), the key factor being the 'aura' associated with the job. During the last (year) enrollment of the state police, out of 57 aspirants directly recruited as IOs, 30 per cent were women, which is the highest so far for undercover agents, officials said without giving the exact number. Those recruited include housewives, employees of corporate firms, engineers among others, chairman of recruitment board for sub-inspectors, Ashish Bhatia said. The recruited team is trained in vigilance, information gathering and undercover operations for nine months at Karai Police Academy in the state capital by the intelligence wing of the office of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), he said. Assistance has also been sought from the Centre for comprehensive training of these IOs.
http://news.oneindia.in/2013/08/26/gujarati-women-cops-prefer-go-undercover-job-aura-1291893.html
Prarie View Texas - Jefferson Co. deputy to be Prairie View A&M's first female police chief.  A longtime Jefferson County sheriff's deputy will take over as top cop at the Prairie View A&M University police department. Former Chief Deputy Zena Stephens will be the university's first female chief, said Prairie View A&M spokeswoman Sheleah Reed.
  http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Jefferson-Co-deputy-to-be-Prairie-View-A-M-s-4729906.php
Mumbai India - Former female judge launches website to distribute free pepper spray to women in Mumbai. Last weekend, after a 22-year-old photojournalist was gangraped in Mumbai at Mahalakshmi, former consumer rights judge Rajyalakshmi Rao launched an intiative to distribute free pepper spray to women. Rao believes it will help women fightback and protect themselves against assault.http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1881581/report-former-judge-launches-website-to-distribute-free-pepper-spray-to-women-in-mumbai
Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia passes landmark anti-domestic violence law. SAUDI Arabia has passed landmark legislation aimed at protecting women, children and ­servants against abuse in the home, in a move aimed at reducing domestic violence, a hidden problem in the kingdom. The Protection from Abuse law is the first of its kind in the ultra-conservative Arab state, which has often faced international criticism for lacking laws that protect women and domestic staff from abusers. The law, approved during a cabinet meeting on Monday, came months after a Saudi charity launched a campaign to combat violence against women.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/saudi-arabia-passes-anti-domestic-violence-law-1-3067050

19th AUGUST, 2013

St. Paul Minnesota - St. Paul's first female patrol officer honored by policewomen's group IAWP
http://www.twincities.com/crime/ci_23815649/st-pauls-first-female-patrol-officer-honored-by
Lewisboro New York - Pending her successful completion of training at the Westchester County Police Academy, Erika Kirschner will become Lewisboro’s first full-time female police officer and, at 25, the youngest hired by the department, according to Lewisboro Police Chief Frank Secret.http://www.lewisboroledger.com/6930/female-officer-joins-police-force/
China - China's all women police brigade suffers backlash in Bo Xilai scandal. Security forces violently suppressed and arrested an estimated thirty female police officers who were protesting the termination of their employment contracts in the city of Chongqing in southwest China. The women are no longer welcome back at work because they were recruited under the disgraced Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party Chief for the municipality, who is accused of  bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.
  http://observers.france24.com/content/20130802-policieres-chongqing-victimes-collaterales-scandale-bo-xilai
Israel - Female IDF Officer Upgrades Diet & Exercise. IDF Lieutenant Colonel Shirly Subul is a woman on a mission and has built a career out of transforming the physical fitness of IDF soldiers. Speaking at the International Women’s Conference sponsored by Stand With Us, IDF Officer Lieutenant Colonel Shirly Subul, a resident of Tel Aviv, said she had the aspiration to serve Israel in the armed forces since age 4. She currently serves in the IDF combat fitness department, where she has personally transformed the Lifestyle Branch, which is responsible for army athletics and encouraging Israeli soldiers to live a healthy life-style, into one of the most influential branches in the IDF.
  http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/united-with-israel/female-idf-officer-upgrades-diet-exercise/2013/08/07/
Port Orchard Washington - Female police officer makes history. History was made in the Port Orchard Police Department last week when an officer became the first-ever female supervisor. Police Chief Geoffrey Marti announced that Officer Donna Main was promoted to police sergeant. It was effective July 31.   http://www.portorchardindependent.com/news/218847941.html
Canada - Steve Murray’s Unboring History Project: Our first female enforcer. Rose Fortune saw that the lawless nature of town was problematic, especially down by the wharf where she conducted business, so she appointed herself the town’s first police officer. Rose maintained curfews and kept the riff-raff in line, becoming a well-known character about town, dressed in a mix of men’s and women’s clothing. So, though self-appointed, Rose Fortune became Canada’s first female police officer AND black police officer.
  http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/02/steve-murrays-unboring-history-project-our-first-female-enforcer/
Kabu Afghanistan - Policewomen needed for 2014 Afghan election. The security plan for Afghanistan's April 2014 presidential and provincial elections requires 11,000 more policewomen for female polling stations, Acting Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang said August 15. http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2013/08/16/newsbrief-17
Belgaum India - Private agency trains Maharashtra Security Force women police.  Over 110 women special police officers of Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) were trained by Indianeye Security Private Limited (ISPL) at Belgundi village near Belgaum.
   http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Private-agency-trains-Maharashtra-Security-Force-women-police/2013/08/17/article1738562.ece
US - My Early Days As A Female Cop by Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith  August 19, 2013.  After over three decades in police work and law enforcement training, I look back now and wish I’d known a little more about navigating a male-dominated work place when I was first starting out in 1980.http://www.officer.com/article/11117743/my-early-days-as-a-female-cop
Kenya Africa - Member of Parliament Charged for Assaulting Female Traffic Cop. The legislator was arraigned before Nakuru Resident Magistrate Ruth Amwai, where he faced six counts, including flouting traffic regulations and disobeying orders from the female police officer.http://allafrica.com/stories/201308180384.html
Columbus Ohio - Mayor Coleman demands changes to boost police, fire diversity.  Mayor Michael B. Coleman stood disheartened last month as he stared out at graduating classes of police officers and firefighters, seeing that nearly all were white men. After years of pleading for more-diverse police and fire forces, he saw only a handful of women and a few more black men among the 76 in new uniforms, making it one of the least-diverse classes the city has hired in the past decade.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/08/18/mayor-coleman-demands-changes-to-boost-police-fire-diversity.html
Washington DC - Women move into law enforcement's highest ranks. "Unprecedented,'' said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a D.C.-based law enforcement think tank. "This didn't just happen. These are all career people and the products of a real push that began 25 years ago. It's a turning point in the profession.'' For the Secret Service and the FBI's Washington Field Office — the bureau's second-largest division — this year's appointments of Julia Pierson at the Secret Service and Valerie Parlave at the FBI were groundbreaking moments. Neither office had ever been directed by a woman.
  http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/13/women-law-enforcement-police-dea-secret-service/2635407/
NAWLEE - Police Association Helping Women Reach New Law Enforcement Heighthttp://associationsnow.com/2013/08/police-association-helping-women-reach-new-law-enforcement-heights/

7th AUGUST, 2013

Women police officers in Delhi claim they are overworked, underpaid. The newly-appointed Delhi Police chief, B.S. Bassi, has put " women's safety" at the top of his agenda and the force is taking new measures to make the Capital secure for women. But when it comes to women working on the force, a different picture emerges. The police is already struggling with a shortage of women personnel to work on cases of crimes against women, which are piling up, and those on the job are struggling to make a difference. While this is the ground reality, the Delhi Police, in a recent answer to a Parliament question on the working condition of women, painted a rosy picture of the situation.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/female-cops-of-delhi-police-claim-they-are-overworked-underpaid/1/298364.html
Nicosia Cyprus Driver runs over and injures policewoman.
  http://cyprus-mail.com/2013/08/06/driver-runs-over-and-inures-policewoman/
Motorola Solutions, NAWLEE Announce 2013 Woman Law Enforcement Executive of the Year Award Recipient, Inspector Ruth Roy, RCMP.
  http://www.sys-con.com/node/2751502
Greensboro North Carolina — A Greensboro police officer has settled her gender discrimination lawsuit against the city for $180,000 and a promotion. Lt. Karen Walters will be promoted to captain this month. It’s a promotion that she said in her lawsuit had long been denied to her because of her gender.
  http://www.news-record.com/news/local_news/article_4356dd1e-fb12-11e2-8aa0-0019bb30f31a.html
U.S. - Remember when? Swimsuit Police Check The Length Of Swimmers' Ensembles In Amazing Recolorized 1922 Photo. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/swimsuit-police_n_3713153.html
Danbury Connecticut Police Officer Maxine Rizzo passes away. Officer Rizzo was selected by the International Chiefs of Police Association “Survivor’s Club Program.”  In her accident her survival was attributed in part to her  wearing her bullet-proof vest. “Police Officer Maxine Rizzo was one tough cop who believed in hard work, family values, service to the community of Ridgefield, and helping those in need,” Chief Roche said.
  http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/20456/maxine-rizzo-58-longtime-ridgefield-policewoman/
Sarasota Florida police chief invites female officers to lunch. Police Chief Bernadette DiPino is treating the agency’s female officers to lunch, according to an email sent July 23 by DiPino’s assistant. The email, sent to 23 female officers, invites them to RSVP to a two-hour meal on Aug. 5 at Columbia Restaurant on St. Armands Circle. The purpose of the meeting? “To share history with each other and to discuss your careers. No need to bring money, the Chief is treating! (smiley face),” the email states.http://crimeandcourts.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10252/sarasota-police-chief-invites-female-officers-to-lunch/


26th JULY, 2013

Saddle Brooke New Jersey - Saddle Brook  has appointed a new female police officer who will begin training this Monday at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute in Mahwah. An EMT who has served with the Saddle Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps the past seven years, Rebecca Sanchez got her Master of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University last year. She’s also been an intern with the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office’s Community Outreach Unit.http://cliffviewpilot.com/female-saddle-brook-police-officer-appointed/
Taipei China - First female soldiers sent to be stationed on far-flung island. Three female enlisted soldiers were sent to Taiping Island yesterday, marking the first time that female soldiers are stationed on the small islet in the South China Sea, according to the Coast Guard Administration (CGA).
  http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/07/26/384783/First-female.htm
India - Interview with Kiran Bedi.  Kiran Bedi — India’s first female top cop.
  http://www.arabnews.com/news/459192
Bangalore India - Under-staffed women police stations can't help complainants.  With nearly 46 per cent of the posts lying vacant, the women personnel at these stations dabble with multiple roles working between 8 am and 8 pm. “We don’t have a choice, as one person has to do the work that requires four people,” a staffer said.
  http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Under-staffed-women-police-stations-cant-help-complainants/2013/07/24/article1699190.ece
Grand Rapids Michigan - Justice for a female corrections officer.  Willie Williams guilty of attempted murder against a female corrections officer, faces decades in prison.
  http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/07/willie_williams_guilty_of_atte.html
Oregon - Rape-shield law is upheld. Court keeps pretrial proceedings on victim's sexual history closed. One legal expert praised a decision Thursday by the Oregon Supreme Court to uphold the rape-shield law, which closes to the public any pretrial proceedings on a victim’s sexual history. Meg Garvin, who filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the National Crime Victim Law Institute, said the justices could have gone further in clarifying crime victims’ rights under the Oregon Constitution. She said state lawyers made a similar request in their written arguments.
   http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20130726/NEWS/307260016/Rape-shield-law-upheld?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&nclick_check=1
Quincy Massachusetts - Mass. police first to get overdose-reversing nasal spray. Narcan allows the overdose victim to breathe again, and has a 95 percent success rate. The Quincy police have become the first department in the country to require their officers to carry an opiate overdose-preventing nasal spray with them on duty. Officer Ryan Donnelly has reversed eight overdoses before paramedics arrived using Narcan, or naloxone hydrochloride, since the start of the program, according to CBS. Narcan reverses an overdose by blocking the narcotic's ability to attach to brain cells, allowing normal breathing to resume within one to three minutes.
  http://www.policeone.com/police-products/tactical/tactical-medical/articles/6340480-Mass-police-first-to-get-overdose-reversing-nasal-spray/
Charleston West Virginia - W.Va superintendent warns of trooper shortage. Superintendent says lack of minority officers is part of greater recruiting problem tied to funding. Among the 698 troopers with the West Virginia State Police, there are 12 black men and one black woman. Col. Jay Smithers, State Police superintendent, said he understands the agency needs to recruit more minority officers. They need more troopers in general, though: 275, to be exact, he said.
  http://www.policeone.com/police-jobs-and-careers/articles/6340288-w-va-superintendent-warns-of-trooper-shortage/
Internet - Digital detectives: solving crimes through Twitter. As more of our interactions take place on the internet, there is a growing need for forensic linguistic specialists, who can solve crimes by analysing online posts. The internet is a place of anonymity. Pseudonym-ed commenters trade insults at the bottom of every article and confessional memoirs are published without the fear of recognition. But this identity-less world also provides the perfect alibi for crime. Dr Tim Grant, Director of the Centre for Forensic Linguistics at Aston University, uses detailed analysis of writing to penetrate that veil, helping to solve murders and terrorist plots by revealing the person behind anonymous messages.
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/10198067/Digital-detectives-solving-crimes-through-Twitter.html
Rosalind Franklin - First to capture DNA.  While two men, James Watson and Francis Crick, were hailed as the scientists that discovered the molecule, Rosalind Franklin took an x-ray image of the molecule in 1952.
 http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2013/0725/Google-Doodle-How-Rosalind-Franklin-photographed-DNA

23th JULY, 2013
UNICEF Report - Despite overwhelming opposition, millions of girls at risk of genital mutilation – UNICEF http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45468&Cr=women&Cr1=health#.Ue5a797D-Uk
Africa - UN Deploys Women Protection Advisers to Curb Rape in Africa. Despite the United Nations' zero-tolerance policy against sexual violence, gender-based crimes have broken out across several of the world's latest conflict zones. Included on that list are South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Uganda, Somalia and the Central African Republic.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/201307220443.html
UN Women - Former South African leader named head of U.N. Women.  The United Nations named former South African deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to head the gender equality body U.N. Women on Wednesday, after former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet stepped down to pursue another presidential bid.
  http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/women-un-southafrica-idINDEE9690BN20130710
Singapore - ‘The Pee Analyzer’ combats drunk driving via urinals. The Pee Analyzer, is a multi-step monitoring program designed to decrease the number of drunk drivers by letting valets know when a person can or cannot drive.
http://www.inquisitr.com/862456/urinal-analyzes-pee-alerts-valet-when-a-potential-driver-is-drunk/
Nigeria - Women police charged to exhibit competence in their jobs. Women police officers and rank and file have been urged to perform their duties with distinctive competence so as to be good ambassadors of the Nigeria Police. This advice was given by the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of administration in the Oyo State Police Command, ACP Janet Agbede during the command’s police women’s meeting held at the police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan recently.
 http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/17223-women-police-charged-to-exhibit-competence-in-their-jobs

Britain - Abu Dhabi policewomen to train in Britain.  The programme is being organised in cooperation with the Police College at Bramshill, Britain, and the National Policing Improvement Agency.
   http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/07/23/8--Abu-Dhabi-policewomen-to-train-in-Britain-.html
Sri Lanka - From the archive, 22 July 1960: Sri Lanka elects world's first woman prime minister. Sirima Bandaranaike entered politics only after the assassination of her husband. She is expected to pursue a policy of mild socialism with the emphasis on social welfare.
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2013/jul/22/bandaranaike-first-woman-prime-minister
Minnesota - Rosalie Wahl, first woman on Minnesota Supreme Court, dies at 88. http://www.startribune.com/local/216482041.html
Hartford Connecticut - Arlene Balser, West Hartford's First Woman Police Officer, Dies At 90.
 http://www.courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-west-hartford-first-police-woman-dies-0723-20130722,0,856822.story

 16th JULY, 2013 

 Women on the Move Up!  Shared by Sandra Martin.
    We here in Winnipeg are pretty excited to see former police officer and IAWP supporter Shelly Glover promoted in ranks in the Canadian Federal Government!
  http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/women-make-historic--gains-in-cabinet-shuffle-215627531.html
Also shared with me last week by my predecessor Shelley Ballard-MacKinlay are these features on Chief Superintendent Louise LaFrance who took command of the RCMP Training Depot last week.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/From+cadet+commander/8644741/story.html
 http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Photos+Louise+Lafrance+takes+command+RCMP+Training/8646563/story.html

Umlazi South Africa - Policewoman shot dead in KZN. Constable Gugulathu Ximba, 33, was fatally wounded in her car when she arrived home on Monday evening, Colonel Jay Naicker said.
 http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2013/07/16/policewoman-shot-dead-in-kzn

Swat Pakistan - Defying odds: Pakistan's first female jirga to represent women in Swat. Set up in Swat, the female jirga is the first of its kind in the country but holds special significance in the region for it has seen an increasing number of terrorist attacks that have directly targeted women.  http://tribune.com.pk/story/577641/defying-odds-pakistans-first-female-jirga-to-represent-women-in-swat/
Saudi Arabia - 'Wadjda,' Film By Saudi's First Female Director Haifaa Al Mansour, Tackles Quranic Memorization And Female Empowerment. Saudi's first feature film is groundbreaking on many levels, featuring the kingdom's first female director, Haifaa Al Mansour, and a female lead. It’s also the first film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia. "Wadjda" tells the story of a determined young girl who competes in a Quran recitation contest.
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/15/wadjda-film-saudi-woman-director-wajda_n_3586625.html?utm_hp_ref=religion
Vietnam - Vietnam gets 1st ever woman police major general. Bui Tuyet Minh has attained the highest rank ever in the police force by a woman officer – major general. The 51-year-old director of the Kien Giang Province police department received the order signed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung from Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi Saturday. 
  http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20130714-vietnam-female-cop-becomes-country-first-female-major-general.aspx
Papillion Nebraska - After three decades, Papillion's first female cop is retiring.  City officials say she's the first officer ever to retire from the 60-year-old department. Officers in the past have traditionally used the Papillion job as a stepping stone to move on to larger police departments or private-sector jobs with better benefits. At a ceremony at a recent City Council meeting, Mayor David Black and Police Chief Leonard Houloose honored Glesmann for her service. Houloose presented her an honorary badge. No longer a “patrol man,” she now bears the title of “retired corporal.”
  http://www.omaha.com/article/20130713/NEWS/707139910/1685
South Yorkshire UK - First woman given senior role at South Yorkshire Police. Jo Byrne has become the first woman to be appointed to a chief officer position with South Yorkshire Police.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-23300768

 9th JULY, 2013

 Ghana Hosts Three-Day IAWP Regional Conference.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201307011249.html
   Leave legacy for future generation — Police women urged.http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=278282
Helmand Afghanistan - Fearless woman who was Helmand's most senior female police officer is shot dead after surviving three assassination attempts by her own brother.
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2355639/Helmands-senior-female-police-officer-shot-dead-girls-killed-separate-roadside-bomb-attack-collected-water-province.html
Venezuela - Venezuela names admiral to be first female defense minister.Carmen Melendez, who became the South American country's first female admiral a year ago, takes over the defense ministry from Diego Molero. Until Friday, she was serving as minister in the office of the president.  http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/05/us-venezuela-defense-idUSBRE96411520130705
South Africa - Graça Machel, a first lady twice over: The woman by Nelson Mandela’s side.  Graça Machel sleeps in a room not far from the ailing Nelson Mandela’s sickroom. She has rarely left the hospital since he was admitted last month, emerging this week to make an appearance at the Nelson Mandela Center of Memory in Johannesburg. In a short statement, his wife of nearly 15 years reassured the world that the beloved anti-apartheid icon is not in constant pain.  Graca has her own story to tell.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/graca-machel-a-first-lady-twice-over-the-woman-by-nelson-mandelas-side/2013/07/05/7f46043a-e57d-11e2-80eb-3145e2994a55_story.html
New York New York - New Police Officer Follows In Her Hero Father’s Footsteps. Katrina Narvaez, 25, was one of 781 graduates at the ceremony that filled up Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Tuesday. She said she has wanted to honor him since his death, when she was nine years old. “I didn’t really know that he was a police officer, it didn’t really process, until he died,” Narvaez told the New York Daily News. “And then I saw how people cared about him, and they told me stories about all the good things he had done, and it made me want to be like him.”
  http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2013/07/03/new-police-officer-follows-in-her-fathers-footsteps/
Racine Wisconsin - A woman’s place: Racine Police Department continues to see growth in ranks of female officers. http://journaltimes.com/news/local/a-woman-s-place-racine-police-department-continues-to-see/article_246b658a-e6ba-11e2-996e-001a4bcf887a.html
Kashmir India - Shahzada Parveen is Kashmir's First Muslim Woman Superinetendent.http://freepresskashmir.com/shahzada-parveen-is-kashmirs-first-muslim-woman-superintendent-police-062208/
Dhaka Bangladesh - Govt should provide necessary facilities to policewomen. First National Conference of the Bangladesh Police Women's Network. http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/govt-should-provide-necessary-facilities-to-policewomen/
Winnipeg Canada - Convention business growing. Winnipeg will see big upswing. The convention business is very lucrative -- delegates spend four times more than typical leisure travellers -- and also very competitive.  Sturk-Nadeau said local women law enforcement officers helped land the 600-delegate International Association of Women Police conference next year; Stephanie Forsythe, the president of Red River College used her influence to attract the Association of Canadian Community Colleges conference with its 1,000 delegates for 2015; and officials from Winnipeg-based APTN helped lure the World Indigenous Broadcasters for next June, who were originally intending to hold their conference in Vancouver.http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/convention-business-growing-214712211.html
Durham England - Officers receive Durham Police partnership awards. AN OPERATION that brought down an organised crime family whose actions blighted the lives of two North-East villages has won a top police award. Today (Friday, June 21), Peterlee Neighbourhood Police Team’s Operation Tazmania triumphed over 11 other projects at the Durham Police Problem Oriented Partnerships (POP) awards. The operation, which was lead by PC Dave Taylor and PCSO Sharon Bowman, saw officers confront a family that were co-ordinating youths to commit low level crime, deal drugs and behave anti-socially in Wheatley Hill and Thornley. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10501969.Officers_receive_Durham_Police_partnership_awards/

30th June 2013
UN Women's 2013 Report.  PDF format. The Annual Report documents UN Women’s work to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality around the world. It highlights some of the organization’s initiatives during the year and provides summary financial statements, a list of new programmes and projects, and contact information.
http://www.unwomen.org/resources/annual-report/
Bangkok Thailand - Prime Minister poised to double as defence minister. Sources said Defence Minister ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat is on the way out to clear the seat for the prime minister to take over his position. That would not only make her the first female defence minister, but also the holder of a portfolio normally reserved for retired former military leaders. Ms Yingluck refused to confirm the reported changes in the cabinet lineup on Friday, including her possibly concurrently holding the defence portfolio, saying only that changes were needed after almost two years in office. It would be the fifth cabinet reshuffle under the YIngluck government.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/357393/yingluck-poised-to-take-control-of-military-as-first-female-defence-minister
Mountain Home Idaho - City's first woman officer to retire. Julee Bunderson was Mountain Home's first female cop, setting a standard by which others are measured even today.
http://www.mountainhomenews.com/story/1981305.html
New Delhi India - Women cops toughen up, to handle hi-tech guns.  The central police control room (CPCR) department of Delhi police is now training 500 women police personnel, between the rank of constables and sub-Inspectors, in handling and maintaining newly-inducted MP5 sub-machine guns and Glock pistols.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Women-cops-toughen-up-to-handle-hi-tech-guns/Article1-1083646.aspx


 Chandler Arizona - Retiring Chandler Police Chief Sherry Kiyler fell in love with career. Chandler Police Chief Sherry Kiyler did not expect to make a career of law enforcement, but after more than 40 years in the field she would not have it any other way. “It may sound trite, but I truly did fall in love with this profession,” Kiyler said. “If I could go back 40 years knowing what I know now, it would not have been a fluke. It would have been a conscious decision. I would not change my career for anything.” During her career, women went from being asked to sew their own uniform pants to commonly serving in top leadership positions in law enforcement. “I got to do, or had to do, a lot of firsts simply because of my timing,” Kiyler said.
 http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/20130625retiring-chandler-police-chief-sherry-kiyler-reflects-career.html?nclick_check=1
Helena Montana - MT Law Enforcement Academy students ready for new challenges. Graduates of the Montana Law Enforcement Officer Basic Training Course now head into their final course of training before moving to their new locations for work. A total of 46 graduates of the 150th session received honors on Friday in Helena for completing a 12 week course. Eleven of the graduates are women; six of those women will become Montana Highway Patrol Troopers. This is the largest number of women in a single Academy class in the Patrol's history. 
Allahabad India - Cops get training in handling cases of crime against women. Acknowledging that criminal law (amendment) ordinance 2013 has been implemented in view of increasing cases of crime against women across the nation, the police top brass have been briefing their subordinates about important aspects and amendments in the IPC that are helpful in investigation and prosecution. Inspector general of police, Allahabad zone, Alok Sharma told TOI, "We organized a series of workshops and training schedules to apprise the police force, especially investigation officers, sub-inspectors and constables about the amendments and their implementation in eight districts of the zone." He added that cops have also been imparted training on gender sensitization and informed about the purpose of the amendments.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-29/allahabad/40271507_1_acid-attack-amendments-life-term

 26th June 2013
UK - UK's first Female Genital Mutilation helpline finally openly tackles the horrific problem
The NSPCC's new FGM helpline to protect UK women and girls spells out how serious a problem this is in the UK. Cathy Newman hopes it will reduce the British 'nervousness' about tackling this form of child abuse properly.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/10141355/UKs-first-Female-Genital-Mutilation-helpline-finally-openly-tackles-the-horrific-problem.html
Related: 100,000 British women mutilated, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9219217/100000-British-women-mutilated.html
Jakarta Indonesia - Indonesia women police officers may be allowed to wear headscarf. Amid growing public pressure, the National Police said Wednesday (June 19th) they will reconsider a dress code regulation that prohibits women in uniform from wearing an Islamic headscarf (jilbab) while on duty, The Jakarta Globe reported.
http://khabarsoutheastasia.com/en_GB/articles/apwi/articles/newsbriefs/2013/06/21/newsbrief-08
Phoenix Arizona - Maricopa County Sheriffs Office - Inmate bites off part of female detention officer's ear. An Arizona detention officer is expected to undergo surgery to repair her ear after an inmate attacked her in the Lower Buckeye Jail on Monday.
http://www.kpho.com/story/22675188/mcso-inmate-bites-off-part-of-female-detention-officers-ear
US - Police across the country are stumped by mysterious device that unlocks cars. Burglars have been spotted with a small device that disables alarms and unlocks.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/385640/28/Police-stumped-by-mystery-device-used-in-car-break-ins
Ghana - Police Administration Gives Green Light to 150 Female Recruits.  One hundred and fifty female recruits have successfully completed Basic Police Training, and are ready to be integrated into the main stream of policing to enforce law, protect life and property.According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Rose Bio Atinga, who chaired the passing-out parade on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, the 150 female recruits represent 33 per cent of 2,402 recruits who passed out last week.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201306251677.html
Kingsbury UK - Female police officer strangled in Kingsbury. A female police officer was strangled and a special constable punched while they tried to make an arrest in Kingsbury yesterday. Brent Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following the double attack outside Nationwide in Kingsbury High Road, at around 8.20pm.Both were on plain clothes patrol when they spotted two men acting suspiciously.
http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/crime-court/female_police_officer_strangled_in_kingsbury_1_2251041
Cameroon Africa - U.N. Women's Head Bids Farewell.  The outgoing Resident Representative of the United Nations Women's Programme, (UN Women), Marie Goretti Nduwayo, has hailed steps geared towards gender equality in the socio-economic and political landscape in Cameroon. She made the revelation during a farewell dinner in her honour in Yaounde on Friday June 21, 2013. Speaking during the occasion, Marie Goretti Nduwayo said the 20 per cent female representation at the house of the Senate is a significant factor in women's political participation in Cameroon. She said her institution has played a key role in promoting justice and democracy in Cameroon especially in respect to ensuring gender balance in the electoral lists, the economic empowerment of women, participation of women in decision-making and leadership, economic empowerment of women, elimination of violence against women and participation in planning and national budget.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201306251069.html

23rd June 2013
BAWP Award Luncheon.  Honoring their award recipients June 11 2013. See attached file.
U.S. - State Department 2013 Trafficking in Humans Report Released
Tiverton Rhode Island - Tiverton Police Welcome Only Active-Duty Woman Officer. Officer Brittany Foster graduated from the state Municipal Police Academy. 
Bangalore India - Govt to recruit more women police. 18,000 posts vacant. There are also plans to introduce self-financing housing scheme for police personnel. Primary Health Centres and schools will be opened in the police colonies, he said. 
Sacramento California - Federal judges order Calif. to free 9,600 inmates. If crowding issues are not solved in time, prisoners from a list of "low risk" offenders will be released.
http://www.policeone.com/corrections/articles/6287189-Federal-judges-order-Calif-to-free-9-600-inmates/
Illinois US - Illinois women win the right to vote. Women wasted no time flexing political muscle.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-per-flash-women-voter-0623-new-20130623,0,1557838.story
Muscat UAE - 1st Oman Extraordinary Women Conference 2013 to be held tomorrow.  With the globalisation of women's issues, the year 2013 is promising great strides to be taken in the area of issuing women roles in decision making processes, encouraging women to take up business leadership roles, reducing rampant practices of violence against women and furthering education for women. Focus will also be geared towards tackling issues of women in developing and under-developed regions around the globe.
http://www.zawya.com/story/1st_Oman_Extraordinary_Women_Conference_2013_to_be_held_tomorrow-ZAWYA20130623110209/
Dubai UAE - Crash course for Abu Dhabi's female police officers.  Five female officers with Abu Dhabi Police have been trained in how to rescue passengers trapped inside vehicles.
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/crash-course-for-abu-dhabis-female-police-officers
Udhampur India - Jammu and Kashmir unveils its first women commando squad. As Neelofer prepares to leave the police training academy in Udhampur in south Kashmir, there is a look of pride and patriotism on her face. And justifiably so. In her early 20s, she is part of the first batch of women crack commandos of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, trained to participate in counter-insurgency operations in the state.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/jammu-and-kashmir-unveils-its-first-women-commando-squad-380800
World Health Organization - Violence against women causes 'global health epidemic,' says WHO report. Physical, sexual attacks are "everyday reality" for many women. according to a report issued by World Health Organisation. In a statement accompanying the report WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the violence had caused health problems of "epidemic proportions", adding: "The world's health systems can and must do more for women who experience violence."  
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2013/violence_against_women_20130620/en/
Lucknow India - India's Red Brigade ready for battle. In the dust-blown courtyard of a slum village on the outskirts of Lucknow, 25-year-old teacher Usha Vishwakarma is leading her 'Red Brigade’ gang of teenaged girls in mixed martial arts training. In the dust-blown courtyard of a slum village on the outskirts of Lucknow, 25-year-old teacher Usha Vishwakarma is leading her 'Red Brigade’ gang of teenaged girls in mixed martial arts training. They are kneeing imaginary assailants and punching out at potential molesters, all in the cause of a fightback against Indian manhood which has surged since a 23-year-old student was gang-raped and killed by six men on a Delhi bus last December.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10136867/Indias-Red-Brigade-ready-for-battle.html
United Nations - End discrimination of widows: UN Women acting head. UN Women acting head and Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri on Friday called on the international community to end discrimination against widows so they can live in dignity and fully participate in society. In her message for International Widow's Day, Puri drew attention to the estimated 115 million widows currently living under the poverty line, and the 81 million who are subjected to physical abuse, often by their own family members.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/end-discrimination-of-widows-un-women-acting-head_856765.html

20th June 2013

U.S. - State Department 2013 Trafficking in Humans Report Released
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18th June 2013
Tech Update from Carol:  Backblaze. This service is only $3.96usd month and backups your entire Mac or Windows hard drive data, plus data on any external drives attached to your computer, seamlessly in the background.  If you ever have a hard drive failure, you simply open your account online through your new PC and follow the instructions to install your backed-up data to your new PC.  Or, you can have your files sent to you on a thumb drive or have an entire new hard drive sent.  It backs up to the cloud so you have your files available no matter where you are.  And it uses very little of your resources even if running all-day every day.
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 Greenwich New Jersey - Greenwich Township Police promotes first female sergeant.The township cuncil promoted three police officers Monday, including Ptl. Stacey Mangine, who is now Greenwich’s first female sergeant. 
California - Penny Harrington, the USA’s 1st Female Chief of Police.  The NextWomen Career Theme: Law Enforcement. For this month’s theme, we will be interviewing a number of women from around the globe who have reached the top of the world’s most prestigious and male dominated professions. This is the story of Penny Harrington, the USA’s first female Chief of Police for a major city, who also founded The National Center for Women & Policing, an organization which specializes in gender issues in law enforcement.
http://www.thenextwomen.com/2013/03/04/penny-harrington-usa-s-1st-female-chief-police
Baltimore Maryland - After jail scandal, spotlight on growing role of women officers. Two-thirds of corrections officers are female at some facilities.
 http://www.correctionsone.com/women-in-corrections/articles/6278944-After-jail-scandal-spotlight-on-growing-role-of-women-officers/
Kanatarka India - Karnataka's police force to have more women.  6% of state police force comprises women; strength to be raised to 20%.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/1848876/report-karnataka-s-police-force-to-have-more-women
Detroit Michigan - Social media postings sometimes lead to jail time.A Detroit man who posted pictures of himself holding guns on Facebook got more than a “like” out of his posts: He got arrested.
Unbeknownst to Oliver Weddington, court records show, a federal agent who was investigating him for federal gun crimes was combing his Facebook page and came across several pictures that raised red flags.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013306160028
Kent Ohio - Ohio Police Chief Shames Alleged Criminals On Facebook.  His humor, sarcasm and blunt opinion fueled a tenfold increase in the Facebook page's likes in the past year, bringing the total to about five times the 10,300 residents the department serves. It's among the most-liked local law enforcement pages in the country, trailing only New York, Boston and Philadelphia police, according to the International Association of Chiefs of Police Center for Social Media.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/ohio-police-chief-shames-people-on-facebook_n_3453110.html?ir=Crime
The Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BrimfieldPolice

14th June 2013
Fredericton Canada - Atlantic Canada's first female municipal police chief settling into new role.  The first woman ever to be named chief of a municipal police force in Atlantic Canada is settling into her new permanent role. Leanne Fitch is a 27-year veteran of the Fredericton Police Force. She had been serving as the department’s acting police chief for the last 11 months.  Fitch, who was officially named chief this week, also holds the title of being the region’s first female deputy chief for a municipal police force. Fitch joins seven other women across Canada currently serving as chief of a municipal police force. She’s only the 12th woman ever to be named to that role in Canadian history.
http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/atlantic-canada-s-first-female-municipal-police-chief-settling-into-new-role-1.1323146 
Related Article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/06/12/nb-fredericton-police-chief-fitch-women.html
>>St. Paul Minnesota - St. Paul's Montgomery earns international honor — Award recognizes her mentoring of women police officers. Deborah Montgomery’s longtime mentoring and community leadership will be formally recognized later this year. The International Association of Women Police (IAWP) in April selected Montgomery, a 28-year veteran St. Paul police officer (1975-2003), for its 2013 Heritage Award and will honor her at their annual training conference September 21-26 in Durban, South Africa. The award is given to an individual with “substantial and significant contributions to women police,” wrote St. Paul Board President Angie Holt in her congratulations letter to Montgomery. Speaking exclusively to the MSR last week, Montgomery said that Holt told her she had been nominated by several people.
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2013/06/13/st-pauls-montgomery-earns-international-honor-award-recognizes-her-mentoring-women-p
Wichita Kansas - Wichita State University's new chief of police is a tough trailblazer.  In the 1990s, while six months pregnant and working for the Wichita police, she helped put Michael Marsh of Wichita in prison for life. She talked to him ever so softly and somehow got him to admit how he’d shot a young mother and burned her little girl alive.
http://www.kansas.com/2013/06/13/2846960/wsus-new-police-chief-a-tough.html


 Mushaf Pakistan - Pakistan's First Female Fighter Pilot, Ayesha Farooq, Is Ready To Do Damage.  With an olive green head scarf poking out from her helmet,Ayesha Farooq flashes a cheeky grin when asked if it is lonely being the only war-ready female fighter pilot in the Islamic republic of Pakistan.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/13/pakistan-female-fighter-pilot_n_3436894.html


Washington DC - White House lawyer to become first female CIA deputy director after Morell steps down.  CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell is stepping down and being replaced by White House lawyer Avril Haines, who will be the first woman to hold the post.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/211340421.html
Greater Manchester England - Dale Cregan Given Whole Life Sentence For Policewoman Murders.   

9th June 2013
Dover Delaware - Ride raises funds, awareness for fallen police officers. Ride4cops At Legislative Mall on Saturday morning, current and retired police gathered for the Wall to Wall Memorial Ride. Around 9:30 a.m., just as light rain was beginning to fall, they left the Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial, where the names of the state’s fallen police officers are etched in stone.  

Florida - State offers police new human-trafficking training.  This week, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey announced a new two-hour online training program for officers. The training explains the signs of human trafficking, the various forms of trafficking, and related state and government laws.
"Human trafficking is an unconscionable crime, and this online training course for law enforcement officers provides them with the information they need to arrest the perpetrators and protect the victims," Bondi said in a prepared statement. 

Oregon - Oregon National Guard promotes first woman to rank of major general.  The Oregon National Guard promoted its first woman to the rank of major general Friday. Maj. Gen. Julie A. Bentz was promoted at an afternoon ceremony in front of friends, families and colleagues in Heritage Park at the Oregon Military Department in Salem, the Guard announced.  

Afghanistan - Niloofar Rhmani Is The Afghan Air Force's First Female Graduate Since The 1980s. The 21-year-old from Kabul was awarded her flying wings on May 14 after successfully completing the air force's undergraduate pilot training program, according to the Washington Times. The program demanded roughly 145 flying hours, and Rhmani spent nearly a year learning English to qualify. "First, it was my ambition, and second, I want to show that Afghanistan can have female pilots," she told the Times.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/05/niloofar-rhmani-female-afghan-pilot_n_3386881.html?ir=Good+News

Montgomery County Pennsylvania - Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department celebrates re-accreditation. Montgomery County Sheriff Eileen Whalon Behr outside the county court house in Norristown announced the department was re-accredited on Thursday, June 6, 2013. “I think it’s important for the members of this department because it sets the standards. It shows the public that this department strives to meet the professional standards. For those who want to join the department, it sets the bar,” county Sheriff Eileen Whalon Behr said Thursday after a brief ceremony commemorating the re-accreditation.
 http://www.thereporteronline.com/article/20130606/NEWS01/130609708/montgomery-county-sheriff-s-department-celebrates-re-accreditation

Orlando Florida - Fla. police officer says she was fired because of breast implants. A female police officer and breast cancer survivor from Florida says she was fired because she couldn't wear a bulletproof vest due to her breast implants. Master Sgt. Rhonda Huckelbery filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Orlando Police Department alleging she was fired because her breast implants prevented her from wearing a bulletproof vest, WFTV, Orlando, reported Wednesday.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/06/06/Fla-police-officer-says-she-was-fired-because-of-breast-implants/UPI-10971370544842/

Oman Asia - Former Indian top cop, Kiran Bedi, would be coming to Oman for the first Oman Extraordinary Women Conference 2013. The two-day conference would begin from June 24 in Muscat. Kiran Bedi would take her place among other local and global influential women to share her views and experiences on matters related to women empowerment. Bedi's keynote presentation on the first day will focus on the past, present and future role of women. She will examine current difficulties being faced by women; the need for women to break traditional mindsets by stepping out of their comfort zones and the steps they need to take towards progress.
http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-17384.aspx

Washington DC - Want more time off? Some employers let you buy it.  Want more time off work to hang out at the beach? Need a little cash and have vacation days to spare? Some companies allow their employees to buy and sell vacation time, a perk that gives workers more flexibility in managing their time off. The novel approach might help employees buy some extra days off to take the trip of a lifetime or spend more time with a newborn. Co-workers could sell off unused days to get some extra money.
 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/want-more-time-some-employers-let-you-buy-it

4th June 2013
Washington DC - Major Win for Law Enforcement.  The U.S. Supreme court said police can take DNA samples from people arrested, and liken it to taking fingerprints and photographs of people arrested.
http://news.yahoo.com/court-police-dna-swabs-arrestees-141629414.html


 Secrets to Grant Writing - Grant Writing has a set of basic rules for creating a successful application.  Much of it is unwritten in the request for proposal or funding notice.  It is presumed that the writer or applicant knows the rules and tricks of the trade.  Most of us come to grant writing when someone hands you a funding announcement and is sure you know how to get the money. I began grant writing many years ago when the job I was hired to do was almost out of grant funding and needed to continue.  Then grant writing became a survival skill.
http://www.policeone.com/Grants/articles/6258967-Best-practices-in-grant-writing/
Islamabad Pakistan - First Pakistani woman who scaled Mount Everest arrives in town. The first Pakistani woman climber to scale the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest (8,848 metres), Samina Baig, termed her achievement a part of struggle for gender equality in the country.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-181666-First-Pakistani-woman-who-scaled-Mount-
St. Paul Minnesota - White Bear Lake retiring police chief was a pioneer, advocate for abuse victims. Lynne Bankes remembers the first words said to her by a co-worker after she landed a job with the Fridley Police Department. It was 1980. She was the first female hired as a police officer in Anoka County. "There was this old Irish sergeant sitting at his desk when I walked out of the chief's office," Bankes recalled. "He said, 'We ain't never gonna have no goddamn broad working here.' I walked right up to him and said, 'Hi. I'm your new goddamn broad.'
http://www.twincities.com/ci_23319329/white-bear-lake-retiring-police-chief-was-pioneer
Peru Indiana - The city of Peru has its first female police chief, but Jonie Kennedy says gender has never been a factor in her career decisions. Kennedy was named chief in April and is one of about seven women to head police departments in Indiana.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0537b9626a8346079fef5ef28234862d/IN--Top-Cop-Peru
Anne Arundel Maryland - Davis Named Acting Police Chief for Second Time in a Year. Maj. Pamela Davis is serving as police chief as Anne Arundel County looks into a long-term replacement. Last July, Maj. Pamela Davis was taking on the role of acting police chief in Anne Arundel County, in the wake of former Police Chief James Teare Sr.'s retirement. Less than a year later, she is back as acting chief, since Larry Tolliver announced he was retiring as the police head effective May 21.
http://annearundel.patch.com/articles/davis-named-acting-police-chief-for-second-time-in-a-year
Egg Harbor New Jersey - Egg Harbor Twp. police promote first-ever female supervisor. The Egg Harbor Township Committee promoted a female police officer to a supervisory for the first time in the police department's history during its meeting. Sgt. Cherie Burgan, previously served in the patrol and detective divisions for the Egg Harbor Township Police Department, which was formed in 1968.
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/egg-harbor-twp/eht-general-news/39447-egg-harbor-township-police-department-cherie-burgan-supervisor-promotion.html
Santa Fe New Mexico - Our View: Barbara Salas — trailblazing fire chief. 
Not every soon-to-be-retiree gets to cruise the Santa Fe Plaza one last time before heading off to life after work. It’s customary at the Santa Fe Fire Department. That’s why, last Friday, Fire Chief Barbara Salas — the city’s first female chief — took the traditional ride, sirens ablaze, in one of her department’s trucks. Starting (where else?) at Fire Station No. 1, the procession circled the Plaza, then swung by the Capitol before ending up in south Santa Fe at the Santa María de la Paz Parish Hall. With that last ride, Santa Fe’s first female fire chief stepped away from her career — keeping the public safe.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/editorials/article_5df4cf3a-c10e-5a0f-8097-594707ff8625.html


31st May 2013
Middletown New Jersey - Middletown police names first female sergeant. For Colangelo and the rest of the department, it was a historic moment. “I’m ecstatic,” she said following the ceremony. “I’m very humbled too. I came up through this department. I was the second female hire here, so it was exciting for me to be the first female sergeant.” Colangelo, who first became a Middletown police officer in 1995, is now one of six females in the department. She served as an undercover detective with the Bayshore Narcotics Task Force and as a field training officer before being promoted to detective in the department’s juvenile division in 2003.
 http://ind.gmnews.com/news/2013-05-30/Front_Page/Middletown_police_names_first_female_sergeant.html
           Related:  http://www.app.com/article/20130521/NJNEWS/305210074/Middletown-police-dept-promotes-first-female-supervisor?nclick_check=1
Stillwater Oklahoma - Female police officer in Stillwater rises through ranks.Female police officers were hard to come by 22 years ago, and they are still breaking into the profession.  For Sgt. Skye Woodward at the Stillwater Police Department, being one of the guys is nothing new. Woodward has been here for 19 years. “It wasn’t uncommon when I very first started working here as an officer to go to a call and somebody might say, ‘Oh look it’s a woman’ or something,” Woodward said. “But that’s pretty rare anymore to hear that.”
 http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x1374705725/Female-police-officer-in-Stillwater-rises-through-ranks
China - Mounted Policewoman Expenses Raise Eyebrows. Horse industry insiders have expressed doubts about the reported expenses of the Dalian Municipal Public Security Bureau's Mounted Policewoman Unit in northeast China, according to the Beijing News. "Five lots of race horses from The Hong Kong Jockey Club were transported from Hong Kong to Dalian before 2010, and a Boeing 747 was used for the air transportation. All this cost 1.5 million yuan (about 245 thousand US dollars)," Song Jian, vice captain of The Mounted Policewomen Unit, previously claimed in an interview.
http://english.cri.cn/11354/2013/05/29/2821s767546.htm
Tokyo Japan - National Police Agency panel urges more policewomen.  The nation’s police forces should be less male-dominated and have more females in their ranks, an expert panel under the National Police Agency proposed Thursday. Female officers accounted for only 6.8 percent of the nation’s police as of April 2012, with the agency planning an increase to 10 percent by April 2023. But the panel urged the NPA to achieve the target ahead of schedule.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/31/national/npa-panel-urges-more-policewomen/#.UaiBa97D-Uk
Virginia - Va. Capitol Police appoints first female K-9 officer.  Even as the nation's first organized policing agency, the Virginia Capitol Police still has room to reach new milestones. It recently notched one when the historic law enforcement agency -- its origins can be traced to 1618 and the first permanent English settlement at Jamestowne -- this spring promoted its first female officer to the force's K-9 unit. Officer Laura Holmes and her canine partner Spike, a black Labrador twice deployed to Afghanistan to assist U.S. armed forces, were recognized Wednesday during a brief Capitol Police promotion ceremony at the State Capitol.http://hamptonroads.com/2013/05/va-capitol-police-appoints-first-female-k9-officer
Idaho Falls Idaho - A very small light in a very dark room can save a life. That's why Idaho Falls Police Lt. Bill Squires, a gun owner and 18-year police veteran, created the ReadyLight Pistol Light. "It adds the ability to be able to recognize targets and what you're seeing in low-light conditions." The light illuminates whatever is in front of the person holding the gun and can be used on any standard, semiautomatic pistol. "The issue is that the vast majority of defensive use in firearms happens either at night or in low-light conditions," Squires said. "So, the necessity of having a flashlight coupled with a firearm — a rifle or pistol — is pretty well-documented."
http://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/accessories/articles/6254709-Idaho-cop-develops-new-lightweight-gun-light/
Kabul Afghanistan - UN urges Afghan government to adopt law on protection of women. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan and the U.N. women’s agency urged the Afghan government on Tuesday to boost efforts to adopt legislation designed to protect women.The national parliament failed over the weekend to ratify the draft Eliminating Violence Against Women law, causing women’s rights activists in the country to raise alarms at the slow process of securing a bill that would criminalize many acts of violence against women.
http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/un-urges-afghan-government-to-adopt-law-on-protection-of-women-1.221828
U.S. Department of Justice - Police departments encouraged to apply for grants. Law-enforcement departments in South Jersey are encouraged to apply for federal funding available under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. The program will award $165 million in federal funding for fiscal year 2013 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law-enforcement officers in an effort to create and preserve jobs and increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/absecon_galloway_port-republic/in-your-county/article_eadf2d8e-c7c8-11e2-b555-001a4bcf887a.html
Godavari India - SHG (self help group) women to take up police work. It is part of ‘gender policing’, to be launched by month end in West Godavari. The SHG women are poised to get into the shoes of police in West Godavari district soon. Wearing a badge and an identity card on their persons, the SHG women in khaki uniform will be seen in police stations hereafter, receiving the women petitioners with hospitality and assisting the police in handling grievances relating to gender crimes.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/shg-women-to-take-up-police-work/article4758916.ece
Ventura County California - Ventura County Probation Agency Chief Mark Varela is pleased to announce the promotion of Supervising Deputy Probation Officers Timothy Dowler and Sandra Carrillo to Division Managers on the Probation Agency’s Executive Committee. Mr. Dowler will oversee the agency’s Adult Field Services Division staff and operations in Ventura, Oxnard, and Simi Valley. His duties will include managing 113 employees and supervising operations involving adult probationers, post-release offenders (state parolees returned to Ventura County), and the community-based treatment services provided to this population.
 http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/may/28/probation-supervisors-tim-dowler-and-sandra-carril/
Philadelphia Pennsylvania - Female Police Inspector Retires With 40 Years on Job. Philadelphia Police Inspector Jeanette Dooley is the first woman to spend 40 years on the force. Changed the history of the police force.Video and article: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Female-Police-Inspector-Retires-With-40-Years-on-Job-207965551.html


 Arlington Texas - UT-Arlington names Arlington deputy chief as new top cop; will be first female chief in campus history.  The University of Texas at Arlington has tapped a top Arlington police veteran as its new campus police chief, officials announced Wednesday. Kim Lemaux, who has been a deputy police chief in Arlington since 2001, will become the university’s first ever female police chief, according to UT-Arlington officials. She will also be the only woman to hold the top police job in the 15-institution University of Texas system.
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/ut-arlington-names-arlington-deputy-chief-as-new-top-cop-will-be-first-female-chief-in-campus-history.html/


21st May, 2013
Hopewell Virginia - Police sergeant Rose Comancho is first female promoted to supervisory position. In April 2012, she was promoted to the rank of sergeant. Camacho is the first woman in the department to have a supervisory position. Chief John Keohane, who took his position in May 2011, said that he was "surprised" that she was the first in the department's history. Camacho said that she can relate to the women in a group of six officers sworn in during April. "I can see myself in them not knowing how to deal with people. You've got to get that respect," she said. Camacho is eligible for retirement in two years, but wants to apply for a lieutenant position. For now, she said she is satisfied about where she currently stands. "It took me 24 years, but I got it finally," she said.
http://progress-index.com/news/police-sergeant-is-first-female-promoted-to-supervisory-position-1.1492105
Peru Indiana - The city of Peru has its first female police chief, but Jonie Kennedy says gender has never been a factor in her career decisions. Kennedy was named chief in April and is one of about seven women to head police departments in Indiana.
 http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0537b9626a8346079fef5ef28234862d/IN--Top-Cop-Peru
United Nations - UN officials in Afghanistan urge ratification of law to eliminate violence against women. Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan are today urging the Government to fully implement legislation to protect women from child marriage and other forms of violence, in line with international commitments, after the Afghan Parliament failed to ratify the law over the weekend. President Hamid Karzai passed the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law with a presidential decree in 2009, but law has yet to be ratified by the Parliament. The debate between lawmakers was halted on 18 May.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44950&Cr=&Cr1=#.UZtaF97D-Uk
Related: Kabul - http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/un-urges-afghan-government-to-adopt-law-on-protection-of-women-1.221828
North Yorkshire UK - A POLICEWOMAN who suffered discrimination and harassment at the hands of fellow officers in North Yorkshire has been awarded £20,000 in damages. The former firearms officer – identified only as Miss M for security reasons – raised a catalogue of complaints, including being asked by a training inspector if she wanted a pink gun. Last night the North Yorkshire force pledged to learn lessons from the case. The county’s police and crime commissioner, Julia Mulligan, said: “This was clearly a distressing case for the officer, and it is right she has been awarded damages. “We must now focus on the lessons we have learned and improve the support for officers who make complaints.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/general-news/20-000-damages-for-yorkshire-policewoman-offered-a-pink-gun-1-5692722
Eugene Oregon - Putting the 'she' in shield: Eugene PD holds female officer course.  People sometimes refer to them as they boys in blue, but the Eugene Police Department said they want more women to join. To help their effort, Eugene Police held a nearly two month long training course for women interested in getting a badge called Women In Blue.
http://www.kval.com/news/local/Putting-the-she-in-shield-Eugene-PD-holds-female-officer-course-208032491.html
Norfolk Virginia - Norfolk's first African-American female police officer honored.   A 100-year-old woman was honored Wednesday for being Norfolk's first African-American female police officer.  Virginia Randolph received an Honorary Deputy Badge Wednesday from Norfolk Sheriff Bob McCabe to thank her for her years of service to the community. 
 Article and video: http://www.wvec.com/news/First-black--207609151.html

Chandler Arizona - Chandler Police Chief Kiyler says she will retire this year.  After more than 40 years in law enforcement, Chandler Police Chief Sherry Kiyler said that she plans to retire this year. “I’ve been a police officer for 40 years and there is a time to move on to other opportunities and challenges and rewards in your life,” she said Tuesday. Kiyler, 62, said she expects to retire at the end of June.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/20130514chandler-police-chief-sherry-kiyler-retire.html?nclick_check=1
Wentzville Missouri - Chief Lisa Harrison only female police chief in St. Charles County
                       Article and video: http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/379810/3/Wentzville-has-only-female-police-chief-in-county


 Chicago Illinois - Rookie cops walking South Side streets. Initiative puts new officers on night patrols in some of city's most dangerous blocks. Superintendent Garry McCarthy calls it a return to community policing, but it also is designed to beef up the police presence in tough neighborhoods and give the new cops a taste of life on the street.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-05-07/news/ct-met-foot-patrols-chicago-police-20130507_1_rookie-cops-foot-patrols-new-cops

6th May 2013
Afghanistan - First Afghan Women's Cycling Team Sets Sights on Rio.  would you risk your life for your two-wheeler? For women in Afghanistan, riding a bike is one step above committing a crime, but Shannon Galpin, founder of the nonprofit Mountain2Mountain and the 2013 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, is hoping to change that.
http://www.shape.com/blogs/shape-your-life/first-afghan-womens-cycling-team-sets-sights-rio
Wheeling West Virginia - Officers Certified to Stay ‘SHARP’.  Strategies Help Prevent People From Becoming Victims of Sexual Assault. 
US - The app that can tell you EXACTLY where a gunman is just by listening to a bullet being fired. System uses microphones and other sensors in smartphone to pinpoint location. Additional microphones housed in a box the size of a pack of playing cards. Head-mounted version set to be developed for police and soldiers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2315173/The-app-tell-EXACTLY-gunman-just-listening-bullet-fired.html
Mansfield Ohio - Pioneering local female cop is retiring. Grogoza rose to captain in 30-year police career. After 30 years with the city police department, Capt. Marijan Grogoza says she has a Ph.D. in people. Grogoza, 51, called it a career Friday. When she joined the force in 1983, she was the only woman and the youngest officer
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20130426/NEWS01/304260027/One-police-department-s-first-female-officers-retires

Indonesia - Policewomen wow protestors with 'Gangnam Style'.
                   Article Video: http://www.emirates247.com/videos/policewomen-wow-protestors-with-gangnam-style-2013-05-06-1.505325
Mingora Pakistan - Overcoming obstacles: Health, education staff to act as policewomen.The divisional administration has decided to deploy female staff from the education and health departments to perform police duties in order to ensure peace during the elections.“We are really happy with the move because we need to maintain a peaceful environment within the polling stations,” said Gulfam, a female teacher in Matta. “We can do the job easily as we know our local women very well. However, there must be male police guards outside the polling stations for fool-proof security.”
http://tribune.com.pk/story/544503/overcoming-obstacles-health-education-staff-to-act-as-policewomen/
PARANG, Maguindanao Philippines –  The Philippine National Police in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has come up with creative ways to help ensure there is no failure of election, including deploying an all-women provisional company to Lanao del Sur, Chief Supt. Noel delos Reyes, chief of the Police Regional Office-ARMM, said. “One of the innovations we’re doing right now, based on past experiences, is to come up with a provisional all-female company,” delos Reyes told MindaNews in his office late Tuesday afternoon.
 http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2013/05/03/armm-deploys-all-women-police-company-to-help-prevent-failure-of-elections-in-lanao-sur/
Winnipeg Canada - The first thing you notice when you meet Chief Francine Meeches is that she is interested in making her community better. She knows first-hand the positive impact development and partnerships can have on Swan Lake First Nation and she is in aggressive pursuit. Visit their community website and the first thing you'll see are job postings. The chief's hard work and discipline have not only helped her community earn accolades from across Canada, but Swan Lake recently beat out Lethbridge and London, Ont., for the top public service award by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada and Deloitte.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/female-chiefs-needed-205729331.html
Delhi India - Running a prison is women's work.  For Vimla Mehra, running one of the world’s largest prison complexes is like managing a big household. “Women can do it better, because it’s just an application of natural work that we do at home,” Ms. Mehra told The Wall Street Journal’s India Real Time on a recent afternoon. The 57-year-old divorced mother is the second female director general of Delhi’s Tihar Prison, which has 12,000 inmates — 540 of them women — kept in 10 jails. Kiran Bedi, the first woman to head the prison, stood down in 1995 after two years in the role. Ms. Mehra took over in August last year.
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/05/06/running-a-prison-is-womens-work/
Iceland - Women are a minority in the Icelandic police force. No women worked as chief police officers in Iceland last year but 23 men did. This is stated in the annual report from the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police for 2012 that came out today.
http://www.newsoficeland.com/home/culture/item/1305-women-are-a-minority-in-the-icelandic-police-force

1st May 2013

Afghanistan - First Afghan Women's Cycling Team Sets Sights on Rio.  would you risk your life for your two-wheeler? For women in Afghanistan, riding a bike is one step above committing a crime, but Shannon Galpin, founder of the nonprofit Mountain2Mountain and the 2013 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, is hoping to change that.http://www.shape.com/blogs/shape-your-life/first-afghan-womens-cycling-team-sets-sights-rio
US - The app that can tell you EXACTLY where a gunman is just by listening to a bullet being fired. System uses microphones and other sensors in smartphone to pinpoint location. Additional microphones housed in a box the size of a pack of playing cards. Head-mounted version set to be developed for police and soldiers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2315173/The-app-tell-EXACTLY-gunman-just-listening-bullet-fired.html
Mansfield Ohio - Pioneering local female cop is retiring. Grogoza rose to captain in 30-year police career. After 30 years with the city police department, Capt. Marijan Grogoza says she has a Ph.D. in people. Grogoza, 51, called it a career Friday. When she joined the force in 1983, she was the only woman and the youngest officer
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20130426/NEWS01/304260027/One-police-department-s-first-female-officers-retires
Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia launches first campaign to stop violence against women. Abuse of women has been a taboo subject, but in a bold first step a new advertising campaign encourages female victims to come out of hiding.
 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2013/0430/Saudi-Arabia-launches-first-campaign-to-stop-violence-against-women
Bangladesh - Bangladesh gets first woman Speaker. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has taken oath as the youngest and the first woman Speaker of Bangladesh.
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/30/bangladesh-gets-first-woman-speaker
Riyadh Saudi Arabia - Saudi policewomen raid 'suspected' drug dens. Nearly 100 Saudi policewomen raided houses and other sites suspected to be used for drug dealing in a rare operation illustrating the gradual collapse of social barriers against local women in the conservative Moslem Gulf Kingdom. The cops are part of a new batch of Saudi policewomen who graduated after receiving training on combating drug dealing and other illegal activities carried out by women.
http://www.emirates247.com/crime/region/saudi-policewomen-raid-suspected-drug-dens-2013-04-30-1.504537
Gambia Africa - Police Receive Gender Training Manual for Safeguarding Rights. Following series of consultations for the development and integration of Gender Based Violence and Human Rights issues into the police training curriculum, the Women’s Bureau with support from UNFPA recruited a consultant to develop a gender training manual. The training manual has been developed and reviewed by stakeholders.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201304301249.html
 23rd APRIL,2013

>>Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago - Top cop: Warner was driving force in service. Former national security minister Jack Warner was an “exceptional” minister and the driving force to make the police service more efficient and effective. So said acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams who paid glowing tribute to Warner yesterday. The acting top cop was fielding questions from the media after the opening ceremony at Capital Plaza, Port-of-Spain, of the International Association of Women Police Conference.  >>See Photo: Minister of State, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Ramona Ramdial, is saluted by female offices of the United Arab Emirates, from left, Mouza Alkhabori, Moza Obaid Alkalbani, Captain Amna Mohammed Khamis Al Belooshi, Sara Al Hashmi and Fatima Al Mansoori at the International Association of Women Police Conference at Capital Plaza, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-04-23/top-cop-warner-was-driving-force-service
Basseterre St. Kitts - Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force has its first female superintendent. Double history is in the making in the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. The law enforcement agency not only has its first female Superintendent of Police, but also the first female head of the Strategic Intelligence Unit, formerly Special Branch.  Both honours go to Ms. Merclyn Hughes.
http://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/72719
Mithi Pakistan - Winds of change: Meet Hajiani Lanjo, Tharparkar’s first female candidate.In Tharparkar, it doesn’t matter if you’re a Muslim or a Hindu. If you happen to be a woman then you’re automatically at the lowest rung of the social ladder, regardless of your caste or creed. For the women of this region, standing for elections is a distant dream, and most are not even allowed to cast votes. Now, one determined woman hopes to change all that. Meet 32-year-old Hajiani Lanjo, a lawyer and social activist who is the first woman in the history of Tharparkar to stand for elections.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/539296/winds-of-change-meet-hajiani-lanjo-tharparkars-first-female-candidate/
Canada - Al Qaeda Train Terror Plot' Foiled. Two men charged with planning an attack on a train in Toronto, with support from al Qaeda elements in Iran, will face court today. Canadian police have foiled an al Qaeda-backed "major terrorist plot" to attack a passenger train on a railway line between New York and Toronto. Two people have been arrested and charged with conspiring to carry out the attack and murder people in association with a terrorist group, police revealed at a news conference in Toronto.
http://news.sky.com/story/1081584/canada-al-qaeda-train-terror-plot-foiled
Related: Two foreign men living in Canada have been charged with plotting a terrorist attack on a passenger train with support from al-Qaeda elements in Iran.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22258191
                    
New Brunswick Canada - N.B.'s first elected female chief remembered. Margaret Labillois died Friday.  She was the first person from her community to graduate from high school and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
Labillois was the first woman to be elected a chief in New Brunswick and a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of New Brunswick
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/04/21/nb-margaret-labillois-first-nations.html
Mexico - The Plight of the 'Bravest Woman in Mexico' . As the town’s top cop, Garcia tried to re-establish trust between the community and the police. Unable to compete with the firepower of the cartels, the police carried no guns under Garcia. She hired more women, hoping they’d be less threatening to the cartel and had them go door-to-door talking to residents.With personal threats on her escalating, Garcia and her family fled to the United States, and just in time. The night they left a squad of hit men broke into their bungalow and ransacked their rooms.
http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/04/22/plight-bravest-woman-mexico
Saudi Arabia - Another first: Women work in coffee shops. The Labor Ministry has said it is creating new jobs for women to decrease unemployment among women registered in the “Hafez” program. Today the number of Saudi women working in restaurants and coffee shops is on the rise. Restaurant coordinator Alaa Khalid said she registered in the Hafez program and soon after received three offers, one of which was in a coffee shop.
http://www.arabnews.com/news/449117
21st APRIL,2013
US - FAA chief says furloughs to start Sunday, warns of flight delays.  The public should expect flight delays as furloughs kick in Sunday for air traffic controllers, although the effects may be felt unevenly from airport to airport, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/19/faa-chief-says-furloughs-to-start-sunday-warns-flight-delays
Saudi Arabia - US legal firm hires first female lawyer in Saudi . A major US legal practice has hired its first female lawyer in Saudi Arabia, following a recent ruling that has permitted local women to work in the profession for the first time.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/us-legal-firm-hires-first-female-lawyer-in-saudi-498676.html
US - This day on TODAY in 1983: Revisiting the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon goes back to 1897, but until Roberta Louise "Bobbi" Gibb came along in 1966, no woman had ever run in the storied race. She was not sanctioned to run, so Gibb hid in the bushes at the beginning of the race, then jumped into the pack, and was welcomed by the male runners around her. She finished the marathon in 3 hours and 20 minutes. History was made. 
http://allday.today.com/_news/2013/04/18/17796912-this-day-on-today-in-1983-revisiting-the-first-woman-to-run-the-boston-marathon
Bajaur Pakistan - Badam Zari becomes first woman to ever run for office in Pakistan.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130419/badam-zari-becomes-first-woman-ever-run-office-pakistan
West Carrollton Ohio - W. Carrollton’s 1st female police officer has died. West Carrollton’s first female police officer, described as a pioneer in law enforcement who maintained her athleticism so well that she was sought after as a softball player well into her 50s, will be remembered Saturday as family, friends and colleagues gather to celebrate her life.
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/w-carrolltons-1st-female-police-officer-has-died/nXRfW/
Mankato Minnesota - Police Women of MNSU Host Doughnut Eating Contest. It might just be a stereotype, but police officers and doughnuts often go hand in hand. So when the student group Police Women of MNSU needed to raise some money to help pay for a conference, they thought – why not take a cue from popular culture and host a doughnut eating contest. The over $600 raised will be used to help send the group to the annual Minnesota Association of Women Police Training Conference.
http://www.keyc.tv/story/22006932/police-women-of-mnsu-host-doughnut-eating-contest
Dubai - New Ferrari for women police officers launched. A new 4-seater Ferrari patrol car which is known for its power has been launched by the General Command of Dubai Police, Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim saying that the Ferrari would be used by women in the police force.
 http://gulftoday.ae/portal/feb1ba94-f959-4dcc-9ab2-09cc7c09aa58.aspx
Victoria Canada - Victoria 911 operator earns police award for helping to save suicidal man. Lewis was presented Monday with the police department’s Civic Service Award for her pivotal role in averting tragedy in a March incident. She said she was especially honoured by the award because she was nominated by the police officers on the scene that day.
“It’s lovely to be recognized by the department,” she said. “But this is what my colleagues and I do every day.”
http://www.timescolonist.com/victoria-911-operator-earns-police-award-for-helping-to-save-suicidal-man-1.111454
Delhi India - “The model of policing we have in India is a British model. It is not responsive, it is statistical. It does not value reporting of crime by bringing it on the table – rather it works towards minimising it or non-registration,” rued the first woman Indian Police Service officer, Kiran Bedi.
 http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/indian-model-of-policing-not-responsive/article4639597.ece
Dakar West Africa - UN: Women Rarely Included in W. African Peace-Building.
 http://www.voanews.com/content/women-rarely-included-in-west-africa-peace-building-un-says/1644967.html
Canada - Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell is a candidate for “high level” UN job: report.
  http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/former-prime-minister-kim-campbell-high-level-un-120449626.html
China - Sichuan Earthquake Injures Thousands and Kills At Least 179. Rescuers are hunting for survivors after an earthquake strikes rural China, killing at least 179 people and injuring thousands.
http://news.sky.com/story/1080563/china-sichuan-earthquake-kills-at-least-179

16th APRIL,2013
Iran and Pakistan. At least 40 feared dead after strong quake in Iran and Pakistan, state media say. The earthquake was felt as far away as Abu Dhabi where buildings shook for 40 seconds.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/16/world/meast/iran-pakistan-earthquake/index.html
Chandigarh India - Inform us of any crime, Haryana police chief tells women.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/inform-us-of-any-crime-haryana-police-chief-tells-women-344509
Patna India - Bihar Police okays 35 per cent quota for women. 
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/bihar-police-okays-35-per-cent-quota-for-women-353537
Sindh Pakistan - More women to be inducted in traffic police.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/asianet/130415/more-women-be-inducted-traffic-police

Punjab India - Policewomen security squads to be deployed. The women cops would be equipped with a revolver, pair of handcuffs, baton, chilly powder, wireless system and sound system to send an alert, he said. The teams would work under beat system.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Bathinda/Policewomen-security-squads-to-be-deployed-in-Punjab-Sukhbir/SP-Article1-1044275.aspx
Fairlawn New Jersey - Fair Lawn PD to remember first female officer on 10-year anniversary of her murder.  Mary Ann Collura.
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/04/fair_lawn_pd_to_remember_first_female_officer_on_10-year_anniversary_of_her_murder.html
Mumbai India - No all-woman police station but Maharashtra has most female cops.  Maharashtra may not have a single all-woman police station but it has achieved the rare distinction of having the maximum number of women in the police force.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-15/mumbai/38554910_1_police-force-women-police-personnel-women-constables
9th APRIL,2013
Saudi Arabia - Saudi registers first female lawyer. Saudi Arabia has registered its first female trainee advocate, paving the way for women to practise as lawyers in the kingdom where strict Islamic sharia law applies.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130409-saudi-registers-first-female-lawyer-activist
Montgomery Alabama - City of Millbrook settles lawsuit with former female police officer who claimed harassment. The Department of Justice and the City of Millbrook have settled a lawsuit with a Millbrook Police officer who claimed she faced harassment based on her sex.
http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2013/04/city_of_millbrook_settles_laws.html
UK - Margaret Thatcher, a Friend of Police.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police+Staff/2013/Apr/08/Thatcher-A-Seminal-Influence-On-Policing_63076.html
Australia - Six female officers graduating as commissioned officers last Friday. They were among a group of 34 cadets who had completed two years of training at the Bomana Police College. “It doubled the number of women officers we have here,” AFP assistant commissioner Mandy Newton said. http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/papua-new-guinea/815/australian-federal-police-pledge-police-support-in/
Edmond Oklahoma - Torrey Rowe, 27, a former Oklahoma County sheriff's detention officer, is the first female cadet to graduate from the academy founded in 2009.
http://newsok.com/article/3781180
Wales UK - Police woman who goes the extra mile scoops national award. Michelle David was nominated for the British Association for Women in Policing (BAWP) Award by Local Policing Inspector Andy Jones, whose submission was supported by people from many different agencies who have worked with her over the years. Michelle will be attending the BAWP Annual Awards Ceremony to collect her award, which is being held in Cardiff later this year. The BAWP has also nominated her for the International Association of Women in Policing Awards, being held in Durbin, South Africa in September (2013).
http://www.south-wales.police.uk/news/national-award-for-special-rhondda-woman/       
New Dehli India - Empower women for a prosperous India, says Narendra Modi. Speaking at the FICCI women's meet in New Delhi, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the rampant female infanticide present in the country.
 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/empower-women-for-a-prosperous-india-sa.../1099254/
         
Halifax England - An upper Calder Valley police officer described as “a one-woman neighbourhood policing team” has won two prestigious awards. PC Lisa McDonald, from the Upper Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team, has won the West Yorkshire Police Excel Extraordinary Public Service and the Employee of the Year awards.
http://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/news/local/one-woman-npt-lisa-wins-top-police-prize-1-5542875
           
Maine US - Maine bill would prohibit law enforcement from tracking cell phones without warrant. 
http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/08/maine-bill-would-prohibit-law-enforcement-from-tracking-cell-phones-without-warrant/
London England - International IT services provider and Top Ten IT Employer for Women, FDM Group, today signed the CEO Statement of Support for the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (UNWEP), cementing its commitment to promoting gender diversity in the workplace and wider business community.
http://www.prurgent.com/2013-04-08/pressrelease292415.htm

8th APRIL,2013
Afghanistan - Helmand's most senior policewoman: 'My brother tried to kill me three times'
When Lt Islam Bibi decided to join the small band of female police officers in Helmand, she expected death threats from the province's ruthless heroin traffickers and the Taliban. She didn't expect them from her own relatives as well.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9975730/Helmands-most-senior-policewoman-My-brother-tried-to-kill-me-three-times.html
New York - Women in the World Foundation names 125 Women of Impact.
Slideshow: http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/galleries/2013/03/28/women-in-the-world-125-women-of-impact-photos.html

Peshawar, Pakistan -- A housewife in Pakistan’s tribal belt has made history by becoming the first woman from the restive and conservative region to run for office.
 http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/07/17584446-giving-voice-to-pakistans-voiceless-housewife-becomes-first-female-candidate-in-tribal-region?lite
China - Traffic Policewomen in China's Sichuan. Traffic policewomen patrol on a street in Neijiang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 2, 2013. Founded in April, 2011, the female detachment of local traffic police force includes 2 police officers and 28 auxiliary police officers, with an average age of 23.
http://english.cri.cn/11354/2013/04/08/2561s758141.htm
Haiti - Security : Only 8% of police officers are women. Since Monday, 114 young women aspiring-police officers, go-getter and determined, began a training at the Police Academy, braving, for the most part, the reluctance of their family. Aware of the dangers to which are faced the agents responsible to enforce the order in neighborhoods sometimes difficult, they say they are ready for the challenge.
http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8282-haiti-security-only-8-of-police-officers-are-women.html
Farmington New Mexico - Farmington Police Dept wants more women to join the force. Nationwide, 14 percent of law enforcement officers are women, but in Farmington, it's only 6 percent - just 7 out of the 113 officers are women. But, the Farmington Police Department is trying to change that. For Michele Delese, becoming a police officer was a childhood dream come true. "I actually wanted to be a police officer since I was a little kid, I would watch television and that was always cool," said Delese.
Article and video: http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s2987438.shtml
Wales England - Four Welsh Police Departments may Merge Into One. Chief: 'I Support Single Welsh Force'. A chief constable in Wales has said she supports the idea of merging the four Welsh police forces into one. Gwent Police Chief Constable Carmel Napier gave her backing to the idea in principle and added that she would support Westminster’s policing powers being devolved to the Welsh Assembly. Her comments came in the wake of the creation of Police Scotland on April 1, which is expected to rekindle the debate about force mergers in England and Wales.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/HR%2C+Personnel+and+Staff+Development/2013/Apr/08/Chief-I-Support-Single-Welsh-Force_62974.html
Torrington Connecticut - City officers promoted to detective rank. Police officers Madelyn Farfan and Stephen Krzanowski were promoted to the detectives division. Krzanowski will start on Monday and Farfan, who is the school resource officer, will start July 1.
 http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/04/05/news/local/715358.txt
Solomon Islands - CHIEF Superintendent Junita Matangi has taken her oath as the acting commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force at the Government House yesterday afternoon.
 http://www.solomonstarnews.com/features/women/17471-top-female-officer-is-acting-police-chief
Pinellas Park Florida - Pinellas Park Police Department’s Chief Dorene Thomas has been named one of three finalists for the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business Woman of the Year Award (for a business with more than 50 employees).
http://www.tbnweekly.com/pubs/pinellas_park_beacon/content_articles/040413_par-05.txt
Michigan - First prayer by woman offered. The benediction to the first session of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Conference on Saturday didn’t even last two minutes, but it made history: Jean A. Stevens became the first woman to offer a public prayer at the worldwide Mormon meeting.
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/04/07/news/285aadcc-a90c-49e0-b71f-0832c657ecfe.txt
3rd APRIL,2013
National Public Radio US - What Changes as Women Rise through Law Enforcement Ranks. Audio.  Interview with Jane Castor, chief of police, City of Tampa Police Department; Dorothy Schulz, author, Breaking the Brass Ceiling; Cathy Lanier, chief of police, Metropolitan Police Department.  Women are climbing the ranks at the federal level of law enforcement and on local police forces.
Audio: 30 Minute Inteview:  http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=176037643&m=176037636
FBI - A Woman Could Head the FBI.  Lisa Monaco, 44, is said to be on the short list for FBI director. She was named President Barack Obama’s Counterterrorism Advisor in January, replacing John Brennan who became head of the CIA, after she served as assistant attorney general overseeing the National Security Division at the Department of Justice.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/04/01/a-woman-could-head-fbi-just-40-years-after-women-allowed-to-become-special-agents/
                          
Khar Pakistan - Badam Zari Is First Woman From Pakistan's Tribal Region To Run For Parliament.A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country's deeply conservative tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Badam Zari is pushing back against patriarchal traditions and braving potential attack by Islamist militants in the hope of forcing the government to focus more on helping Pakistani women.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/badam-zari_n_2992068.html?utm_hp_ref=world
Northern Ireland - Officers 'Are Being Lured Into Terrorist Ambushes. Members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland are warned to ensure all calls are properly authenticated. It is believed that dissident Republican groups are proactively luring officers into ambushes with bogus incident reports – and several have proved to be close calls.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2013/Apr/02/Officers-Are-Being-Lured-Into-Terrorist-Ambushes_62841.html
Afghanistan - Educating Girls. Not possible a decade ago. So many girls flocking to schools that they arrive in two shifts.
Video: http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c1#/video/world/2013/04/03/pkg-coren-afghan-school-girls.cnn
Mattoon Illinois - Ill. looks to video chat to obtain warrants faster. Speaking with a judge live online would make the testimony and warrant process quicker.
 http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/ill-plan-would-allow-police-obtain-warrants-video-chat
Denver Colorado - Ugandan women visit Boulder on first stop of BeadforLife tour. Local group teaches African women to become entrepreneurs. The two Ugandan women were treated like celebrities when they were met at Denver International Airport on Tuesday afternoon by a contingent of greeters from Boulder-based BeadforLife. BeadforLife co-founder and Executive Director Devin Hibbard said the organization worked for six years to secure visas to bring over women from Uganda.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_22929578/ugandan-women-visit-boulder-first-stop-beadforlife-tour
Estevan Saskatchewan Canada- Estevan's first female cop calling a halt to policing career. If you're wanting to be polite, you can call it perseverance, or you can simply call it stubbornness. Johanna Audet figures it's stubbornness ... a trait she called upon to get her through a rigorous testing regime that ultimately led to her joining the Estevan Police Service (EPS) as their first full-fledged female police constable 25 years ago. She's now on a retirement schedule, probably not for long because she's still much too young to be thinking about trips south, rocking chairs or CPP cheques.
 http://www.estevanmercury.ca/article/20130403/ESTMERCURY0101/130409983/-1/estmercury/estevans-first-female-cop-calling-a-halt-to-policing-career
South Yorkshire England - Dress Standards Shakeup will Improve Image. Improved uniform standards to make officers look professional and easily identifiable are part of project to improve visibility and integrity.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Uniformed+Operations/2013/Apr/03/Dress-Standards-Shakeup-Will-Boost-Force-Image_62852.html
Tech - Mobile Phone Birthday. Mobile Phone: 40th Anniversary Of The First Call. Today marks the 40th anniversary since Martin Cooper made the first call in New York in 1973 on a Motorola DynaTAC.
http://news.sky.com/story/1073128/mobile-phone-40th-anniversary-of-the-first-call
India - Underwire bra: Rapist-zapping, police-alerting underwear developed in India.  Underwear that can shock a sexual assailant like a Taser and automatically call police is three Indian students’ answer to sex crimes in the country. They were inspired by the infamous gang rape of a medical student in Delhi last year.
http://rt.com/news/rapist-zapping-underwear-india-261/

1st APRIL,2013
The UAE Women's Police Association organized a ceremony to honor 17 distinguished mothers in the military; still working with the police force or retired, from across the Emirates. The honoring comes in recognition of their distinguished commitment to the police institution, and their dedication in the service of the homeland and family. The honoring included eight categories, namely; retired women; women with disabilities; women with outstanding long service; the oldest physician; the oldest trainer; the oldest nurse; the oldest employee; and the distinguished mother.


 Khar Pakistan - Pakistani housewife becomes first woman to run for parliament from conservative tribal region. A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country's conservative northwest tribal region.
 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/01/pakistani-housewife-becomes-first-woman-to-run-for-parliament-from-conservative/

 Karachi Pakistan - Inspector General of Police (IGP) Shahid Nadeem Baloch has ordered female police desks at all police stations in the province and in this regard, in the first phase, 50 model police stations will be chosen.
 http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-168292-IGP-orders-setting-up-of-female-desks-at-police-stations

 Bellvue Washington - Bellevue Police Chief Linda Pillo on the ups, downs and future of law enforcement

 http://www.bellevuereporter.com/news/200803531.html

 Hyderabad India - No woman SI among 1,256 AP Police Academy pass-outs.  When home minister P Sabita Indra Reddy urged the 1,256 sub-inspectors who have completed training at the AP Police Academy to pay attention to crimes against women, she may have not realised that there was not even a single woman sub-inspector in all the three batches of the SIs participating in the passing-out parade on Thursday morning.At a time when the whole country is calling for more women police to ensure that crimes against women are tackled more sensitively, the passing-out parade of the sub-inspector cadets at the Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA) was devoid of a even single woman candidate.
  http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article1521361.ece

 United Nations - UN eyes policewomen from Bangladesh. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked for more female police from Bangladesh for global peacekeeping duties.
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/30/un-eyes-policewomen-from-bangladesh

29th MARCH,2013
Guatemala - Guatemala's First Female Attorney General Takes On Country's Biggest Criminals. Guatemala has seen its share of misery from the 36-year-long armed conflict that killed more than 200,000 people, to the current wave of drug crime. Well, Guatemala is now one of the most violent countries in the world, but there are also signs of progress. One public official is seeking justice for crimes of the present and the past with impressive results. NPR's Carrie Kahn has this profile of Guatemala's first female attorney general.
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/28/175619074/guatemalas-first-female-attorney-general-takes-on-countrys-biggest-criminals
Samoa - Samoa has first woman Supreme Court justice.
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=74964
Tacloban City Philippines - Policewomen role in peacekeeping, governance cited in forum. The role of policewomen in governance and peacekeeping was underscored by the top official of the Police Regional Office (PRO8). Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director paid tribute to the 120 policewomen-participants of the Women’s Month Forum and Gender and Development (GAD) planning workshop held at the PRO8 Matapat Hall, Monday, March 25.
http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1151364367717
Pakistan - 50 model women police stations planned. Sindh Police Chief said that around 50 model women Police Stations would be established in the province while special women facilitation desks would also be established to entertain women complainants diligently and in a respectful manner. This was disclosed by the Inspector General of Police, Sindh Shahid Nadeem Baloch in a meeting with a 3-member German delegation that comprised Portfolio Manager of GIZ Pakistan, Ms. Madeliene and German Police Senior Officer Christopher.
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=201991
India - Indian Rape Cases: Tour Operators Demand Appointing Tourism Police. After a series of sexual assaults against foreign women, Indian Association of Tour Operators demanded for the formation of tourism police and help lines for tourists in the country.
http://ca.ibtimes.com/articles/451611/20130328/india-rape-china-uk-swiss-woman-tourism.htm
Staffordshire England - Police award winner 'humbled' at recognition. Det Supt Prince received the Staffordshire Association for Women in Policing award at a ceremony at Staffordshire Police headquarters.
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Police-award-winner-humbled-at-recognition-20130328135914.htm
Nigeria - Access Bank promotes gender empowerment at United Nations forum. At the Women Empowerment Principle Leadership Group meeting which is a part of the United Nations efforts on women empowerment, Access Bank represented by its Head, Group Human Resources, Bolaji Agbede highlighted several initiatives the Bank is implementing to boost women empowerment and gender equality within the organisation and the Nigerian society at large.
http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=8122&catid=47
Solomons Islands - Top female officer is acting police chief. CHIEF Superintendent Junita Matangi has taken her oath as the acting commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force at the Government House yesterday afternoon.
http://www.solomonstarnews.com/features/women/17471-top-female-officer-is-acting-police-chief
 Canada - Mounties set sights on human traffickers, counterfeiters, ‘violent extremism’. The Mounties have a broad mandate that includes contract policing services in eight provinces and three territories and a whole host of federal policing duties, ranging from safeguarding the borders to busting organized crime groups to protecting dignitaries.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Mounties+sights+human+traffickers+counterfeiters+violent+extremism/8167941/story.html

27th MARCH,2013
U.S. - Reports: Obama names first woman, former OPD cop, to head Secret Service, Julia Pierson.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475485-obama-names-first-woman-director-of-secret-service?lite
Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz Warriors Retire Fallen Officer's Badge Numbers. The badge numbers of officers Elizabeth Butler and Butch Baker now hang from the rafters at Kaiser Permanente Arena.Video:
http://screen.yahoo.com/santa-cruz-warriors-retire-fallen-071700408.html
US Air Force - Chaplain Serves as First Female Air Force Rabbi.  After 40 years of women serving as military chaplains, Schechter is the first, and to this day the only woman to serve as a rabbi in the Air Force.
 http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/03/26/chaplain-serves-as-first-female-air-force-rabbi.html?comp=1199436026997&rank=1
Washington DC - Remembering Female Law Enforcement Heroes.
http://www.nleomf.org/officers/stories/remembering-female-law.html
United Nations - Michelle Bachelet welcomes the appointment of Mary Robinson as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region of Africa.
http://www.unwomen.org/2013/03/michelle-bachelet-welcomes-the-appointment-of-mary-robinson-as-special-envoy-of-the-secretary-general-for-the-great-lakes-region-of-africa/
Toronto Canada - Toronto officer becomes Barrie's first female police chief. Kimberley Greenwood is a 30-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/03/26/barrie-police-chief-kimberley-greenwood-first-female.html
Manchester England - Stop And Search Method 'Needs Simplification'. The City of London Police should replace its “complex and difficult” stop and search forms and incorporate Airwave and Tetra radios into their procedure following an innovative trial in another Force, a report has said. A review by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) in November, 2012, before its functions were incorporated into the College of Policing, recommended that the force follow the example set by Greater Manchester Police - where officers use Airwave to record the grounds for conducting a stop and search.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police+IT+and+Technology/2013/Mar/27/Stop-And-Search-Method-Needs-Simplification_62651.html

Quebec Canada - Station 4 Commander Michelle Lacoursière a pioneer. Lacoursière spoke with a reporter in her office at the distinctive, mixed-era station on Sources Blvd. The old stone portion of the building was built in 1806 and still boasts the original wooden beams, stone walls and iron fireplace surround. “You’re talking to the oldest female police officer on the force in one of the oldest buildings in the area,” Lacoursière said with a raspy chuckle. “I guess I was a bit of a pioneer as I worked my way up the ladder.
 http://westislandgazette.com/news/story/2013/03/26/station-4-commander-michelle-lacoursiere-a-pioneer/

25th MARCH,2013
Salisbury North Carolina - Tiger Lady: Sheriff Department’s First Female Chief Deputy.  The spunky Rowan native, 70, serves as the executive director of the Rowan County Housing Authority. It’s a post she’s held for the past eight years. History, however, will remember her best in uniform, when she became the first female chief deputy for the Rowan County Sheriff’s Department, as well as the state of North Carolina. Back then, there were very few females in law enforcement. You were in a man’s world,” Potts said, recalling the early days of her law enforcement career that started in 1973. “Once you proved yourself, they pretty much accepted you.”
http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20130325/SP01/130329827/1016/tiger-lady-sheriff-department-x2019-s-first-female-chief-deputy
Kuwait - Kuwaiti police women show off their VIP treatment.Video and article: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/2013/03/23/Kuwaiti-police-women.html
Milwaukee Wisconsin - Thank You Party for Police. Rally held at Serb Hall Sunday to support police officers.
http://fox6now.com/2013/03/24/rally-held-at-serb-hall-sunday-to-support-police-officers/
Kansas City Kansas - KC fights violent crime with incentive program. An alternative law enforcement approach offers incentives to convicted and would-be criminals to change their ways. But local leaders think their newest assault on violent crime - patterned after a "focused deterrence" model created in Boston in the mid-1990s and refined over the years by cities like Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Los Angeles - might finally change things.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FIGHTING_VIOLENT_CRIME?SITE=ILBLO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

 22nd MARCH,2013
>>Congratulations to Deb!
Lowell Massachusetts - Friedl chosen interim Lowell police chief. First woman to lead department. It wasn't a surprise, but it was historic Thursday when City Manager Bernie Lynch selected Deputy Supt. Deborah Friedl as the department's interim superintendent to replace Kenneth Lavallee, who works his last day March 29. Friedl, who joined the Lowell Police Department in 1985, becomes the first woman to lead the department. It was well-known in the department and in political circles that Lynch zeroed in on Friedl early in the process, and not long after Lavallee announced earlier this month he would not complete his three-year contract, which expires at the end of 2013.  Lynch interviewed more than a half-dozen candidates for the interim position. Friedl will be in the post for the next four to six months,
 http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_22847322/friedl-chosen-interim-lowell-police-chief
Islamabad Pakistan - Policewomen attend IPA meeting . 
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-166773-Policewomen-attend-IPA-meeting
 Related: Three-day Women Police symposium commences. A three-day learning and planning symposium of Women Police Network (WPN) inaugurated here on Tuesday to provide an opportunity to women police in getting familiarised with the basics of networking and plan activities for their respective Women Police Councils. The symposium aims to raise awareness of the issues affecting women within the police service and help them with their professional development.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C03%5C20%5Cstory_20-3-2013_pg11_4
Pakistan - Lack of Recognition Hampers Women from Joining Police.
 http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/21/city/islamabad/lack-of-recognition-hampers-women-from-joining-police/
Nagpur India - Women cop take charge of Gadchiroli police station on March 8.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Women-cop-take-charge-of-Gadchiroli-police-station-on-March-8/articleshow/19113651.cms
Ottawa Canada - Ottawa police to hold information night to recruit female officers 
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa+police+hold+information+night+recruit+female+officers/8132738/story.html
New York New York - NY stop and frisk challenge heads to federal court.
 http://news.yahoo.com/ny-stop-frisk-challenge-heads-federal-court-062429910.html
Paris France - One city. One job. One sex: Paris set to see first woman mayor. Paris has never had a woman mayor in its 4,000-year history. But next time voters go to the polls, the ballot paper will be almost exclusively female.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/one-city-one-job-one-sex-paris-set-to-see-first-woman-mayor-8538161.html
Syracuse New York - Syracuse's first Black female police officer continues as a role model for young women.
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=873134#.UUb6_d7D-Uk
Great Britain - Top female police officer attacks' macho, white, middle-aged male' culture of UK's chief constables. New head of Police Superintendents' Association Irene Curtis slams inequality.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294773/Woman-police-chief-slams-macho-forces-promote-inequality.html
Norfolk England - The family of a PCSO who was killed on her way to work in a road traffic collision will be remembered as a modern day Marilyn Monroe, her family has said. Sandra Greenacre, know as Sandi to her friends and family, died on the A149 at Sandringham as she drove to work at Huntstanton Police Station on March11. The mother of four and stepmother of two has been described by her family as the “epitomy of glamour, who liked to believe she was the 21st Century’s answer to Marilyn Monroe.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Miscellaneous/2013/Mar/17/Fallen-PCSO-Was-Modern-Day-Marilyn-Monroe_62251.html
London Canada - More women serving as police in London. There are more women choosing law enforcement as a career in Canada. According to data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday (March 20), the number of women in law enforcement nationwide increased in 2012, up to 13,838 or 19.9 percent of the country’s 69,539 police officers. There were 589 police officers employed at the London Police Service (LPS) in 2012, 19.2 percent or 113 of them women. That 0.7 percent difference between London and Canada would represent slightly more than four officers (4.123) within the LPS complement. According to London Police Service Chief Brad Duncan, the LPS actively recruits women in an effort to more closely reflect the gender balance in the general population.
http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/2510330-more-women-serving-as-police-in-london/
Seattle Washington - Retraining Drug sniffing dogs. Law enforcement agencies in Washington will no longer be training their drug-sniffing K-9s to alert for marijuana as a result of the passage of I-502. The Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys sent out a memo advising the state's law-enforcement agencies that narcotics dogs are no longer required to be trained to alert for marijuana.
http://www.policeone.com/drug-interdiction-narcotics/articles/6160216-Legalizing-pot-means-re-training-for-drug-sniffing-K-9s/
Berlin Germany - One dead and four injured after horrific German police helicopter crash. The two Puma helicopters were taking part in a training exercise above Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Reports suggest that fireworks were being let off to recreate riot conditions as part of the exercise. Both helicopters were carrying 25 police officers each, while approximately 400 police officers were on the ground. Reports suggest that 'many others' were injured after aircraft are thought to have flown too close to each other. Reporter said there was a loud bang then somebody shouted: 'Everybody get down'. Described 'blood and wreckage everywhere' and suggested helicopters were flying in a 'real snowstorm'. Germany's main police union calling for clarification as to why exercise green-lighted in poor weather conditions
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296862/One-dead-injured-horrific-German-police-helicopter-crash.html
Microsoft - Microsoft discloses requests from law enforcement agenies worldwide. The report, which Microsoft said it planned to update every six months, showed that law enforcement agencies in five countries — Britain, France, Germany, Turkey, and the United States — accounted for 69 percent of the 70,665 requests the company received last year. In 80 percent of requests, Microsoft provided elements of what is called noncontent data, like an account holder’s name, sex, e-mail address, IP address, country of residence, and dates and times of data traffic. In 2.1 percent of requests, the company disclosed the actual content of a communication, like the subject heading of an e-mail, the contents of an ­e-mail, or a picture stored on SkyDrive, its cloud computing service. Microsoft said it disclosed the content of communications in 1,544 cases to law enforcement agencies in the United States, and in 14 cases to agents in Brazil, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand.
 http://bostonglobe.com/business/2013/03/21/microsoft-discloses-requests-from-law-enforcement-agenies-worldwide/xLnPSpFFZJY9kVizMe17hN/story.html
20th MARCH,2013
New York New York - NY stop and frisk challenge heads to federal court.
http://news.yahoo.com/ny-stop-frisk-challenge-heads-federal-court-062429910.html
Paris France - One city. One job. One sex: Paris set to see first woman mayor. Paris has never had a woman mayor in its 4,000-year history. But next time voters go to the polls, the ballot paper will be almost exclusively female. 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/one-city-one-job-one-sex-paris-set-to-see-first-woman-mayor-8538161.html
Syracuse New York - Syracuse's first Black female police officer continues as a role model for young women.
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=873134#.UUb6_d7D-Uk
Great Britain - Top female police officer attacks' macho, white, middle-aged male' culture of UK's chief constables. New head of Police Superintendents' Association Irene Curtis slams inequality.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294773/Woman-police-chief-slams-macho-forces-promote-inequality.html
Norfolk England - The family of a PCSO who was killed on her way to work in a road traffic collision will be remembered as a modern day Marilyn Monroe, her family has said. Sandra Greenacre, know as Sandi to her friends and family, died on the A149 at Sandringham as she drove to work at Huntstanton Police Station on March11. The mother of four and stepmother of two has been described by her family as the “epitomy of glamour, who liked to believe she was the 21st Century’s answer to Marilyn Monroe.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Miscellaneous/2013/Mar/17/Fallen-PCSO-Was-Modern-Day-Marilyn-Monroe_62251.html

Fort Meade Maryland - A life in flight for first woman 'Thunderbirds' pilot. For two years, Lt.Col. Nicole Malachowski surprised audiences not just in the air, but especially when she stepped out of the cockpit of the fighter jet as the first woman to be accepted for a seat on the Air Force's premier show team.Article and video: http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123340489
Jaipur India - Meet Manju, Rajasthan's first woman 'coolie'. 
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/meet-manju-rajasthan-s-first-woman-coolie-344382
Islamabad Pakistan - Percentage of policewomen in Pakistan stands at 0.89 percent. The overall percentage of women police in Pakistan is 0.89 per cent whereas it is 7 per cent in India, 27 per cent in UK, 12 per cent in USA and 1.9 per cent in Bangladesh. In Islamabad Capital Territory, the percentage is only 1.2 per cent. Many such facts about ratio and status of women in law enforcing agencies were mentioned and discussed at three-day learning and planning symposium of Women Police Network Pakistan titled “Women Police Network, Learning and Planning Symposium” started on Tuesday. Women Police Network (WPN) has been established by the Gender Responsive Policing Project, a joint venture of National Police Bureau (NPB) and GIZ funded by the German foreign office. The symposium highlighted the work of “Women Police Network” and provided an opportunity to all the WPN office-bearers to be at one place, get familiarised with basics of networking, feel energised and plan activities for their respective Women Police Councils for 2013.
 http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-166463-Percentage-of-policewomen-in-Pakistan-s
 RELATED:  Three-day Women Police symposium commences.  http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C03%5C20%5Cstory_20-3-2013_pg11_4
Largo Florida - If you are looking for a female police officer who will talk about how tough her job is because she is a woman, don’t ask Officer Paula Crosby of the Largo Police Department. The 28-year veteran of the force says she can’t remember a time when her gender had anything to do with her job.
http://www.tbnweekly.com/pubs/largo_leader/content_articles/031913_lle-01.txt
Lackawanna New York = Lackawanna to get first female firefighter.
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130319/CITYANDREGION/130319142/1010
Scotland - Top officer warns too few women enter police force.  SCOTLAND's most senior female police officer has admitted there are too few women in the service with the issue now a key priority for the country's new single force.
 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/top-officer-warns-too-few-women-enter-police-force.20511986
17th MARCH,2013
Paris Island South Carolina - First female general to lead Parris Island Marine base says women can handle combat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/first-female-general-to-lead-parris-island-marine-base-says-women-can-handle-combat/2013/03/16/ce535ea0-8e49-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_story.html
Rwanda Africa - Rwanda's first female pilot takes to the skies at 24Esther Mbabazi trained to fly Rwandair regional jets despite her father being killed in a plane crash when she was eight.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/15/rwanda-first-female-pilot
Jaipur India - Mother of three becomes first woman porter in Rajasthan. She praises the male porters at the junction and says that they are supportive and guide her in her job. "It is a male-dominated job but they support me," she said. According to a male porter it was a matter of pride for them that a woman porter is working with them. "She is new to Jaipur and does not know all the aspect of the work but we help her and keep her with us," Prahlad, a porter said.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/mother-of-three-becomes-first-woman-porter-in-rajasthan-343492
West Midlands England - How women have climbed the ranks within police force. When they started out as police officers in 1918, they had no powers of arrest and were not deemed worthy of being issued personal protective equipment.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/03/14/how-women-have-climbed-the-ranks-within-police-force/
India - Now, women cops to probe cases. For the first time in the state, women police personnel will be fully entrusted with the investigation of cases related to women and children in which complainants are women, right from the registration of the First Information Report (FIR) to the filing of the chargesheet.
http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1505077.ece
Hyde Park New York - New Hyde Park Fire Department Elects First Female Chief. Annie Mulholly elected first female Chief of New Hyde Park Fire Department. A first for the department and the third in the county, Annie Mulloolly was recently elected as the first female chief of the New Hyde Park Fire Department.
http://newhydepark.patch.com/articles/new-hyde-park-fire-department-elects-first-female-chief
Harrisburg Pennsylvania - PA law enforcement wants easier access to your Internet activities. Law enforcement officials say they should not have to go to a judge before seeking personal data about Internet users in Pennsylvania.
 http://paindependent.com/2013/03/pa-law-enforcement-wants-easier-access-to-your-internet-activities/
Tampa Bay Florida - IRS gives area law enforcement authority to fight tax fraud. Adding another tool in their fight against tax fraud, Tampa authorities on Friday essentially doubled the number of people who can bring these federal investigations to court. The Internal Revenue Service deputized 29 local and state law enforcement officers, giving them the authority to conduct identity theft cases in any jurisdiction http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/some-tampa-bay-law-enforcement-get-federal-authority-in-tax-fraud/2109118
United Nations - Michelle Bachelet to step down as head of UN Women. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that Michelle Bachelet had informed him of her intention to step down as head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality. The Secretary-General expressed his “tremendous gratitude for her outstanding service” as the Executive Director of UN Women, an entity created in 2010 to oversee the Organization's programmes aimed at promoting women's rights and full participation in global affairs.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44406&Cr=bachelet&Cr1=#.UUWyjN7D-Uk

15th MARCH,2013
Haverhill Massachusetts - Haverhill force gets first female superior officer. Road to historic promotion began in 3rd grade.
http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x1121359148/Haverhill-force-gets-first-female-superior-officer

Tracy California - City’s first female traffic sergeant hits street.
http://www.tracypress.com/view/full_story/21979038/article-City%E2%80%99s-first-female-traffic-sergeant-hits-street?instance=home_news_lead_story
Norwich England - Photo gallery: Norwich’s first female traffic warden celebrates her 100th birthday.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/photo_gallery_norwich_s_first_female_traffic_warden_celebrates_her_100th_birthday_1_1979129
Canada - Rose Fortune, Canada’s 1st Female Police Officer, Born On This Day In 1774,  Fortune’s descendant, Daurene Lewis would eventually become Canada’s first Black female mayor in 1984.
http://newsone.com/2277618/rose-fortune-loyalist/
Belize Central America - Police Women, Eyes On the Prize.  Yolanda Murry - First Woman Officer.
http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=24957
Victoria Australia - Vic policewomen rescue drowning teens. 
 http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/vic-policewomen-rescue-drowning-teens/story-e6frfku9-1226595453691
England - Flexible working policies. New guidance addresses common misconceptions of flexible working as well as advising forces on updates to policies.http://www.policeoracle.com/news/HR%2C+Personnel+and+Staff+Development/2013/Mar/15/Flexible-Working-Guidance-Goes-Live_62186.html
                   The policy guidance link: http://www.college.police.uk/en/docs/Flexible_working_in_the_police_service.pdf
Enoosaen Kenya - Woman challenges female genital mutilitation tradition, brings change to her Kenyan village. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/14/world/africa/cnnheroes-ntaiya-girls-school/index.html?hpt=iaf_c1
11th MARCH,2013
>>Shared by Tamia.  International Women's Day, Courageous Women Clothing Drive to enefit local Domestic Violence
 http://www.iawp.org/chaplaindow/chaplain.htm
UN - Heroes Around the World. There are (s)heroes all over the world, and at UN Women we are lucky to work with many of them, whether they are empowering survivors of violence, confronting discriminatory laws or defending the rights of domestic workers. Here are some we’ve met, courageous women and men transforming lives every day.
 http://song.unwomen.org/#block-views-sheroes-block
Algeria - Algerian policewomen take their skills up a notch.At a police training academy in the capital Algiers, Algerian policewomen are brushing up their skills in a profession which remains in the hands of a male-dominated Muslim society.Even in relatively liberal Algeria, some people believe the police force is not a suitable profession for a Muslim woman, not to mention that whatever the gender, it can be a dangerous job.But these policewomen say they find joy in the challenge.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2013/03/07/Algerian-policewomen-take-their-skills-up-a-notch.html
Angola - Police Women Urged to Engage in Upgrading Course. The police women should engage seriously in academic training so as to raise their level of knowledge and thus achieve empowerment.The appeal was launched Wednesday in Luanda by the chairperson of the Association of Support to Women Police (AAMPA), Elisa Day, when speaking at the opening of a seminar on Planning and Drafting Project, sponsored by organisation under the March-Woman programme.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201303070212.html
Mumbai India - 'Need for all-women police stations' Radha Sankaranarayanan, wife of Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, Friday said opening of all-women police stations will give confidence to women to come forward and report crimes against them.She expressed the need for sensitising the entire official machinery - from police stations to courts - for dispensing quick justice to women.
 http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/03/08/376--Need-for-all-women-police-stations-With-Image-.html
Relatedhttp://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/maha-governor-s-wife-bats-for-all-women-police-stations-113030800587_1.html
United Nations - PLP Women's Branch attends UN's 57th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women. The officers and executive members of the New Providence Women’s Branch of the Progressive Liberal Party joined the Bahamian delegation led by Minister of Social Services and Community Development, Mrs. Melanie S. Griffin at the first week of the 57th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (the “Session”) currently being held at the United Nations in New York City. The representatives of the Branch that formed a part of the Bahamian delegation was led by Chairperson - Mrs. Arinthia S. Komolafe.
http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/community/PLP_Women_s_Branch_attends_UN_s_57th_Session_on_the_Commission_on_the_Status_of_Women27123.shtml
New York - UN peacekeeping - on the front lines to end violence against women. “I know what it means to lose your house, to be looted. To look a child in the eye and say, 'If they come for me, you need to run'," said the newly appointed United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. “I know what it means to give testimony and to investigate the documents.” These words came from Zainab Hawa Bangura, former health minister of Sierra Leone and a survivor of that country’s civil war, who has just completed six months in office and is determined to get governments to take the lead in combatting rape and sexual violence in their territories.
http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/usa/571/un-peacekeeping-on-the-front-lines-to-end-violence/
Tampa Bay Florida - Tampa Bay law enforcement changes mugshot procedure. 
http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2013/mar/11/tampa-bay-law-enforcement-changes-mugshot-procedur-ar-654862/
Cincinnati Ohio - Tip line proves to be valuable tool for law enforcement.
http://www.fox19.com/story/21569487/new-677-tip-line-proves-to-be-valuable-tool-for-law-enforcement
Savannah Georgia - Ga. Officer's Cell Phone Deflects Suspect's Bullet.
http://www.policemag.com/channel/women-in-law-enforcement/news/2013/03/08/ga-officer-s-cell-phone-deflects-suspect-s-bullet.aspx
10th MARCH,2013
>>Nicky Flower was honored in 2011 by the IAWP with the Mentoring Award. http://www.iawp.org/awards/2011/2011.htm
>>>>New South Wales UK - Police exhibition celebrates International Women's Day. To celebrate International Women's Day today the South Wales Police Museum have published a timeline that charts the history of women in the force. Inspector Nicky Flower, Chair of the Female Police Association, said:“International Women’s Day was an opportunity to reflect upon the history of women in the police force but also to consider their future. “It is an occasion to look back on past struggles and accomplishments, and for looking ahead to the opportunities available.
http://www.newswales.co.uk/index.cfm?section=Community&F=1&id=25585
Philadelphia Pennsylvania - Mary Robinson, Ireland’s First Female President, Speaks For Women During Phila. Visit.The first female president of Ireland was in Philadelphia today, International Women’s Day, for an event presented by the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. “All human beings are born free and equal, in dignity and rights,” the Hon. Mary Robinson told the gathering.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/03/08/mary-robinson-irelands-first-female-president-speaks-for-women-during-phila-visit/
Dubai UAE - Middle East's first women's museum lifts lid on rich history. Rafia Ghubash spent five years working on Middle East's first women's museum. Our grandmothers' achievements are greater than recognized, she says. Ghubash is former president of Arabian Gulf University. As a psychiatrist, former university president and advocate for Arab women in science, Rafia Ghubash is one of the United Arab Emirates' most influential women. But her latest project is possibly her most ambitious yet: creating the Middle East's first museum dedicated to the achievements of women.
  http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/08/world/meast/rafia-ghubash-uae-womens-museum/?hpt=hp_mid
Coquitlam British Columbia Canada - Metro Van’s only female police dog, Chrisa, nabs her first bad guy — on International Women’s Day, of course. 
 http://www.globaltvbc.com/metro+vans+only+female+police+dog+chrisa+nabs+her+first+bad+guy+%E2%80%94+on+international+womens+day+of+course/6442824606/story.html
West Midlands England - Officer's Death 'Changed Force Uniform'. Police memorial has shed light on how the death of an officer a century ago shaped the design of force helmets. When Karen Hancox was researching her family tree recently, she discovered she was related to the constable named on the new police memorial – in fact she was his great-great niece.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police+Staff/2013/Mar/10/Officers-Death-Changed-Force-Uniform-_62006.html
Lakewood Colorado - Waitress calls police when given her own ID in restaurant. The waitress's wallet had been stolen weeks earlier, and the thief just happened to sit in her section and order a drink.
 http://www.policeone.com/bizarre/articles/6145571-Waitress-calls-police-when-given-her-own-ID-in-restaurant/
Tanzania - Married at 13 to man in his 70s: Child bride who's changing attitudes. Mereso Kilusu was a child bride. Now she campaigns against child marriage. Changing attitudes in traditional communities is key, says Kilusu. 'We need to talk to families about how girls can contribute to their livelihoods,' she says. Nine of the 10 countries with the world's highest rates of child marriage are in Africa .http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/08/opinion/child-marriage-kilusu/index.html?hpt=hp_c4
New Delhi India - Women cops set for bigger role. In a corner of central Delhi's Rajendra Nagar police station an image makeover is quietly underway. Batch by batch, the city's women inspectors are being trained to head police stations. The aim is clear: dispel the general perception that SHOs are overbearing, gruff and sometimes violent officers” an impediment for women who wish to lodge complaints. At present, Delhi has less than 100 women inspectors, and only one woman SHO.
 http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/delhi/37580422_1_shos-police-station-women-cops
United Nations - UN peacekeeping - on the front lines to end violence against women. An all-female Formed Police Unit from Bangladesh, serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, arrives in Port-au-Prince to assist with post-earthquake reconstruction. “I know what it means to lose your house, to be looted. To look a child in the eye and say, 'If they come for me, you need to run'," said the newly appointed United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. "I know what it means to give testimony and to investigate the documents.” These words came from Zainab Hawa Bangura, former health minister of Sierra Leone and a survivor of that country’s civil war, who has just completed six months in office and is determined to get governments to take the lead in combatting rape and sexual violence in their territories.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44325&Cr=violence+against+women&Cr1=
India - Women in the police. Data just tabled in Parliament show that of the 16.6 lakh police personnel in India in 2011 at the constabulary level, only 93,887 are women. Progress on this count has been halting in the 80 years since India’s first policewoman donned her uniform in Travancore in 1933, but the pace has picked up of late. Nevertheless, representation is uneven across States. Mizoram had no woman in its force in 2011, while Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu had the most, almost doubling their numbers in the two years since 2009. Uttar Pradesh saw a drop, with just 2,354 women personnel in 2011 of a total of 1.87 lakh. Numbers are important. The very presence of women could create an environment for women and those from weaker sections of society to access police stations with less diffidence and difficulty than would otherwise have been the case. A critical mass should be achieved by ensuring that women comprise at least 33 per cent of the constabulary.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/women-in-the-police/article4485344.ece
US - Laura Bush, former US First Lady, salutes international women.
 http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/03/08/laura-bush-on-international-womens-day/1968881/
Technology - How Facebook could get you arrested. Smart technology and the sort of big data available to social networking sites are helping police target crime before it happens. But is this ethical?                                   http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/09/facebook-arrested-evgeny-morozov-extract

6th MARCH,2013
>>Shared by Carol.  There may be a misconception concerning the restricted access section and its content.  We did not move content from public access to the restricted access section.  The restricted access section was created as a stand-alone element with independent content.  (Content from the prior restricted  section was, naturally, moved to the new restricted section.)  See the attached updated site map from the January development process.  (A site map is used by the search engines for indexing and crawing content.) Please let me know if anyone has any questions. 
>>Also please think about this.  Maybe the News Blogs should be considered for placement back under public access where they originally were from 2009-June 2011. I am going to put this note on the board discussion forum if anyone wants to comment.  Then I can make a final recommendation accordingly. Thank you.

Pakistan - Pakistani teen, Colombia president among Nobel prize nominees.A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education is a wild card entry for this year's Nobel Peace prize, with the leaders of Colombia and Myanmar among likely candidates for the award.Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was certain to be on the list for his efforts to end half a century of conflict with the FARC guerrillas, alongside Myanmar's Thein Sein, who has led a transition from decades of dictatorship, people familiar with the committee's deliberations said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/04/us-nobel-peace-nominees-idUSBRE9230HA20130304
West Midlands Police - Photos celebrating International Women's Day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westmidlandspolice/8528664442/
Tanzania - Tanzanian policewomen train to fight gender-based violence.
http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/newsbriefs/2013/03/04/newsbrief-06
Kazakhstan - Selecting the Most Beautiful Lady Cop.  The choosing of the most beautiful female military officer is timed to the International Women’s Day, March 8. The voting deadline is on March 7 at 3 p.m. Winner of the contest will get the Vox Populi Military title and a digital camera.
http://en.tengrinews.kz/show_and_style/Kazakhstan-selecting-most-beautiful-lady-cop-17542/
U.S. - Secretary Kerry To Honor Ten Women of Courage on International Women's Day.http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/03/205622.htm
      Full biographies and photos are available here: http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2013/bio/index.htm
Related: U.S. Honors Delhi Rape Victim as a Woman of Courage.  http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/03/06/u-s-honors-delhi-rape-victim/
New York U.S. - First female federal judge is on horizon for Western New York. Western New York is likely to soon get its first-ever female federal judge. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Tuesday that he is recommending that President Obama nominate Elizabeth A. Wolford, a Buffalo native and Rochester attorney, for the post.
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130305/CITYANDREGION/130309548/1010
Tanzania Africa - Tanzanian Policewomen Train to Fight Gender-Based Violence. Forty-six Tanzanian policewomen in Mwanza received training Saturday (March 2nd) on techniques to prevent gender-based violence, Tanzania's The Citizen reported. The training session, sponsored by the GG Trust, was organised in response to an increase in gender-based violence incidents in Tanzania's Lake Zone.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201303050505.html
Islamabad Pakistan - Ahead of the International Women’s Day, women police officials gathered to discuss the issues they face at work and ways to fully integrate them into all policing organisations at a seminar on Monday. Participants who had converged from all over the country, discussed approaches to supporting and empowering women police officials. “Men and women work side by side in other organisations, why are we caged in a separate women’s police station?” said ASP Laila Bukhari. All policymakers and decision makers are male, stated Sana Butt, an additional director at the Federal Investigation Agency. “Biasness creeps in and sometimes there is neither acceptance nor recognition.”
http://tribune.com.pk/story/515699/seminar-women-police-officials-seek-equal-opportunity-at-workplace/
Scotland - Police Scotland is in talks to potentially provide forensic services to the PSNI and An Garda Síochána. the new single force which comes into being from April this year – could provide forensic services to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Republic of Ireland’s national force, An Garda Síochána. The three countries’ forces are currently in discussions about future forensic collaboration – with the intent of avoiding outsourcing to Forensic Service Providers (FSPs), a route which has been taken by the Police Service in England and Wales.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2013/Mar/05/Force-Could-Provide-Forensics-To-Two-Countries_61833.html
Orange County California - OC Metro names Cypress Police Chief Gomez-Whitely as a 2013 Woman to Watch. Cypress Police Chief Jackie Gomez-Whiteley was recently named to OC Register Metro Magazine’s annual 20 Women to Watch List. Each year, OC Register Metro Magazine, Orange County’s premier business and lifestyle publication, profiles a group of inspiring women in Orange County who are rising in influence, demonstrating leadership, and making a difference in our community and their industry.
http://www.oc-breeze.com/2013/03/04/29247_oc-metro-names-cypress-police-chief-gomez-whitely-as-a-2013-woman-to-watch/
Massachusetts US - 20 Mass. cops on leave for expired gun permits. All the officers are expected to return to work immediately following the renewal of their permits.
 http://www.policeone.com/news/6140141-20-Mass-cops-on-leave-for-expired-gun-permits/
Canada - 828 law enforcement officers have given Canada their lives. Canadians remember the enormous number of women and men who have given their lives in public service.
http://o.canada.com/2013/03/05/828-law-enforcement-officers-have-given-canada-their-lives/
Albuquerque New Mexico - NM police debut video crime center that monitors city. 100 camera feeds are designed to give officers up-to-the minute information.For nearly two years, the Albuquerque Police Department has quietly been at work on a controversial law enforcement strategy in which live camera feeds are piped from more than 100 cameras around the city into a video command center at police headquarters to provide officers in the field with real-time information. On Friday, officials unveiled the "Real Time Crime Center," a renovated wing on the third floor of the main police station Downtown that features a bank of 16 television screens — with a 90-inch monitor at its center — and eight work stations where a mix of sworn police officers on light duty and civilian APD employees gather information from dozens of public and private databases.
  http://www.policeone.com/evidence-collection/articles/6140081-NM-police-debut-video-crime-center-that-monitors-city/
India - A first for India: a bank for women, by women.  Plans for such a bank - the first state-run one of its kind in India - were announced in the annual budget. Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the bank was likely to be launched in October, with an initial capital of $184m (£120m), and will be run by the government. The bank will employ women, lend mostly to women and "address gender-related issues, empowerment and financial inclusion", he said.http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-Budget-2013/Chunk-HT-UI-IndiaBudget2013-Consumers/A-first-for-India-a-bank-for-women-by-women/SP-Article1-1018833.aspx
1st MARCH,2013
International Women's Day March 8, 2013 - Videos and Resources
http://internationalwomensday.com/resources.aspReuter's Slideshow: http://internationalwomensday.com/slideshow.asp

Mexico - Mexican police nab drug-launching cannon near border. Mexican smugglers have used tunnels, cars, boats and even the human body in attempts to sneak drugs past U.S. agents in an endless cat-and-mouse game on the U.S.-Mexico border. Now smugglers have devised a new invention to ferry their contraband over the nearly militarized border: cannons.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/28/us/border-smugglers-cannon/index.html?hpt=ila_c1
Bedford New Hampshire - Bedford's First Female Police Sergeant Earned Her Stripes. Sgt. Humphrey began her career with Bedford PD in 2002.
http://bedford-nh.patch.com/articles/bedford-police-promote-first-female-to-sergeant
      Related. Sgt Humphrey instrumental in Bedford Police's Program, Bedford Police to Begin 'Are You Okay'.
http://bedford-nh.patch.com/articles/bedford-police-to-begin-are-you-okay-program-feb-14
Ireland - Man jailed for threatening a female guard. The sentence hearing heard that as well as sending the letter with a cartridge and a picture of a bloody hand, Conor McCaffrey (27) also rigged a roadside device by his home to trap gardai in their cars.
 http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-jailed-for-posting-shotgun-cartridge-to-female-garda-with-threat-29101246.html
Morocco - Decency offenses take spotlight. Bias in Penal Code puts women and girls in danger in Morocco.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/bias-penal-code-puts-women-and-girls-danger-morocco-2013-03-01
Scotland - Female police officers rise in the Lothian and Border Police.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/female-police-officers-rise-1-2814607
Albuquerque, New Mexico - Agent Carolyn Lucero, Agent Lauren Milligan among those receiving awards.
http://www.770kob.com/abc_news/article/Law_Enforcement_Recognition_Awards_Presented_Tuesday/AB1BCE21812111E286DEFEFDADE6840A/
Winnipeg Canada - Winnipeg Men First to Attend United Nations With Women's Delegation. A researcher-curator at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) and a student from the University of Winnipeg's Global College will become the first men to join the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace as delegates to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/winnipeg-men-first-to-attend-united-nations-with-womens-delegation-1762726.htm
Fiji - Fiji commits to ending violence against women. Fiji is demonstrating its commitment to end gender based violence against women and girls by attesting to the United Nations Women's Global 'Commit' Campaign.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-03-01/fiji-commits-to-ending-violence-against-women/1095456
28th FEBRUARY,2013
Slovenia - Slovenia gets first female PM. The Slovenian National Assembly on Wednesday appointed Alenka Bratusek, 42, the leader of the Positive Slovenia party as the country’s first female Prime Minister.
 http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_28/Slovenia-gets-first-female-PM/
  Related: Crisis-hit Slovenia set to name first woman PM. http://www.euronews.com/2013/02/27/crisis-hit-slovenia-set-to-name-first-woman-pm/
US Army - Alaska Soldier named Army's Female Athlete of the Year.
 http://www.army.mil/article/97291/Alaska_Soldier_named_Army_s_Female_Athlete_of_the_Year/
England - Winsor: Officers Queuing For Voluntary Severance. Hundreds of rank-and file-officers are considering voluntary severance in the wake of the Winsor reforms to pay and conditions, research has revealed. A pilot study with Avon and Somerset Constabulary has focused on the impact that government reforms are having on areas such as pensions, retirement, redundancy, fitness testing, direct entry and educational requirements. The survey of 1,400 officers from PC to chief inspector revealed that half were considering alternative employment with more than 400 pondering voluntary severance. http://www.policeoracle.com/news/HR%2C+Personnel+and+Staff+Development/2013/Feb/28/Winsor-Officers-Queuing-For-Voluntary-Severance_61648.html
US - US Federal law enforcement officers not exempt from budget-cut furloughs.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-law-enforcement-officers-not-exempt-from-budget-cut-furloughs/2013/02/26/fb93d5b2-8056-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html
World Bank - Three Global Priorities for Women and Girls.
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-yong-kim/three-global-priorities-f_b_2773148.html?utm_hp_ref=media
Australia - When will we stop violence against women. A WOMAN is killed almost every week in Australia by a male partner or ex-partner. Nearly 20per cent of women have experienced sexual violence after the age of 15. Aboriginal women in remote and rural communities are 45 times more likely to experience rates of family violence than non-Aboriginal women. In NSW, 19 out of the top 20 local government areas for domestic assault are rural or regional.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1331038/opinion-when-will-we-stop-violence-against-women/?cs=308
US - Here's What Law Enforcement Can Recover From A Seized iPhone.  The American Civil Liberties Union published a report it obtained from a drug investigation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, documenting the seizure and search of a suspect’s iPhone from her bedroom. While it’s no surprise that a phone carries plenty of secrets, the document presents in stark detail a list of that personal information, including call logs, photos, videos, text messages, Web history, eight different passwords for various services, and perhaps most importantly, 659 previous locations of the phone invisibly gathered from Wifi networks and cell towers.
 http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/02/26/heres-what-law-enforcement-can-recover-from-a-seized-iphone/
Fiji - Fiji commits to a United Nations inititative to end violence against women.
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=74324

Australia - Australia Police makes largest meth seizure. Australian police say they have made their largest-ever seizure of the drug methamphetamine hidden in a shipment from southern China. The drugs weighed a total of 585kg (1,290 pounds) and had an estimated street value of A$430m ($440m: £291m).
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21611707
Japan - Guinness World Records. 114 year old Japanese woman, the daughter of a kimono maker, was formally recognized Wednesday as the world's oldest woman.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/27/japan-worlds-oldest-woman/1950315/ 
Tech Update - Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Now Available for Windows 7.
 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/02/microsoft-internet-explorer-10-now-available-for-windows-7/
CNN - Our Mobile World - The hottest gadgets at world's biggest mobile technology show.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/27/tech/mobile-world-congress-pocket-lint/index.html?hpt=ieu_t5
26th FEBRUARY,2013
BREAKING NEWS
Sydney Australia - SYDNEY, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A powerful tropical cyclone is on course for a "direct hit" on Australia's Port Hedland, which handles a fifth of the world's seaborne-traded iron ore, with evacuations starting on Tuesday ahead of forecast 200 kph (125 mph) winds and torrential rains.
 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/australia-cyclone-idUSL4N0BQ1LM20130226?feedType=RSS&feedName=basicMaterialsSector&rpc=43
Winnipeg Canada - Fashion Show to Fundraise for Women’s Police Conference...IAWP 2014
http://www.chrisd.ca/2013/02/25/winnipeg-police-forces-of-fashion-iawp-2014-conference-fundraiser/
Ottawa Canada - Evolving role of women police improves service. The benefits of increasing women's numbers and influence in policing go far beyond improving police responses to incidents of violence against women, though that improvement alone more than justifies their contribution.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Evolving+role+women+police+improves+service/8005352/story.html
Pigeon Forge Tennessee - Tenn. police purchase body cameras for bike cops.
http://www.policeone.com/police-products/body-cameras/articles/6130741-Tenn-police-purchase-body-cameras-for-bike-cops/
Carmel Valley California - Carmel Valley woman’s groundbreaking career in law enforcement to be recognized by the San Diego Police Foundation.
 http://www.delmartimes.net/2013/02/25/carmel-valley-woman%E2%80%99s-groundbreaking-career-in-law-enforcement-to-be-recognized-by-the-san-diego-police-foundation/
Long Beach California - When Sexual Assault Is Reported, Long Beach's Forensic Nurses Keep Things SANE .  Rape and abuse against women and children is one of the fastest growing violent crimes in the U.S. It happens in horrific numbers with statistics of one in three women sexually assaulted in their lifetime. There were 115 documented rapes in 2012 in Long Beach alone. The problem with this number, however, is that according to the US Department of Justice, it is estimated that only a little more than half of sexual assaults are actually reported.
http://www.lbpost.com/news/2000001864-when-a-sexual-assault-is-reported-long-beach-s-forensic-nurses-keep-things-sane
Afghanistan - Afghan policewoman hosts women’s radio show.  The only female Afghan Uniformed Police member in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, guest hosted a women’s call-in show to answer questions from local women and help recruit more.
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/102487/afghan-policewoman-hosts-womens-radio-show
Washington DC -- The Navy joins the nation in celebrating Women's History Month during the month of March. Today in the Navy, female officers fill 10 percent of STEM positions, including engineering duty officers and information warfare professionals. Female enlisted Sailors make up 22 percent of the cryptology and intelligence community and 21 percent of operational ratings, including aviation warfare systems operators and sonar technicians. Female Sailors continue to excel both ashore and afloat, serving in various STEM related fields. More than 54,000 active duty women and more than 10,000 female Reservists are serving in the Navy. They make up 17.3 percent of the force and make indispensable contributions to our mission and operations. Nearly 59,000 women serve in a wide range of specialties as Navy civilians. The current Navy Total Force includes 33 active and Reserve female flag officers, 67 female senior executive service members, 56 female command master chiefs, and 6 female command senior chiefs leading from the front.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/02/25/navy-celebrates-womens-history-month.html?comp=7000023468025&rank=1
London England - Response Officers Call For Increased Taser Training. All response officers should be supplied with Taser before the less lethal weapon is rolled out to neighbourhood teams, a Federation Branch has said. A Wiltshire Police Federation survey found around 80 per cent of officers believed all those in response policing should have access to Taser to keep themselves and colleagues safe.
 http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2013/Feb/25/Response-Officers-Call-For-Increased-Taser-Training_61575.html
Philadelphia Pennsylvania - 'More than able to hold her own,' girl gets boot from Catholic football league. Caroline Pla has been playing football since kindergarten, and for the past two years, the 11-year-old has been knocking opposing players on their butts. It never occurred to her that someone might need to protect her from the sport she adores.
 Article and video: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/14/us/philadelphia-archdiocese-boys-only-football/index.html
New York City New York - 'Cannibal plot' NY policeman Gilberto Valle on trial.  The estranged wife of a New York City policeman has told a court about her discovery of his alleged plot to kill her and cannibalise women. Kathleen Mangan-Valle said she found emails detailing husband Gilberto Valle's plans to slit her throat, and kidnap and kill her friend. Mr Valle, 28, is charged with conspiracy to kidnap, and using police databases to make a list of targets.
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21582602
Los Angeles California - Dorner's Training Officer Still Receiving Threats.  Terie Evans has not yet returned to her home. Evans, an LAPD sergeant who had trained Christopher Dorner, continues to receive threats. In addition, someone tried to break into her home, police said.                                   http://www.policemag.com/channel/women-in-law-enforcement/news/2013/02/22/dorner-s-training-officer-still-receiving-threats.aspx
Las Vegas Nevada - Las Vegas Chooses Ford P.I. Utility for Patrol. The agency will roll out the first Ford P.I. Utility units in June.
http://www.policemag.com/blog/vehicles/story/2013/02/las-vegas-chooses-the-ford-p-i-utility.aspx

25th FEBRUARY,2013
South Korea - Swearing in the First Ever Female President...Gangnam Style. Park Geun-Hye has become South Korea's first female president. Ms Park's historic election in December was an important moment for women in South Korea, who on average earn nearly 40% less than men. The 61-year-old takes office a little more than 50 years after her father, a vehement anti-communist, seized power in a military coup.
 Article and video: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/24/world/asia/south-korea-female-president/index.html Article and Gangnam video: http://news.sky.com/story/1056565/south-koreas-first-female-president-sworn-in
U.S. - LaHood warns of long waits, flight delays if funding not approved. Hundreds of air traffic control towers could be closed, and travelers could face flight delays of up to 90 minutes during peak hours — a result of $600 million in cuts expected to hit the Federal Aviation Administration on March 1, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned in a surprise appearance at Friday’s White House briefing.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/lahood-warns-of-long-waits-flight-delays/2013/02/22/a4d1b0b0-7d17-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html
Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first female mayor proves critics wrong. Azra Jafari has won respect in her community as she fights to improve lives and change attitudes towards women.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/24/afghanistan-first-female-mayor
Pakistan - Gender-sensitive policing.  Perceptions regarding women’s participation in law enforcement are changing, but in Pakistan policing is still a male-dominated career. In Pakistan, the origin of women policing can be traced to the 1970s. In the Police Act 1861 and Police Rules 1934 there is no reference to women policing. However the Police Order 2002 recognises the need and importance of women policing. During Benazir Bhutto’s first stint as prime minister, her government expressed keen interest in women’s participation in policing. As a result, women’s police stations were established in a few urban centres. Yet there was no real change in attitudes. Issues regarding recruitment, training, the work environment, promotions and women’s role in operations were not addressed in an organised manner
 http://dawn.com/2013/02/25/gender-sensitive-policing-2/
Delhi Police - Delhi Police special women's helpline - 2,000 calls in 45 days. 
 http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/delhi-police-special-women-s-helpline-2-000-calls-in-45-days-334803
UN - UN Issue New Song For International Women's Day, Friday March 8, 2013.
http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/02/25/song-released-for-international-womens-day/
Missoula Montana - Missoula mayor proposes alternate residency rule for city workers.  A police detective said she feared Wolken’s proposal would hurt female police officers’ ability to rise in the ranks. She said the only female officer in line for the chief’s job lives in the county. Wolken said she was concerned when she heard the detective’s remarks and reached out to learn more. But she wants to drill down to the root problem to find out why there’s a gender imbalance among top police officers, especially when an estimated 13 percent of the force is female – a relatively high number in Montana, she said. “My concern is what are the barriers for women to go to the next level of supervisor? There’s only one (female) out of 30. To me, that’s the bigger issue,” Wolken said.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-mayor-proposes-alternate-residency-rule-for-city-workers/article_94d057fe-7f0e-11e2-b56a-0019bb2963f4.html
Pittsburg Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Bureau of Police workers in limbo, demand answers.  A mother and daughter suspended indefinitely from their Pittsburgh Police Department posts said on Saturday that they've hired criminal defense attorneys and deserve to know why their careers are in limbo during a federal investigation of the police bureau. The FBI investigation centers in part on whether two spending accounts at the Greater Pittsburgh Police Federal Credit Union received or spent public money. Federal investigators copied records at the credit union and took at least nine boxes of documents from police headquarters in the North Side this month.
 http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3540280-74/police-montgomery-harper
Africa - African women holding enviable leadership positions. Meet an array of them are outshining men in the pursuit of their dreams and destinies. Education, activism and awareness have helped to empower others into playing dynamic roles in a long struggle for emancipation of women towards achieving a reasonable level of advancement and appreciation.
 http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/53379

22nd FEBRUARY,2013
U. S. - 15 Officers Awarded Medal of Valor by Vice President.
 http://www.policemag.com/channel/careers-training/news/2013/02/21/15-officers-awarded-medal-of-valor.aspx
     Details of each award can be viewed at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/20/background-medal-valor-ceremony
Delphos Ohio - Delphos’ first female police officer to retire after 33 years of service.  This week marks the last for Delphos’ first female police officer and most senior in the department. Bev Cross-McNeal has announced her retirement after 33 years of service.
http://www.delphosherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10894:delphos-first-female-police-officer-to-retire-after-33-years-of-service&catid=31:general&Itemid=44
East Hampton Long Island New York- First woman in the 43-year history to receive the award. Police Detective Lauded Before Town Board Tina Giles was East Hampton Town police's 2012 Officer of the Year. Article and video: http://easthampton.patch.com/articles/police-detective-lauded-before-town-board-video
                   
Kosovo - Kosovo, the youngest nation in Europe. A success story of democratic and multi-ethnic state building: Ambassador Shkendije Geci Sherifi in interview. Kosovo’s National Day this week was only the fifth one since the declaration of independence on 17 February 2008, making it the continent’s newest state. Ambassador of Kosovo to Hungary, Shkendije Geci Sherifi brings us up to date on progress and on ties with Hungary.  The Kosovo Constitution ensures gender equality as a fundamental value for the democratic development of the society. The Constitution endorses the UN landmarks including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
http://www.budapesttimes.hu/2013/02/22/kosovo-the-youngest-nation-in-europe/
Lowndesc County Georgia - An officer at the Lowndes County Jail is back at work after an inmate attacked her, and it would have been much worse if other inmates hadn't defended her. Two fellow officers who were supposed to be monitoring the cells have been fired. 13 seconds, that's all it took for officer Pam NeSmith to experience a brutal beating.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/21290449/lowndes-co-jail-inmate-attacks-female-officer
Canada - Comment: RCMP recruitment adopting a new vision.  The force offers good career opportunities for women, and women have much to offer the RCMP.http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-rcmp-recruitment-adopting-a-new-vision-1.78250
Metropolitan Police UK and New York Police US - Latest Tech Illuminates Hidden Weapons.  The Metropolitan Police has been working with the New York Police Department and a UK security and surveillance systems manufacturer to develop a new device it says can detect firearms concealed beneath layers of clothing. The T-Ray machine detects terahertz radiation, a high-frequency electromagnetic natural energy that is emitted by people and can penetrate many materials, including clothing.
 http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Miscellaneous/2013/Feb/21/Latest-Tech-Illuminates-Hidden-Weapons_61437.html
Indiana - Social media sites change investigation methods. Some criminals are posting about the crimes they commit, others post false leads.
http://www.policeone.com/investigations/articles/6127276-Social-media-sites-change-investigation-methods/
UK - Over 250 sign up for International Women's Day Networking Lunch.  MORE than 250 women have signed up for this year’s International Women’s Day Networking Lunch, which takes place next week. It is the sixth time the event has been staged in the region and is being supported by Deliotte for the fourth consecutive year. It includes an address from Vera Baird QC, the new Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, about her role in relation to women and particularly crimes against women.
 http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2013/02/22/over-250-sign-up-for-international-women-s-day-networking-lunch-51140-32857229/

San Francisco California - Last year, South San Francisco Police gave airport hotel and motel employees a training course in identifying the tell-tale signs of human trafficking and prostitution activity, an ongoing problem in the area. This year South San Francisco Sex Slavery: Police Bust Shocking Underage Prostitution Ring In Airport Hotel.Article and video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/south-san-francisco-sex-slavery_n_2734350.html
21st FEBRUARY,2013
Camden New Jersey - Private detectives filling gaps left by police budget cuts. Residents across cash-strapped states are increasingly turning to private detectives as cities and towns cut police forces to contend with deep budget cuts.http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-private-detective-20130220,0,392152.story
Ithica New York - Tompkins County Legislators on Tuesday unanimously accepted six grants, totaling $162,576, for police initiatives. The grants include funding for a new dog for sniffing out explosives, a four-wheeler to seize marijuana and tracking bracelets for people who suffer from Alzheimer’s and dementia.http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20130219/NEWS01/302190079/Tompkins-County-approves-162K-grants-police-initiatives?nclick_check=1
New York - NYPD, Microsoft create crime-fighting system. The technology instantaneously mines data from the police department's voluminous records and assembles it in an easy-to-use form. A 911 call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly showing officers an interactive map of the neighborhood, footage from nearby security cameras, whether there are high radiation levels and whether any other threats have been made against the city. In a click, police know exactly what they're getting into.
http://www.policeone.com/police-products/communications/articles/6126143-NYPD-Microsoft-create-crime-fighting-system/
United Nations - Human Rights. Violence against Women Act endorsed by UN reps. A United Nations Human Rights representative on Feb. 19 called upon the U.S. Congress to approve the Violence against Women Act. “Congress should act promptly to pass key reforms to the Violence Against Women Act that bolster indigenous tribes’ ability to prosecute cases involving violence against indigenous women,” said Rashida Manjoo and James Anayaemphasized in a joint statement issued in Geneva.http://www.examiner.com/article/violence-against-women-act-endorsed-by-un-reps#CID=SG-Survey-Close
Innerleithen UK - Last ever rounds of Meritorious Awards from Lothian and Border Police.  Police award an Innerleithen toddler today becoming the youngest winner in Lothian and Borders Police’s meritorious awards.  Rowan Rychel was just two when she dialled 999 after her mother was knocked out at their Ballantyne Street home. And the youngster, now aged three, will be honoured at Lothian and Borders Police headquarters in Edinburgh today, the force’s last meritorious ceremony ahead of the introduction of the single police force on April 1.
http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/innerleithen-toddler-s-heroics-earn-her-police-award-1-2801036
Dubai UAE - UAE’s shortest policewoman has tall dreams. Aisha Hamoudi hopes to make it to the Guinness World Records so she can champion the cause of people with special needs. At 88 centimetres (2 feet 8 inches), Sergeant Aisha Hamoudi is about the size of a three-year-old girl. But it hasn’t stopped the 31-year-old Fujairah policewoman from dreaming big. 
Aisha has written to the Guinness World Records, staking claim to the title of the world’s shortest policewoman so that she can leverage the recognition and become an ambassador for the physically challenged. “It will help me champion the cause of people with special needs and highlight their problems and concerns,” she said in an interview with XPRESS.
http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/xpress/uae-s-shortest-policewoman-has-tall-dreams-1.1148964
Kitsap Washington - Top law enforcement honor bestowed on Kitsap deputy Krista McDonald.  Vice President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Valor to Kitsap County Sheriff’s Deputy Krista McDonald on Wednesday in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus. The medal is the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer. McDonald was honored for her role in stopping a man who shot and wounded two other deputies at the Port Orchard Walmart in 2011.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/feb/20/nations-top-law-enforcement-honor-bestowed-on/
Liberia Africa - Liberia: Nation Commits Itself - to Ending Violence Against Women.  Makes history. Liberia yesterday seized the moment which seeks to restore the dignity of women and make them whole once again. Liberia yesterday made history by becoming the 20th nation that signed "Say No to Violence against Women" document, thereby committing itself to abrogating the intolerably intractable perpetration of despicable actions against women.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201302200554.html
St. Louis Missouri - Breaking News. Two St. Louis police officers shot.  The officer shot in the foot is a woman, 31, who has been on the force for six years. The other officer is a man, 26, who has been on the force two years.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-st-louis-police-officers-shot/article_72fa4f9a-f039-5b2d-9793-31ca23e7603d.html
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>>Shared by Sandra Martin. IAWP Region 12 member, Maureen Ing of the Vancouver Police Service, is a member of the Lion Dance Team.  She proudly takes part in this activity and annual Chinese New Year celebrations every year.
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Police+Lion+Dance+Team+breaks+down+historic+barriers+mistrust/7963056/story.html

Saudi Arabia - Saudi king swears in Shura council's first female members. Abdullah makes first televised appearance since November to address new members of body, fifth of whom are women.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/19/saudi-king-shura-council-female-members
North Kitsap Washington - Sheriff’s Office recruiting female correction officers.
http://www.northkitsapherald.com/news/191468211.html
San Diego California - Man stabbed while helping police officer may have financial assistance coming. Worker's comp attorney says state law on his side. Haley was stabbed in the arm in August 2011. He had jumped into a fight between a female police officer and a man with a knife. His injury required a trip to the hospital and follow-up care.
 http://www.10news.com/news/man-stabbed-while-helping-police-officer-may-have-financial-assistance-coming-02192013
              
Washington DC - Court: Police don't have to prove K-9 training. Police do not have to extensively document a drug-sniffing dog's reliability in the field to uphold its work in court. The U.S. Supreme Court says police do not have to extensively document a drug-sniffing dog's reliability in the field to uphold its work in court.http://www.policeone.com/drug-interdiction-narcotics/articles/6124723-Court-Police-dont-have-to-prove-K-9-training/
Related:  Florida. Supreme Court Validates K-9 Search.  A Florida police dog's alert at a traffic stop that led to a van driver's conviction on drug charges established probable cause for the search, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
 http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2013/02/19/supreme-court-validates-k-9-search.aspx
Pakistan - Victim fights for women and girls. After Mukhtar Mai was gang raped on the orders of a tribal court in Pakistan in 2002, local tradition dictated she was expected to commit suicide. Instead, she defied her attackers and fought for justice. More than a decade on, she is still fighting for women's rights in Pakistan and inspiring many around the world.
 http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/19/world/asia/mukhtar-mai-pakistan-gang-rape/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
Basseterre, St. Kitts - Police Division ‘B’ awards members for outstanding service. Senior law enforcement officials including Commissioner of Police Celvin G. Walwyn and members of the High Command were joined by justice and legal representatives such as Magistrate Judge Josephine Mallalieu-Webbe, and the Director of Public Prosecutions Rhonda Nisbett-Browne in paying tribute to Constables Andrea Battice, Marsha Walters, Vivian Caesar, Dwight Davis, and Mitchelle Bergan.
http://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/69957
Fairfield Connecticut - For Cops by Cops: Facecrook iPhone app. Facecrook is a digital notebook that allows law enforcement to record and share information on suspects and persons of interest.
http://www.policeone.com/police-products/communications/articles/6120818-For-Cops-By-Cops-Facecrook-iPhone-app/
Washington DC - “National Blue Alert” Bill To Help Apprehend Criminals Who Seriously Injure Or Kill Law Enforcement. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) has introduced the National Blue Alert Act, S. 357, to create a nationwide alert system to apprehend violent criminals who have seriously injured or killed police officers. The nationwide alert system would be used to disseminate critical information about the suspect to law enforcement agencies, the public and the media.
http://politicalnews.me/?id=21379&keys=ALERT-SYSTEM-VIOLENT-CRIMINALS

Delhi India - The Gang Rape Changed Indian Women Forever. Special edition of Woman's Hour UK.  A generation of women suddenly demanding that their voices be heard.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9879930/How-the-Delhi-gang-rape-has-changed-Indian-women-forever.html
U.S. - Best time to buy a plane ticket.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/best-time-buy-plane-ticket-weekend-according-study-020308527.html

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Nagaland India - Nagaland may get first woman MLA (Member Legislative Authority). After a full career as a government doctor and then a medical administrator, 56-year-old Yangerla is going door to door. The state's smallest assembly constituency is an unlikely place for a revolution to be launched, but it's no exaggeration to say that that's what going on here. Yangerla is one of only two women contesting the February 23 assembly elections in Nagaland, the only state that has never yet had a woman MLA, according to PRS Legislative Research.
 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nagaland-may-get-first-woman-MLA/articleshow/18567369.cms
Delhi India - Delhi Police Women Constable Executive Recruitment 2013: Apply Online! The notification for Delhi Police Women Constable Executive Recruitment 2013 has been released. The application for 522 posts of Delhi Police Women Constable (Executive) can be made through offline and online modes.
 http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/2/18/271-Delhi-Police-Women-Constable-Executive-Recruitment-2013-Apply-online.html
Afghanistan - U.N. Report Shows Fewer Killings of Afghan Civilians, Suggesting Shift in War. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/world/asia/un-reports-decline-in-killings-of-afghan-civilians.html?_r=0
  - U.N. Says Women, girls increasingly victims in Afghan war, U.N. says
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-afghanistan-un-idUSBRE91I0E520130219
Police Oracle England - Lesson: Handling Historic DNA Samples
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2013/Feb/18/Lessons-Handling-Historic-DNA-Samples_61314.html
Beirut Lebanon - Lebanese women take on Muslim judges who call rape a 'marital right'.  Lebanese women are taking to the streets to demand that the government takes domestic violence seriously, by introducing laws to protect women from abusive partners.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/17/world/meast/lebanon-womens-rights-law/index.html?hpt=imi_c1
BBC Special - Jessica Cox: Pilot born without arms on flying with her feet. She can drive a car, fly a plane and play piano - all with her feet.
In 2012 she married Patrick, her former Taekwondo instructor (she has two black belts). They live in Tucson in the US state of Arizona.Video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21377627
Topeka Kansas - Drug registry beneficial to public and law enforcement; Registry includes sex, violent and drug offenders
http://cjonline.com/news/2013-02-18/drug-registry-beneficial-public-and-law-enforcement
Decatur Illinos - GIRLS participants find something to like in law enforcement career.  Genesis Muex, 14, has considered becoming a lawyer when she gets older, and on Monday, she got to walk a few miles in the shoes of a public defender when she and more than 20 other girls spent the day learning about careers in law at the Macon County Courts Facility.
http://herald-review.com/news/local/girls-participants-find-something-to-like-in-law-enforcement-career/article_f957d85a-7a40-11e2-885e-001a4bcf887a.html
Scotts Valley California - Zero Motorcycles introduces Zero S electric motorcycle for law enforcement.
http://www.policemag.com/channel/vehicles/news/2013/02/15/zero-introduces-new-police-electric-motorcycle.aspx Zero S Streetfighter - http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/zero-s/

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Pune India - No more lonely night hours for Pune's female cops, Concerned over the safety of woman constables on night duty, the top brass police officers of Pune police have issued an order to all police stations that there should be more than one woman constable in the night shift.
http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report_no-more-lonely-night-hours-for-pune-s-female-cops_1799911
Yuma Arizona - Senate passes act protecting women. Local victim advocates applauded last week's passage by the U.S. Senate of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. Congress first passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994 and was twice reauthorized. But it lapsed last year after Democrats sought to add protections for gays, lesbians and transgender people and expand authority of Native American officials to handle cases of abuse of Indian women by non-Indians. Republicans were also concerned over the inclusion of additional visas for abused illegal immigrants.
 http://www.yumasun.com/articles/violence-85327-vawa-women.html

Seacaucus New Jersey - First female sergeant. Town promotes seven officers. The town of Secaucus reached a local milestone on Feb. 11 with the promotion of Police Officer Kimberly Elphick to the position of sergeant – the first woman to serve in a ranking position on the police force in its history. Elphick is among seven officers who were promoted to higher rank that day.
http://www.unioncityreporter.com/view/full_stories_home/21729168/article-First-female-sergeant-Town-promotes-seven-officers-?instance=secaucus_story_left_column
Egypt - Egypt’s First Female Dive Master Speaks Out. Egypt has certified the country’s first female dive master – a devout Muslim who refers to herself as a feminist. With coveted dive spots scattered all along the Red Sea, the ecologically-threatened Sinai Peninsula attracts scores of Egyptian and foreign visitors every year. But until now, not one Arab or Egyptian woman has taken their passion as far as Suezett al-Fallal.
 http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/02/egypts-first-female-dive-master/
Berkeley California - Berkeley dancers say no to violence against women. Organizers called the day, replicated in communities throughout the U.S. and in 205 countries, "One Billion Rising," named for the one-in-three women and girls across the globe who will be raped or beaten in their lifetime.
 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_22603017/berkeley-dancers-say-no-violence-against-women
  
U.S. - Fed Budget Cuts Would Reduce LE Strength.  Automatic federal budget cuts set to go into effect March 1 would likely trigger mandatory furloughs among agencies such as the FBI, ATF, and Border Patrol, as well as sharp reductions in grants that bring equipment and personnel to local agencies. The Budget Control Act of 2011 implemented a process known as budget sequestration, which requires the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to each absorb a 9% funding cut. "If there is a sequestration, it would have a terribly adverse effect on law enforcement," said James Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police. "How the agencies administer the cuts is to a degree up to the agency."
 http://www.policemag.com/channel/careers-training/news/2013/02/14/fed-budget-cuts-could-reduce-le-strength.aspx

Oklahoma - First female police officers in Oklahoma City proved they could do the job.  Sitting in an Oklahoma City restaurant earlier this month, three women laughed as they reminisced about their rough and tumble days working for the Oklahoma City Police Department.
http://newsok.com/first-female-police-officers-in-oklahoma-city-proved-they-could-do-the-job/article/3756211
Vietnam - First Female Police Task Force. The first female policewomen of the task force are only 20-23 years old, beautiful, good at martial arts, proficiency in using a variety of guns. That is the portrait of the first 32 female policewomen of the task force of Vietnam, which are being trained in the task force battalion No. 1 of the High Command of Mobile Police in Hanoi.  "Here, girls are trained like boys. We have to wake up at 5am and go to the drill ground at 7am, run 4km on the morning and in the afternoon. Every morning we run from 800 - 1,000 m around the yard. It is the warm-up exercise for a day of members of the task force. The only difference with boys is our course extended by a half," said Mai Thu Trang, 21, from Son La province.
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/special-reports/66094/the-first-female-policewomen-of-the-task-force.html
Quantico Virginia - In Arduous Officer Course, Women Offer Clues to Their Future in Infantry. Last fall, two newly minted female lieutenants joined about 100 men in Quantico, Va., for one of the most grueling experiences that soldiers not in war can experience: the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/us/marines-look-to-infantry-course-for-insight-on-women.html?_r=0
Indonesia - Social Media Gives Indonesian Women New Voice. A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape. A local official takes a 17-year-old second wife, then quickly divorces her by text message. Both cases reflect attitudes toward women's rights and safety that have persisted for years in this Southeast Asian archipelago nation of 240 million people. The difference now: Both officials are at risk of losing their jobs.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/social-media-indonesian-women-voice-18527478
Skipton UK - Skipton woman to give talk at United Nations conference. A Skipton woman has been invited to attend a United Nations conference on preventing violence against women and girls in New York. Yesmien Bagh Ali, of Brougham Street, is passionate about preventing all forms of violence against women and girls and has worked in the field – mostly voluntarily – for many years. She said: “I was born and brought up in Skipton but my heritage is from rural Pakistan. This is an important cultural context for a discussion on abuse against women and girls.
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/10233431.Skipton_woman_to_give_talk_at_United_Nations_conference/
Australia - Women gradually climbing to the top in Australian leadership - a cornucopia of statistics. In politics we now have a female Governor General, a female Prime Minister, a female Governor of NSW, a female Chief Scientist and Engineer of NSW. In the recent past (say 10 years), there have also been several female State Premiers (there is one in Tasmania at the moment) and females in top positions in banks, scientific organisations and professional bodies. At present in the High Court, three out of the seven Justices are women (although women make up only 16% of the bench of the Federal courts). Moreover many churches have female Ministers (Clergy) today.
http://au.christiantoday.com/article/women-gradually-climbing-to-the-top-in-australian-leadership-a-cornucopia-of-statistics/14961.htm
Afghanistan - First female district chief starts work in northern Afghanistan. Saira Shekib was formally introduced as the first female district chief for Khawajah Do-Koh by the local government on Tuesday and was welcomed by majority of the local residents. Newly elected Khawajah Do-Koh district chief Saira Shekib called on the local residents to assist her so that she can provide better services. Saira Shekib’s election as district chief is rare in Afghanistan as normally men were elected to perform duties of district chief.
http://www.khaama.com/first-female-district-chief-starts-work-in-northern-afghanistan-2131
U.S. - United States addresses sex trafficking. In the United States, the Super Bowl is one of the largest causes of sex trafficking. According to Forbes, 10,000 prostitutes were taken to Miami during the 2010 Super Bowl and in 2009 police made 133 arrests for underage prostitution in Dallas.
http://www.depauliaonline.com/nation-world/united-states-addresses-sex-trafficking-1.2992840
U.S. - You might not know that January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. You might not even know why we need such an awareness campaign, or that, right here in America, women, children and men are trafficked every day into forced labor or the sex industry. Ima Matul was trafficked to the U.S. Now she is helping other survivors.
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/17/trafficking-survivor-its-time-to-help-others/

South Korea - 3,500 couples wed in mass ceremony. Thousands of newlyweds attend a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, about 60 km (37 miles) northeast of Seoul February 17, 2013. The Unification Church founded by evangelist reverend Moon Sun-myung in Seoul in 1954, performed its first mass wedding in 1961 with 33 couples. In photos: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/thousands-wed-in-seoul-mass-wedding-slideshow/#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fthousands-wed-in-seoul-mass-wedding-slideshow%252Fthousands-newlyweds-attend-mass-wedding-ceremony-unification-church-photo-041833797.html
  
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>>Region 18 News Blog, http://www.iawp.org/regions/region18.htm. Region 18 added several tabs to its Blog; posts the newsfeeds to its Blog; included a photo gallery, and much more.  Good example of what can be done with the Blog sites.
Wilmington Delaware - Wilmington police hires its first female K-9 officer.
http://yellowtape.blogs.starnewsonline.com/22836/wilmington-police-hires-its-first-female-k-9-officer/?tc=ar
Malawi - Women Police in Peacekeeping Missions.  Malawi female police officers fine-tuned for peace keeping missions.
http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/30808
India - 'One Billion Rising' in India's global campaign, 'One Billion Rising', saw thousands of women across India raise their voice in support of women's rights on Saint Valentine's Day. In pictures.
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324162304578305422198958146.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#slide/1
United Nations - related. UN officials join One Billion Rising global call to end violence against women and girls.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44144&Cr=sexual+violence&Cr1=
Michigan - Michigan law enforcement agencies Earn Traffic Safety Awards.  The department received a $17,000 Grand Prize Award. 
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/michigan-law-enforcement-agencies-earn-traffic-safety-awards-191262081.html
Derbyshire England - Fifteen new Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are patrolling the streets of Derbyshire after completing their training course. The eight women and seven men joined Safer Neighbourhood teams across the county on Monday and will be stationed in Ilkeston, Swadlincote, Staveley, Clay Cross, Buxton, Matlock and in different areas of Derby.
 http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/fifteen-new-police-community-support-officers-pcsos-are-patrolling-the-streets-of-derbyshire-after-completing-their-training-course-1-5412794
Atlanta Georgia - FBI Press Release: Ten Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers Among 15 Arrested for Protecting Drug Dealers in Federal Drug Trafficking Sting. Defendants Charged with Providing Security for Undercover Cocaine Transactions. Seven Metro Atlanta Police officers, two former DeKalb County jail officers, a contract officer with Federal Protective Services, and five others have been charged with accepting thousands of dollars in cash payments to provide protection during drug deals in a federal undercover operation.
http://www.fbi.gov/atlanta/press-releases/2013/ten-current-and-former-law-enforcement-officers-among-15-arrested-for-protecting-drug-dealers-in-federal-drug-trafficking-sting

United Nations - UN says human trafficking found in 118 countries.  A new UN report paints a grim picture of the millions of people trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labor: They come from at least 136 different nationalities, have been detected in 118 countries, and the majority of victims are women though the number of children is increasing. The UN Office of Drugs and Crime, which launched the report Tuesday at UN headquarters, said the victims can be found in the world’s restaurants, fisheries, brothels, farms and homes, among other places. The report said trafficking for sexual exploitation accounts for 58 percent of all trafficking cases detected globally while the share of detected cases for forced labor has doubled over the past four years to 36 percent.
 http://www.boston.com/news/world/united-nations/2013/02/12/says-human-trafficking-found-countries/VTKyjmfCEUVkpfKi82jHWP/story.html

14th FEBRUARY,2013
Dubai UAE - Women to be trained for the Dubai Police anti-riot squad
 http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/women-to-be-trained-for-the-dubai-police-anti-riot-squad
Mumbai India - Bollywood Lends Muscle Power to Mumbai Policewomen Interface. The Mumbai Police will reportedly organise five public interfaces to raise awareness about crimes against women, revealed commissioner Satyapal Singh. The first of which was held at Birla Matoshree Hall in Marine Lines. “In all, we will hold five such big meetings. The next one will be organised at Ravindra Natya Mandir on Wednesday,” Satyapal Singh said.
 http://businessofcinema.com/news/bollywood-lends-muscle-power-to-mumbai-police-women-interface/59357
U.S. - What American police can teach the military about women warriors. Webster defines combat as "a fight or contest between individuals or groups" Recently, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lifted a ban on women in combat that is sure to have an effect on military operations. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported in their June 2010 Crime data brief (NCJ 230521) that women in law enforcement make up around 12 percent of the police workforce in the United States. In many large police agencies, that percentage is much greater. For example, in the police departments in Detroit and Philadelphia, female officers account for 22 percent of their workforce.
 http://www.policeone.com/women-officers/articles/6112601-What-American-police-can-teach-the-military-about-women-warriors/
Afghanistan - Afghan Women March Against Violence.  Dozens of Afghan activists have marked Valentine's Day by marching in Kabul to denounce violence against women. Concern has risen after rights organizations last year found that Afghan women are frequently victims of violence — despite a law against it and increased prosecution of abusers.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-women-march-violence-18498190
Northern Ireland - Extraordinary development has been helping officers on the streets of Northern Ireland.  Digital Pens 'Are Revolution For Statements'.  The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is now using digital pen technology to record witness statements and make the associated information available as quickly as possible.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Local+and+Neighbourhood+Policing/2013/Feb/14/Digital-Pens-Are-Revolution-For-Statements_61172.html
England - DNA Profiling Highly Effective. Study shows that large DNA databases are more cost effective than extra manpower. DNA profiling and larger databases of profiles are more cost effective in preventing serious offences, such as murder or rape, than hiring more police officers or imposing longer prison sentences, a survey shows.
http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2013/Feb/13/Study-DNA-Profiling-Highly-Effective_61171.html
North Yorkshire England - PCC Re-Advertises Chief Post.  Decision taken after a round of interviews with several prospective candidates. She said in a statement: “My assessment panel and I undertook a comprehensive and exhaustive assessment process, where a range of highly talented candidates displayed many strengths and aptitudes for the role. “However, I am determined to ensure that the public gets the best possible person to lead North Yorkshire Police and hence I want to test the market again.”
 http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police+Performance/2013/Feb/13/PCC-Re-Advertises-Chief-Post_61160.html
Minot North Dakota - Police Awrds. Christine Roberts, a principal administrative clerk in the Crime Prevention Office, was recognized as the 2012 Outstanding Police Employee of the Year and Senior Officer Jason Bambenek, who is a night-shift patrol officer, was recognized as Police Officer of the Year.
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/573220/Minot-Police-reward--outstanding-employees.html?nav=5010
North South Wales Australia - Police Legacy Fund benefits. A contingent of amateur Police boxers will fight it out on the undercard of a major title fight in Sydney this weekend, as a preview to the upcoming NSW Police Legacy Boxing Championship. http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_releases?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmViaXoucG9saWNlLm5zdy5nb3YuYXUlMkZtZWRpYSUyRjI4NTUzLmh0bWwmYWxsPTE%3D
Sudi Arabia UAE - Saudi religious police to hire women for first time but will not be given the same male jobs and would not be allowed to drive the Commission cars. Saudi Arabia’s feared religious police is planning to hire women for the first time in a departure from a long-standing policy excluding females from the powerful police force.http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/saudi-religious-police-to-hire-women-for-first-time-2013-02-14-1.495043
Hyderabad India - Giving the choice back to women .  “The way a boy treats his sister is how he will treat his wife later on in life,” says Noorjahan Siddiqui, a senior counsellor with My Choices, an NGO based in old city. She reviews a group of women, also known as ‘PeaceMakers’, as they convene periodically at the NGO’s centre located opposite Falaknuma rythu bazaar to talk of the obstacles and progress they have made in their cases.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/giving-the-choice-back-to-women/article4408337.ece
Ottawa Canada - RCMP gender gap action plan reveals progress toward goals.  The RCMP has produced a 37-point action plan to address serious concerns about the recruitment and retention of primarily female officers, according to a report obtained by Postmedia News that suggests a number of the initiatives have already been introduced and are already achieving results.
http://o.canada.com/2013/02/14/rcmp-gender-gap-action-plan-reveals-progress/
Seattle Washington - Seattle cancels police drone program after outcry over privacy issues. A plan by Seattle police to send aloft miniature robot drones equipped with stealth spy cameras has been grounded, following heated criticism of the project by residents concerned about privacy rights, the mayor says.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/08/16903237-seattle-cancels-police-drone-program-after-outcry-over-privacy-issues
U.S. - AP Sources: American Airlines, US Airways to merge.  American Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards of both companies approved the deal late Wednesday, according to four people close to the situation.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130213/business/702139743/

13th FEBRUARY,2013
Derry Ireland - Officer's family 'buoyed by support'.  Parents of Philippa Reynolds interview.
Article and video: http://www.u.tv/News/Officers-family-buoyed-by-support/e9f5f897-0730-42da-beb8-da34a362d7f3
Papua New Guinea - PNG police have rescued two women accused of sorcery. Barbaric killings connected with violence against women because of this belief that sorcery kills – these are becoming all too common in certain parts of the country. http://dawn.com/2013/02/13/sorcery-burnings-png-police-save-two-women-from-being-torched-to-death/
Las Vegas Nevada - Big changes are happening to the fact-finding process for officer-involved deaths. The coroner's inquest is gone - replaced by a new police fatality review process that will be overseen by an appointed panel. Tuesday, the valley could find out who will sit on that panel.
 http://www.8newsnow.com/story/20647018/county-to-select-members-for-police-death-review-panel
United Nations - UN chief spotlights role of inter-faith dialogue to empower women.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44128&Cr=interfaith&Cr1=
Santa Barbara California - Santa Barbara now has its first female motorcycle officer. Five year veteran says she has wanted try this ride since she joined the force.
 Article and video: http://www.keyt.com/news/Santa-Barbara-now-has-its-first-female-motorcycle-officer/-/17671600/18523186/-/9hrvj2z/-/index.html
Afganistan - Put More Women in Afghan Army.  When NATO published a "media backgrounder" on Afghan security forces in October 2010, the alliance was adamant that as the Afghan National Army grew to the point where it would be able to defend its own country, it would also have to increase the women in its ranks.
 http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2013/02/13/us-strategy-put-more-women-in-afghan-army-n1511157
U.S. - License Plate Recognition Systems.  High-Definition Imaging.  Once a curiosity, license plate recognition systems are now helping officers identify criminals and scofflaws nationwide.
 http://www.policemag.com/channel/technology/articles/2013/02/high-definition-imaging.aspx
Wales England - Youth and child crime rates fall in Wales.  The decline is attributed to targeting children likely to get into trouble such as those starting to play truant. Swansea Youth Offending Service is regarded as one of the leaders in the field using a restorative justice system that is being followed by others. Police and social services, together with health and council staff, decide whether it is more appropriate for a young offender to go through the court system and end up with a criminal record or whether they could benefit from a "second chance".http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21418823

11th FEBRUARY,2013
Abu Dhabi UAE - Abu Dhabi Police fulfill child's dream of being a police officer.
 http://www.adpolice.gov.ae/en/News/adp.child.wish.off.aspx

FBI - FBI issues social media safety tips for law enforcement. Criteria broken down by retired by the assistant chief agent at the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center.
 http://www.policeone.com/social-media-for-cops/articles/6113483-FBI-issues-social-media-safety-tips-for-law-enforcement/
Somalia - Somalia Jails Woman and Journalist Over Soldier Rape Claims.  Somalia has sentenced a woman, allegedly raped by government soldiers, to jail, along with a journalist who spoke to her about the attack.  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/09/somalia-jails-woman-and-journalist-over-soldier-rape-claims.html
Los Angeles California - Parole Officer No. 2: Minnie Barton and the Crusade for Lost Women.
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/lost-landmarks/parole-officer-no-2-minnie-barton-and-the-crusade-for-lost-women.html
TAYLOR Michigan - Firearms training classes are getting booked fast, and instructors say it’s women who are filling the seats.
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/weapons-training-classes-being-filled-by-women
Himachal Pradesh - Toll free help line for women in Himachal Pradesh soon.  In addition, emphasizing the need for providing self defense for girls in educational and vocational institutes, Dr. Shandil said that government would ensure that scout and guide training for girl students should be made compulsory, initially making provisions for 2 percent enrollment for girls so that they could face any eventuality during their life span with confidence and could come out in public places with boldness.
http://www.himvani.com/news/2013/02/11/toll-free-line-women-himachal-pradesh/21553
Oregon - For the first time ever, women hold top state, local criminal justice posts.  They hold top spots in Oregon, Jackson County criminal justice.
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130210/NEWS/302100320
Sarasota Florida - New Sarasota Police Chief asks more females to apply.
 video and article: http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/292666/8/New-Sarasota-Police-Chief-asks-more-females-to-apply
Humberside England - THE new chief constable of Humberside Police has spoken of her pride at becoming the first woman to lead the force. Justine Curran's appointment to the job was unanimously approved by the police and crime panel yesterday, as first revealed on the Mail's website.
 http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Police-chief-Justine-Curran-want-send-positive/story-18077452-detail/story.html
Uttar Pradesh - Security of women, the police chief says is critical, vulnerable points across the city have been identified.  "We are deploying women police officials in civil uniform to patrol these areas. Women need not go to the police station to register a complaint in case they are subjected to eve-teasing, molestation or even misbehaviour. They can contact me directly at sspgbnup@nic.in and action will be taken," he assures.
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2274067/POWERCRACY-Traffic-woes-plague-Noida-police.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Baton Rouge Louisiana - Policewoman punched in face. Police say an 18-year-old man is arrested for punching a uniformed policewoman in the face when she tried to break up a fight between him and another man after a Carnival parade in Baton Rouge.
 http://www.shreveporttimes.com/viewart/20130210/NEWS03/130210006/Policewoman-punched-while-trying-stop-fight-
 
8th FEBRUARY 2013
Minneapolis Minnesota - Former Minneapolis police officer of the year gets probation for stealing from cop organization. A former Minneapolis police lieutenant will spend a year on probation and perform 240 hours of community service for stealing money from an international police group. Marie Fierck Przynski, 60, of Maplewood was sentenced Tuesday, Feb. 5, by Hennepin County District Judge Marilyn Rosenbaum -- the same judge who had once thrown out the woman's case. An appeals court reversed Rosenbaum and reinstated the charges. In December, a jury found Przynski guilty of theft by swindle and four counts of forgery.
 http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_22534149/former-minneapolis-police-officer-year-gets-probation-stealing
Lackland Texas - IAAFA hosts first female Dominican Republic combat pilot.  Taking a break from catching drug dealers, Capt. Maria Tejada-Quintana came to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to attend the Inter-American Squadron Officer School at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, graduating Dec. 12 with 278 fellow IAAFA students.
 http://www.aetc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123334845
Denville New Jersey - Denville to pay $650K settlement to former female cop in discrimination lawsuit.  Township has agreed to pay a $650,000 settlement to a former female police officer who filed a lawsuit claiming she was harassed, ridiculed and discriminated against because of her gender.
 http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/02/denville_to_pay_650k_settlemen.html
Solomons Islands Pacific - Solomon Islands hit by 8.0 quake and tsunami, at least 5 dead.
 http://rt.com/news/earthquake-tsunami-warning-solomon-531/
US Northeast - Up to 3 feet of snow.  Blizzard warning issued as Northeast braces for major snowfall
 http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/02/08/northeast-braces-for-major-winter-storm/
India - Kirti Singh - Get rid of 'degrading' parts of India's sexual assault exam.  The finger exam consists of the doctor inserting two fingers into the woman's body to determine whether she is used to sexual intercourse. The underlying assumption is that if two fingers pass, the woman is used to sexual intercourse. "Are you trying to say married women can't get raped? That only virgins get raped?" asked Donna Fernandes, of Vimochana, a women's organization in Bangalore. "That she couldn't have been raped, because she was used to sexual intercourse? It's an unscientific way to approaching whether the rape has happened or not."Video and article:  http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/05/world/asia/rape-exam-india/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

Monday 10th December, 2012
Hyper-Reach Releases IPAWS/CMAS Capable Services

Hyper-Reach, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, has released Hyper-Reach Express, a message origination system to enable emergency centers and law enforcement agencies to broadcast “just in time” messages via cell phone text messages to all qualified cell-phones within a geographic area. 

The Department of Homeland Security, through FEMA, has been developing an emergency notification system called IPAWS. Using the CMAS portion of the IPAWS system, 911 centers, police and other governmental emergency agencies can now send emergency messages via broadcast text message to anyone within the geographical boundary designated for that message. The message is broadcast directly from cell towers to all cell phones within range, and only those cell users who are in the range of towers where danger is imminent will receive the text. The message is free for both sender and receiver. FEMA manages the IPAWS program and works with qualified emergency notification providers to make this service available. The only cost for local authorities is the software used to send the messages.

Hyper-Reach, a Rochester, NY telephony firm, has developed the software needed for sending IPAWS/CMAS messages anywhere in the US and is offering the software as a service called Hyper-Reach Express(tm).  The service is available on a stand-alone basis or as an added feature of its well-established Hyper-Reach Emergency Notification Service, which provides mass notification to land-line phones, registered cell phones, email and SMS (text) addresses. 

Sam Asher, President of Hyper-Reach, emphasizes the speed, reliability and ease of use of the IPAWS/Hyper-Reach service. “In times of emergency, these three factors are what make the difference in providing people a few more crucial minutes to prepare and find safety.” 

Contact your local police and Emergency 911 Center to discover if they have applied for IPAWS authority. Urge them to take advantage of this latest technology. Read more at http://www.hyper-reach.com or call (855)2-NOTIFY. If you’re on staff at a 911 or police center, read our white paper on IPAWS/CMAS at the Hyper-Reach website and learn more about the next generation of emergency services.  To obtain a copy, call Hyper-Reach or send an email to IPAWS@hyper-reach.com.

  
 
  Monday 3rd December, 2012
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Sierra Leone






Statement

White House on Sierra Leone Election
The United States congratulates President Ernest Bai Koroma and the people of Sierra Leone after a successful election on November 17.







Statement

State Department on Sierra Leone Presidential Election
In a statement from spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, the State Department commends the people of Sierra Leone for turning out in overwhelming numbers to vote ...






Eastern DRC - LRA






Statement

State Dept. on Security Situation in Eastern DRC
The United States is gravely alarmed by the rapid deterioration of the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, State Departmen...







Remarks

State's Carson on Summit on Lord’s Resistance Army
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson speaks at the global summit on the Lord’s Resistance Army on November 17 in Washington.






Sudan and South Sudan






Statement

State Dept. on Sudan–South Sudan Border, Oil Delays
The State Department issues a November 19 statement on the delayed implementation of the agreements signed in Addis Ababa by Sudan and South Sudan on Sept...







A man carries a large package of food air dropped by the World Food Program to the Yida Camp in South Sudan, October 28, 2012. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

Planes, Barges, and Trucks in South Sudan
Anne C. Richard serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration. Traveling to visit refugees, one expects to see and hear certain things. I recently visited a refugee camp in South Sudan, however, and it was the unexpected things I found there that made the deepest impression: the real challenges and steep cost of getting aid to the refugees.






Egypt and Libya






Statement

State Department on Egypt’s November 22 Decisions, Declarations
“The decisions and declarations announced on November 22 raise concerns for many Egyptians and for the international community,” says State Department spo...







Remarks

Ambassador Rice at U.N. on Middle East, Benghazi
Susan E. Rice, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks to reporters on the Middle East and Benghazi.






Combating Piracy






Remarks

Ambassador Rice at U.N. Debate on Combating Piracy
Susan Rice, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks at a U.N. Security Council debate on piracy and the maintenance of international p...






Economic Growth, Trade and Entrepreneurship






U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez speaking into microphone (AP Images)

Historic U.S. Trade Mission Visits Zambia, South Africa
U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez leads a multisector trade mission to Zambia and South Africa.







Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in front of U.S. and Singaporean flags (AP Images)

Economics Now at Core of U.S. Diplomacy
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States is putting increasing diplomatic focus on economic issues and methods, especially with re...







Photo Gallery

Why Did You Become an Entrepreneur?






Millennium Development Goals, Food Security and Fighting HIV/AIDS






Child touching bed covering (Bread for the World)

World on Track to Meet Development Goals, Advocacy Group Says
The world is on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, but more investments in smallholder agriculture and social protections are still n...







Woman in field with water hoses between crop rows (Courtesy of Fintrac)

Agricultural Development Gets Doubled U.S. Investment
The U.S. Feed the Future initiative has reached up to 9 million children through nutrition programs, helped nearly 2 million food producers to adopt impro...







Clinton with clinic personnel behind her to center of frame; in left foreground, profile of a seated patient greeting Clinton (AP Images)

Global HIV/AIDS Assessment Shows Positive Trends
Governments and international donors are taking greater action against the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and they’re getting results, according to the annual survey ...






Women Empowerment and Gender Equality






Four girls bending over mobile phone (USAID)

USAID Partnership Brings Mobile Games to Girls, Women
USAID has joined the nonprofit Games for Change to bring to women and girls in East Africa and India three mobile phone games that communicate messages ab...







Fact Sheet

State Dept. Fact Sheet on Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
The State Department releases a fact sheet on efforts by the U.S. government to address gender-based violence in Haiti. The risk of violence and sexual ex...







Girl peering through small window (USAID)

Stopping Gender Violence Is U.S. Goal
November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Every year since 2000, the international community has marked the date...







Statement

Biden on International Day for Ending Violence Against Women
To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Vice President Biden says "no country can move forward unless women and girls hav...







Remarks

Ambassador Rice on U.N. Draft Resolution on Gender Identity
“The United States applauds the defeat of the amendment proposing to remove reference to ‘sexual orientation or gender identity’ from the resolution on ex...






Endangered Species






Rhino with calf (Karel Gallas/Shutterstock)

Money, Ignorance Further Threaten Endangered Species
A cooperative international effort is needed to educate the public about the myths and threats surrounding endangered animals.







  



Friday, 19th November, 2012
Staffordshire England - Female Police Awards: Analyst's Intelligence Work Praised.  An intelligence analyst who produced the best storybook of evidence a judge has ever seen has been praised for her work.  “Her excellent work shows the impact that analysts can have on an investigation as they have the ability to lead an investigation from an analytical perspective”.  Amy Parsons, who works with the Major Investigation Department of Staffordshire Police, has been commended by detectives, barristers and judges for her work as an intelligence analyst, which has been vital in securing guilty convictions.
                                          http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2012/Nov/15/Female-Police-Awards-Analysts-Intelligence-Work-Praised_58075.ht


Washington DC - More law enforcement agencies require body armor.  A rising number of law enforcement officers are required to wear body armor after two consecutive years in which police were being killed by gunfire with increasing frequency, a new Justice Department study has found. Ninety-two percent of officers reported that their agencies now have mandatory body armor policies, up from 59% in a similar 2009 survey.
                                            http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/15/more-law-enforcement-agencies-require-body-armor/1707913/

Thames England - Dedicated PCSO wins Thames Valley Police award.  A dedicated police community support officer (PCSO) has been recognised for her efforts with a major award. Liz Davidson, PCSO for Cookham, Bisham, Hurley and the Walthams, was the winner of PCSO of the year at the Thames Valley Police Community Policing Awards 2012.
                                               http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/News/Areas/Maidenhead/Dedicated-PCSO-wins-Thames-Valley-Police-award-13112012.htm


Quebec Canada - 31 Police Officers Honored during Quebec Police Awards Gala.  Two Sûreté du Québec sergeants who responded to the tragic shooting at the Metropolis on election night Sept. 4 were among 31 Quebec police officers honoured today for acts of bravery and dedication to duty during the 14th annual Quebec Police Awards gala, held at the Marriott Château Champlain in Montreal. The gala, hosted by well-known Quebec humorist Pierre Légaré, was attended by more than 300 guests from the province's law enforcement, political and business communities.
The selection of winners was made by the members of the gala's Board of Governors, who praised the exceptional work of all police officers throughout the province. In all, 31 police officers received a Quebec Police Award crystal, which salutes courage, team spirit, perseverance and dedication to the community. Honored were Constables Nadine Lefebvre and Sylvain Richard of the Sûreté du Québec reached the scene of a car on fire on Highway 35 in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu. The car was lying on its roof and the doors were locked. The officers smashed a window and unbuckled the female driver. Despite heavy smoke and intense flames and heat, the duo managed to pull the woman out of the car and to safety. For their heroics, the two officers are most deserving of 2012 Quebec Police Awards.
                                                   http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1072109/31-police-officers-to-be-honoured-during-2012-quebec-police-awards-gala

Syracuse New York - Women in Law Enforcement Conference underway.  The actual number of women in law enforcement is small compared to amount of men in the field. But a big group of those women are in Syracuse for a special conference. It's called the Women in Law Enforcement Training Conference. Our Iris St. Meran talked with some of them about their future in the profession and how they hope to increase their numbers in agencies they represent.
                                                      http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/613623/women-in-law-enforcement-conference-underway/

Kampala Uganda - How African Men Are Changing Traditional Beliefs.  Charles Kayongo of Uganda is a father of two girls aged five and three. And even though age-old traditions among his ethnic group, the Baganda, say a man should have an unlimited number of children and a son as an heir, Kayongo refuses to have more children. Like a growing number of cash-strapped young parents in this landlocked East African nation who yearn for a modern lifestyle, he says that he and his wife, Eunice Kayongo, want a small family. "Enough is enough. I do not want any more children. I discussed this with my wife, and we have been using pills and condoms for the past two years. The cost of food, of sending them to school and buying medication is already too high for me," the 33-year-old tells IPS from his home in Mukono town on the outskirts of Uganda's capital, Kampala.
                                                         http://allafrica.com/stories/201211160274.html


Gig Harbor Tacoma Washington - First woman promoted to Sgt. in Gig Harbor claims harassment, cites insubordination. The first woman promoted to sergeant in the Gig Harbor Police Department has filed a claim against the department and the city, alleging sexism and harassment.
                       http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/11/15/2369285/first-woman-promoted-to-sgt-in.html



 Friday, 12th October, 2012
Pakistan - The Taliban has promised to hunt Malala down again if she survives their first attack. "Any female that, by any means, plays a role in the war against mujahideen should be killed," Taliban spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan was quoted as saying in Reuters. On the day of the shooting, The Express Tribune reported that the Taliban said they "will target her again if she survives because she was a 'secular-minded lady.'"
                               http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19908409
                               http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c1#/video/world/2012/10/11/sayah-pakistan-school-reax.cnn
Malala Yousafzai: Pakistan calls day of prayer on Friday. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19913201

Greater Manchester England - Jail for thug who wore 'one less pig' t-shirt after death of policewomen. Thug who wore a t-shirt with "one less pig, perfect justice" scrawled on it just hours after the deaths of PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes has been jailed for eight months.
                          http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9601781/Jail-for-thug-who-wore-one-less-pig-t-shirt-after-death-of-policewomen.html
US - Female soldiers fight Pentagon in court for combat positions. Two highly trained female soldiers contend that the exclusion of women from combat posts is unconstitutional. Women make up 14.5% of 1.4 million active-duty personnel. Earlier this year, the Pentagon opened 14,000 jobs to women, including the positions of tank mechanic and artillery crew member. But the vast majority — 150,000 positions — remain closed.
                          http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-women-combat-20121012,0,7079144.story
Syria - First Female Officer Defects.  Syrian Alawite female officer defects, urges national unity. Defections have gained momentum, after the defection of Colonel Riad al-Asaad and his formation of the Free Syrian army in July last year. It is alleged that there are currently over 100,000 defectors.
                         http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/10/11/243174.html
PoliceOne - Creating effective multiple-agency training programs. One way to create an effective multiple-agency training program is to follow a training model that is not technique driven, but concept driven.
                            http://www.policeone.com/police-jobs-and-careers/articles/6009395-Creating-effective-multiple-agency-training-programs/
UN - Africa: On World's First International Day of the Girl Child, UN Calls for End to Child Marriage.  The United Nations today marked the first International Day of the Girl Child by calling for an end to child marriage, and stressing education as one of the best strategies for protecting girls against this harmful practice. "Education for girls is one of the best strategies for protecting girls against child marriage," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message for the Day. "When they are able to stay in school and avoid being married early, girls can build a foundation for a better life for themselves and their families." "Let us do our part to let girls be girls, not brides," he stated, urging governments, community and religious leaders, civil society, the private sector, and families - especially men and boys - to promote the rights of girls.
                               http://allafrica.com/stories/201210120288.html
Calgary Canada - Honour crimes training course for police, social agencies help potential victims before it’s too late, panel says.
                                 http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/11/honour-crimes-training-course-for-police-social-agencies-help-potential-victims-before-its-too-late-panel-says/



Thursday,11th October,2012
Shared by Carolyn Williamson, Policing the London Olympics 2012. It is a series of 8 short films celebrating the British Police Service “the greatest police service in the world” policing “the greatest show on earth”.
              http://vimeopro.com/user3977835/policingolympics2012
>>10-11-12 is United Nations International Day of the Girl. “To help galvanize worldwide enthusiasm for goals to better girls’ lives, providing an opportunity for them to show leadership and reach their full potential.” - The mission of Day of the Girl found in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the International Day of the Girl Child.
                 http://www.chicagonow.com/tween-us/2012/10/united-nations-international-day-of-the-girl-is-oct-11/
Human Rights Watch - It's time for governments to finally put an end to child marriage. The first UN International Day of the Girl, designed to promote education for young women everywhere, is the perfect opportunity to finally stamp out child marriage, writes Gaurivan Gulik from Human Rights Watch. When she was 16 years old, Habibe’s mother and father forced her to marry her 19 year-old cousin. By the time I met her in Turkey, she was 40 and had finally escaped decades of beatings, hard work and rape. She hardly mentioned that she had been forced to marry as a child. We talked about domestic violence and how the police failed to respond to her cries for help. “Whenever I saw him, I hid. I hated to see him,” Tehani recalls of the early days of her marriage to Majed, when she was six and he was 25
                http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/9600084/UN-Day-of-the-Girl-how-to-finally-end-child-marriage.html

Pico Rivera California - Sheriff's Department to honor first female deputy killed on duty on March 20, 1919. When Emma Benson joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in 1918 there were only two other female deputies. It was a time when women comprised 20.4 percent of the workforce in the country. But Benson wasn't just part of a pioneer group of working women. The 42-year-old was the first female deputy to die in the line of duty in California and in the U.S., according to sheriff's officials.
               http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_21743315/sheriffs-department-honor-first-female-deputy-killed-duty
Yeongam South Korea-  Indian-born Monisha Kaltenborn has become the first woman Team Principal in Formula One.Monisha aspired to be an astronaut as a kid. At the age of eight, her family moved to Vienna, where her uncle was employed in the International Atomic Energy Agency. She secured her bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Vienna in 1995 and went on to get a Master’s degree in International Business Law from the London School of Economics in 1996. Monisha got her first job in Stuttgart in Germany and also worked for the United Nations and a few law firms in Germany and Austria. Monisha originally joined Sauber in 2000 as head of its legal department and has been CEO since January 2010.
                 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/article3987240.ece
St. Cloud Minnesota - St. Cloud officer works to armor up female soldiers in Kuwait.  St. Cloud Police Sgt. Jason Burke holds a piece of female body armor Tuesday at the St. Cloud Police Department. The department is collecting pieces of the armor to send to officer Tracey Boulton in Kuwait and the female military police officers she supervises.
                 http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012310100038&adjusted=1
London England - Hacked UK police blogger wins damages from Times.  The Times unmasked Horton as the detective behind the award-winning "NightJack" blog in a 2009 piece that Horton sued to try to suppress. The blog provided a rare, behind-the-scenes look at policing in Britain, where many forces are so media shy that even spokespeople demand that their names be kept secret.  in public statements since and in testimony before an official inquiry into media ethics, senior Times managers admitted that one of their reporters had accessed Horton's account.
                 http://www.newswest9.com/story/19770196/hacked-uk-police-blogger-wins-damages-from-times
Vancouver Canada - Teacher leaves classroom behind for life as police officer.  2012 marks 100 years since two women became officers in Vancouver. Before she became a police officer, Const. Julie Gilmore taught physical education and home economics as a school teacher. The former lifeguard long wanted to become a paramedic or police officer but first she earned a degree and obtained her teaching certificate. Gilmore taught secondary school full-time for nearly three years before she switched to policing, drawn by the dynamism of the job.
               http://www.vancourier.com/health/Teacher+leaves+classroom+behind+life+police+officer/7366960/story.html
London England - ANPR Hub (automatic number plate recognition ) to Become Centre of Excellence. An ANPR Bureau has been launched in London to feed all information gathered from cameras and police vehicles into a single source of intelligence. The Met says the ANPR bureau, based at Scotland Yard, will act as a radar to give its ANPR Interceptor Team and cars the “best intelligence” to quickly hunt down criminals using the roads.
               http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Crime/2012/Oct/11/ANPR-Hub-To-Become-Centre-of-Excellence-_56219.html
Tacoma Washington - Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce Co. receives three international awards. Washington's Most Wanted honored to be involved in one of winning categories. Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County was awarded in three media categories at the Crime Stoppers International Conference held October 1st-5th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The awards were given to the best examples of innovative and exemplary work in partnering law enforcement and the media in promoting unsolved crimes.  Out of more than 1200 Crime Stoppers programs in 25 countries worldwide, Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County was awarded best of in the following categories: Print Media Special Report/Feature, Print Media Public Service Announcement, Television Media Special Report/Feature.
              http://www.q13fox.com/community/wamostwanted/featuredcases/kcpq-crime-stoppers-wins-awards-20121009,0,4526152.story
Durban South Africa -  ‘Stomachs in,’ warns police minister. The fat blue line could take a while to transform into a lean mean police force as officers around the country have been told, yet again, to trim their waistlines. Policemen and women have been instructed to get into shape and eradicate their bulging bellies. To do this they have been armed with logbooks to track their progress, or lack of it, as well as diet and exercise manuals.
             http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/stomachs-in-warns-police-minister-1.1400757
Edmonton Canada - The Edmonton Police Service has been a co-ed organization for 100 years and the force is celebrating the milestone with a new photo exhibit at city hall. The “100 years of Women in the EPS” is now open in the building’s main lobby, and features photographs dating back to the first female recruit, Const. Annie Jackson who signed up in 1912.
           http://metronews.ca/news/edmonton/399761/new-photo-exhibit-marks-100-years-of-female-cops/#
US - Female Fighter Pilot Breaks Gender Barriers.  Col. Jeannie Flynn Leavitt is not only a decorated fighter pilot; she has broken through gender barriers few thought possible. She was recently named the Air Force’s first female wing commander, commanding 5,000 airmen at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina.  “If you want to make a combat unit ineffective, add some women to it,” retired Gen. Robert Barrow, the former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, had said at a 1991 hearing before Congress. Like it or not, though, they were ordered to change by the Secretary of Defense. And now, Leavitt and others have inspired a new generation. There are currently 700 female pilots in the Air Force and 60 female combat pilots.
             Article and Video: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/10/female-fighter-pilot-breaks-gender-barriers/
Mali West Africa - UN official says radical Islamists controlling northern Mali are targeting women. Ivan Simonovic, the assistant secretary-general for human rights, said the Islamists have imposed an extremist form of Islamic law known as Shariah in northern Mali with drastic punishments including the stoning death of a couple accused of adultery, eight amputations, three public executions and a number of floggings. While the Islamists have banned everyone from smoking and listening to music, he said they have particularly targeted women.
                 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/10/un-official-says-radical-islamists-controlling-northern-mali-are-targeting/
New York New York - Law Enforcement Logs On: How authorities use online activity to fight gang-related crime. "By capitalizing on the irresistible urge of these suspects to brag about their murderous exploits on Facebook, detectives used social media to draw a virtual map of their criminal activity over the last three years," New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told attendees at the annual conference for the International Association of Chiefs of Police last week.
                  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57528233-504083/law-enforcement-logs-on-how-authorities-use-online-activity-to-fight-gang-related-crime/
Greenwood Village Colorado - Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Partners with Law Enforcement Officers to Raise Funds for Special Olympics. Officers to wait on guests at Red Robin restaurants nationwide during one-day Tip-A-Cop event. "Red Robin launched the Tip-A-Cop program in our restaurants seven years ago and, with the help of participating law enforcement officials and the generosity of our guests who have made donations, we have provided more than $2 million to Special Olympics programs across the country," said Eric Houseman, president and chief operating officer at Red Robin, and long-time supporter of Special Olympics. "After raising nearly $750,000 last year, we are proud to again partner with local law enforcement officials and Coca-Cola to support Special Olympics in the communities we serve." 
                http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/09/4894973/red-robin-gourmet-burgers-partners.html
Kampala Uganda - the Female Factor. Far too often, in the view of Africa’s budding female entrepreneurs, their continent is characterized as the recipient of aid that enables residents just to struggle by, and as a place that mistreats and marginalizes its women. A cresting wave of African entrepreneurs who are harnessing Africa’s businesses and brands as the continent enjoys its greatest economic success in generations. The International Monetary Fund now forecasts, admittedly in a recession-plagued world, that Africa will have the fastest-growing economy of any continent over the next five years. Many of the new entrepreneurs of Africa are women.
               http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/world/africa/women-entrepreneurs-drive-growth-in-africa.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Valousia County Florida - 'Tazed' pizza delivery man doesn't give up pies. Suspect admitted to attacking because he was hungry and wanted pizza.
                   http://www.policeone.com/bizarre/articles/6008746-Tazed-pizza-delivery-man-doesnt-give-up-pies/
Patrol Bot Coming to You - Real-life RoboCop coming soon? Disabled police officers or veterans could wire in and control mechanical limbs. Jeremy Robbins, a lieutenant commander in the US Navy Reserves, created PatrolBot in conjunction with the Discovery Lab at Florida University International to help injured police officers or soldiers who wire into, and control, a device with mechanical limbs. Florida International University is trying to build a remote-operated law enforcement robot that will be controlled by disabled police officers. Would you like a bot on the beat?
                http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57522412-1/your-move-creep-researchers-building-robocop-policeman/




Tuesday, 9th October 2012
Abu Dhabi UAE - Women’s police body to set up in Abu Dhabi.
                           http://www.arabianbusiness.com/women-s-police-body-set-up-in-abu-dhabi-475542.html

>>Emirates Women Police Association Website, English language launch:  http://www.ewpa.adpolice.gov.ae/index.php?module=home&language=1
Rwanda Africa - Rwanda: More Women Heed Call for Peacekeeping.  For the past few years, Rwanda has been making global headlines for its outstanding role in providing the much-needed females in various peacekeeping missions in the world. With conflicts ravaging the globe, United Nations peacekeepers are in great demand, and as the U.N. recruits more officers to staff those operations, it is also trying to attract females. In Rwanda, it is part of a wider policy approach to have women engage in every activity; economic, social and polity. "We need more female police as soon as we can get them," UN Police Adviser Andrew Hughes, told the Pan African News Agency (PANA).
                            http://allafrica.com/stories/201210090124.html
October 11 - UN International Day of the Girl Child. United Nations Declares October 11 “International Day Of The Girl Child,” Recognizes the Challenges and Power of Girls.
                           http://dayofthegirl.org/about/un-international-day-of-the-girl-child/
Related:  International Day of the Girl: Why Science & Math Programs Matter.  Late last year, the United Nations declared Oct. 11 the International Day of the Girl. Celebrated for the first time this month, the occasion aims to highlight the challenges girls face around the world to gain access to education and other basic rights, and empower them to advocate on their own behalf.
                          http://www.huffingtonpost.com/camille-crittenden/science-math-programs-matter_b_1944249.html
Eversham Pennsylvnia - New sergeant is first female supervisor for Evesham police.   It’s not only a milestone in Erin Gorman’s law enforcement career, it’s also a landmark for the Township Police Department. This past week, Gorman achieved a longstanding goal by being promoted to the rank of sergeant. In the process, the department now has the first female supervisor in its history, police said.
                                    http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/new-sergeant-is-first-female-supervisor-for-evesham-police/article_c181882b-698a-5d77-a75f-2e12b0292953.html
Great Britain - First Woman To Cross Antarctic Solo Smelled Fish And Chips For An Entire Day.  After 59 days of survival and solitude, she became the first woman the ski solo across the highest, driest, windiest, emptiest and coldest place on earth.
                      http://www.businessinsider.com/first-woman-to-cross-antarctic-solo-2012-10
Karachi Pakistan - For women police, glaring disparity in rural, urban mindsets.  Contrary to popular belief, the policemen in rural Sindh are more open to have women police officers as against the people of Karachi. The discussions on Women Police Reforms held at a hotel on Monday often turned up the heat when policewomen were accused of not coming out of their comfort zone or not being professional enough. But the participants at the event, organised by Individualland, agreed at least on one point: it is time to bring female police officers to the front and to introduce them to real policing.
                           http://tribune.com.pk/story/448929/for-women-police-glaring-disparity-in-rural-urban-mindsets/

Sierra Leone Africa - Nation's Women Are a Political Force That Can No Longer Be Ignored. In Sierra Leone, 18.9% of local politicians are women, as are 13.4% at national level. But efforts to increase these figures face obstacles beyond the difficulties involved in pushing through the bill. A recent hike in the registration fees for candidacy nomination has added to activists' concerns about the number of women able to run for office, as it further decreases the likelihood of candidates outside the main parties being able to afford to do so (70% of the population lives below the poverty line). Add to this the legacy of violence that has historically accompanied elections in Sierra Leone, and you get a very hostile environment for potential female candidates.
                             http://allafrica.com/stories/201210020465.html


Monday, 8th October 2012
Abu Dhabi UAE - The International Association of Women Police (IAWP) has selected Abu Dhabi as its Middle East headquarters, Captain Amna Mohammed Al Bulooshi, head of the Emirates Women Police Association, announced today.
                                  http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290001105936&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852
Sanford Florida - Sanford female motor officer to be featured in museum exhibit. it may not be unusual to see one of the Sanford Police Department’s four motor officers cruising along on a motorcycle. But if you look closely, you may just see a ponytail peaking out from behind one of those helmets.
                                   http://www.mysanfordherald.com/view/full_story/20396513/article-Sanford-female-motor-officer-to-be-featured-in-museum-exhibit?instance=home_news_right
Charlotte Amalie US Virgin Islands - USVI gives peace officer status to federal agents. Virgin Islands government said the new law will allow the police department to seek help from federal agencies.
                                     http://www.policeone.com/federal-law-enforcement/articles/6005457-USVI-gives-peace-officer-status-to-federal-agents/
McKinney Texas - Officers notified of new chief via YouTube video. Video uploaded under account for the city of McKinney, Texas. On Friday, McKinney city officials announced that Police Chief Doug Kowalski was reassigned to another position effective immediately.
                                     http://www.policeone.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/6005617-Officers-notified-of-new-chief-via-YouTube-video/
Buenos Aires Argentina - Argentine police protest over pay cuts of up to 60%.  Thousands of military police and coast guards in Argentina have rallied across the country to protest against pay cuts of up to 60%. In Buenos Aires, angry demonstrators chanted: "Nobody touches our pay." Protests were also held in Cordoba, Rosario and other cities.
                                     http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19824992
Jaipur India - Banasthali (School) created a force of empowered women.  Banasthali Vidhyapeeth has scripted numerous success stories in a wide range of fields, and stands tall among the citadels of learning in India. It may be passing through a bad phase, but its contribution in creating a force of empowered women cannot be overlooked. The first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar, spent her formative years at the campus, when she was in middle school. Another student, Binny Yanga was awarded Dr Durgabai deshmukh award by president Pratibha Patil of May 23, 2012. Being inspired with NCC Banasthali, she joined the police department of Arunachal Pradesh. While in service, she observed the lack of education in state and need for it therefore she resigned from Police Department and started teaching.
                                     http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Banasthali-created-a-force-of-empowered-women/articleshow/16718163.cms
Clarksville Tennessee - Willis sworn in as first black female assistant DA in Montgomery County. Put herself through law school as working, homeschooling single mom.  Karen Willis repeats the oath given by Judge Mike R. Jones Friday as District Attorney John Carney, left, looks on. Willis, 41, is the first black female assistant district attorney in Montgomery and Robertson County and will serve as a U.S. attorney assistant for Middle Tennessee.
                                    http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20121007/NEWS01/310070020/Willis-sworn-first-black-female-assistant-DA-Montgomery-County
Asia - "Police Women of Cincinnati and Broward County" and "On The Case Discovery Investigation" coming to TV. 
                                    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mipcom-asia-russia-police-women-cincinnati-broward-county-tlc-animal-hoarding-sandra-lee-intervention-376965
Frankfort Germany - All creatures great and small at Frankfurt's Animal Lounge. Frankfort airport opens animal lounge.  Frankfurt Airport's Animal Lounge handles more than 100 million animals annually. Domestic pets and exotic creatures including rhinos, polar bears and crocodiles jet in and out. Facility opened in 2008 and is the world's busiest animal airport hub.
                                    http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/04/world/europe/frankfurt-animal-lounge/index.html?hpt=ieu_t5
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Friday, 5th October 2012

Kenya Africa - Kenya: Policewomen Raid Illicit Brew Dens.  Female police officers from Thika, Ruiru and Gatundu have have vowed to fight illicit brews that has badly affected the youth in Central Province.
The officers raided drinking dens along along Theta River where they poured 2940 litres of kangara, 40 litres of chang'aa and arrested seven suspects.
                           http://allafrica.com/stories/201210040097.html
Manchester England - Funeral for policewoman Fiona Bone. Thousands turn out to honour cortege of tragic Fiona Bone . POLICE officers and the public turned out in force again today for the funeral of a second policewoman killed in a gun and grenade attack. The main thoroughfare in Manchester city centre was lined with several thousand officers from across the UK and members of the public to see the passing cortege of Fiona Bone, 32.
                           http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4571502/Funeral-for-policewoman-Fiona-Bone.html
Jackson Tennessee - Police officer sues city. Suit claims discrimination. A Jackson Police Department officer has sued the city, claiming she did not receive promotions for years because of discrimination, as well as in retaliation for a 2008 discrimination charge she filed with the Tennessee Human Rights Commission. The lawsuit states that female officers were denied many chances at promotions, training and assignments that were offered to male officers in discriminatory practices that continued “to the present time.” It states that male employees with fewer qualifications and less seniority have received promotions over Stanfill.
                          http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20121004/NEWS01/310040005
Cardiff Wales - Officers 'At Serious Risk Of Burnout' - Study Reports. Long hours are a part of investigation – but lack of recovery time is putting health of officers at risk, say academics. Overworked detectives are feeling the heat of cuts to policing and force expectations that more must been done for less, according to latest academic research. A study by Cardiff University focusing on the inspecting ranks found those involved in CID were at the cutting edge of “a macho culture” in policing that accepts long hours as part of the job – and which is placing some officers at risk of burning out.
                          http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police+Performance/2012/Oct/04/Officers-At-Risk-Of-Burnout---Study-_55739.html
Missoula Montana - Missoula authorities, others honored for work on domestic violence.  Sheriff’s Deputy Paige Pavalone received the peace officer of the year award for her meticulous investigations into domestic violence cases. “It’s very honoring and very humbling for my department that we all get recognized,” said Pavalone. “I think everyone has a sincere care for what to do for victims.” And city police Officer Rebekah Potter, a relatively recent member of the Missoula Police Department, also got a peace officer of the year award. Detective Jamie Merifield said that despite Potter’s short time on the force, “every once in a while, a cop comes along that just gets it.” Potter is that cop, she said. Potter said the award provides reassurance that she’s doing her job right. “These are the cases that affect me the most,” she said of the domestic violence work.
                           http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-authorities-others-honored-for-work-on-domestic-violence/article_602ba9f8-0dcc-11e2-9da6-0019bb2963f4.html
Afghanistan - UN welcomes statement by Afghanistan confirming ‘running away’ is not a crime.  The United Nations today welcomed a public statement by Afghan officials clarifying that it is not a criminal offence for women and girls to ‘run away,’ stressing that official declarations like this can go a long way in protecting those who are forced to flee their homes to escape violence. Last month, three Afghan officials – the Minister of Justice, Habibullah Ghalib; the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Hussein Banoo Ghazanfar; and the Deputy Interior Minister, Mirza Mohammad Yarmand – strongly condemned the wrongful imprisonment of women and girls on charges of ‘running away,’ which is often used by prosecutors as evidence of a woman’s intent to commit adultery, or zina, which is a crime under Sharia law.
                                http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43207&Cr=&Cr1=
New Dehli India  - Progress achieved in India highlights benefits of quotas for women, says UN official.  A top United Nations official today strongly encouraged governments to adopt special temporary measures, such as quotas, to boost the number of women in parliament and decision-making positions, pointing to the progress achieved by women in India as a result of affirmative action. “Here in India, quotas have spurred one of the world’s greatest successes in women’s empowerment and grassroots democracy,” Michelle Bachelet said in her keynote address to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference of Women Speakers of Parliament, held in the capital, New Delhi.
                               http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43202&Cr=&Cr1=
Naples Italy - On June 16, 33-year-old Liu Yang became the first Chinese woman to reach space when she and two male crewmates blasted off aboard the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft.  This interview took place right after the press conference.  I am so honored to be performing this space mission on behalf of all the Chinese spacewomen and earn their trust and support.
                           http://www.space.com/17887-china-first-female-astronaut-liu-yang-interview.html


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Thursday, 4th October, 2012
Edmonton Canada - On the beat for 100 years: female officers now the norm.  It has been 100 years since “Miss Annie Jackson” arrived for her first day of work as a special constable with the Edmonton police department. She started on Oct. 1, 1912, as the city’s first female police officer, and the first female constable in Canada. The 33-year-old wore an ankle-length skirt and a large, prim hat on the job, and was tasked with protecting “the morals of Edmonton’s young girls,” warding off the pimps who were hanging out at city train stations, prowling for young women. Jackson’s hiring was big news, appearing in a British newspaper with a headline that read: “Policewoman Appointed to Guard Canadian Flappers.” Jackson had to leave the force in 1918 because she was getting married.
                                    http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/beat+years+female+officers+norm/7317795/story.html
Forest Grove Oregon - Forest Grove Police Chief Janie Schutz becomes first woman to head department.  Janie Schutz this week became the first woman to head the Forest Grove Police Department. Schutz, 54, who came to the city from Wadesboro, N.C., is the only woman serving as a police chief in Washington County. The county's most recent female chief was former Hillsboro Chief Lila Ashenbrenner, who retired in 2010.
                                   http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2012/10/forest_grove_police_chief_jani.html
Somalia Republic of Somliland - A Woman of Firsts.  How Edna Adan Built Somaliland’s First Maternity Hospital.  Edna Adan has spent much of her life being first.  The daughter of  a prominent medical doctor in Somaliland,  she was the first girl in her country to learn to read, the first Somali woman to drive, the first certified nurse-midwife,  and the first lady of Somalia — her husband was Prime Minister Ibrahim Egal. But this 75-year-old former UN diplomat who has rubbed shoulders with presidents and kings says her greatest achievement is her most recent:  building the first maternity hospital in her country.
                                       http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/10/01/how-edna-adan-built-somalias-first-maternity-hospital/
Austin Texas - Group forms to recruit Hispanic officers, especially women.  Paula Aguilar was a petite and outgoing girl who spent her summers as a migrant farm worker in the Rio Grande Valley, picking tomatoes and onions under sweltering suns. The only thing she knew about guns was that her father kept a brown revolver in a bedroom safe — which she was not allowed to touch. “Never, ever did I ever think I would be a police officer,” she says, decked out in a dark blue uniform, an M&P40 at her waistband.
                                      http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/group-forms-to-recruit-hispanic-officers-especiall/nSRBj/
San Diego California - Mastering the media: Saving your department's reputation. With the right strategies, it is possible to play the same games the media does.
                                          http://www.policeone.com/media-relations/articles/6000274-Mastering-the-media-Saving-your-departments-reputation/
India - On India’s Border, a Changing of the Guards.   India for the first time was recruiting women to serve in its Border Security Patrol, training them to police the country’s long and dangerous boundary with its archenemy, Pakistan. “I thought this was something important that needed to be documented,” said Ms. Basu, who was born in India and divides her time now between London and Mumbai.
                                       http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/on-indias-border-a-changing-of-the-guards/
Iran - Iranian Police to Deploy Women as Watchmen in Female Prisons.  Iranian police started implementing new project of deploying women as watchmen in female prisons across the country. Thus far, women who will be working inside prisons, have been undergoing special training within Iranian Police Prison protection unit.
                                          http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/142394/iranian-police-to-deploy-women-as-watchmen-in-female-prisons.html
St. Louis Missouri - Short List of Candidates for St. Louis Police Chief. Sources told Fox 2, of 4 eligible women, Captain Mary Warnecke, was the strongest candidate, but still a long shot.
                                              http://fox2now.com/2012/10/01/short-list-of-candidates-for-next-st-louis-police-chief/
Saudi Arabia - IKEA Regrets Women Erased From Saudi Catalog.  Additionally, IKEA removed the image of a female designer, featured in their other catalogs, who assisted in designing a line of their home furnishings. "It's impossible to retouch women out of reality," Swedish Minister of Trade Ewa Björling told Metro newspaper. "These images are yet another regrettable example that shows we have a long road ahead when it comes to gender equality in Saudi Arabia." IKEA's catalog is distributed in 41 countries.
                                           http://news.yahoo.com/ikea-regrets-women-erased-saudi-catalog-165243637--abc-news-deals.html

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