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IAWP Region 17, At least 50 Members attending IAWP 2013 in Durban.
http://www.iawp.org/regions/region17.htm
Kenya Africa - My mission to become the first female Maasai warrior.
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/sep/06/kenya-first-female-maasai-warrior
Foley Minnesota - Central Minnesota above national average for advancing women to police leadership roles.
http://www.sctimes.com/article/20130906/NEWS01/309060009/Central-Minnesota-above-national-average-advancing-women-police-leadership-roles
Peshwar Pakistan - As part of the unfolding police reform agenda, women police mobile education units have been established in all regional police headquarters and will become functional fromSeptember 9. Every unit will be headed by a senior lady police official and include four to five other members. The units aim to educate women about their rights and domestic violence, and inform them of the women complaint centres set up at police stations across the province. They can register complaints of any violence committed against them at the centres where female staffers will assist them.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/599816/gender-justice-women-police-mobile-education-units-set-up/
Bulawayo Zimbabwe- Policewomen charged for failing exam. Four policewomen stationed at Central Police have appeared before an internal disciplinary hearing for allegedly failing a police promotion examination. In court for determination is whether failing a police promotion examination is an act of misconduct under policing duties (performing duty in an improper manner).
http://nehandaradio.com/2013/09/07/policewomen-charged-for-failing-exam/
Chicago Illinois - Chicago Police Academy Opens Doors To Potential Recruits. Hundreds turned out Saturday as the Chicago Police Department opened the doors of the Police Academy to potential recruits. Recruits spoke with instructors, saw demonstrates of physical requirements and the control tactics officers use, were able to see the gun range and demonstrations of SWAT tactics and medical response, among other things.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/09/07/chicago-police-academy-opens-doors-to-potential-recruits/
Afghanistan - Afghan policewomen tout gains but live in fear of losing it all. Roina Durani had dreamt of wearing a uniform since she was a little girl. She might not have known exactly what type of uniform, but before 2001, she was pretty sure it wouldn’t be that of a police officer. Yet 12 years after the fall of the Taliban government, Durani proudly sits in her own office sporting an Afghan National Police uniform. “When the Taliban were in power, we couldn’t even leave the house without a male relative with us. We couldn’t get jobs — girls couldn’t go to school,” said Durani. “The last 12 years we’ve been like birds flying freely. If the Taliban come back in power, we will be back in a cage.”
http://www.stripes.com/news/afghan-policewomen-tout-gains-but-live-in-fear-of-losing-it-all-1.239387
Washington DC - Alerts go to law enforcement ahead of 9/11 anniversary. Federal authorities have issued a series of general alerts to law enforcement for vigilance with the approach of theSept. 11 anniversary and a possible U.S. military strike in Syria, law enforcement officials said. U.S. law enforcement officials say there's no indication of specific plots in the Unites States related to the 9/11 anniversary, which is the first since the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/us/9-11-alerts/index.html
