| Monday October 22, 2007 Serena Hotel |
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‘Professionalization of Islamic police women’
Opening Prayer
Welcome remarks by the Co-Chairs
Lt. Homira and Safia Sidiqqi (TBA)
Lt. Nesrine
Commissioner Kiran Bedi, India, (or Senior Norwegian female police officer) (TBC) ‘Developing the qualities police women need to contribute to social good’
Chair: Head, Women’s Police University, Iran, (or Senior Norwegian female police officer) (TBC)
Panelists:
Hossai Wardak, UNFPA, ‘Guidelines on police ethical conduct’
A mullah, ‘Religious standards for women in policing’ (TBC)
L/Col Hekmatshuhi, ANP,‘The aims of the gender mainstreaming unit of the Afghan Ministry of the Interior’
‘Female police leadership’ (TBA)
‘Malaysian recruitment and training of policewomen (TBC)
Career options for Muslim women in policing (TBA)
Discussion and questions 30 minutes
Participants will be divided into four workshops with a facilitator and interpreters for each. Some group members will speak for 10 minutes on listed topics, or a topic of their choice related to the theme of the day.
Topics:
‘What selection criteria my organization uses to recruit policewomen’
‘The female training and development program in my police organization’
‘The system used in my organization to deploy policewomen to different functions
‘How I adapted my personality and life to a career in policing’
‘My experiences on joining the police’
‘How I changed when I joined the police’
‘Keeping healthy and fit’
‘The challenge of being a minority Muslim policewoman in a non-Muslim police service’
‘How I overcame the obstacles I encountered in my police job’
‘Balancing work and family’
Topic: ‘The three most important competencies a woman requires to be a police officer and how she can acquire or develop them’