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At a close spectrum, the role of women in law enforcement is under-looked given the daunting context of the assignments. Particularly men are on many occasions the cherished workers while women are discerned as their support personnel in law enforcement jobs. Although some women have went overboard to beat their male counterparts along their line of duty, their substantial function in the duty is shadowy and not easily distinguishable. In the past, the army was merely a reserve for men while women were trusted to handle other menial jobs that were less pendant on courage and body stamina.
This beges the question; Could there exist an advantage that the gender surpasses it’s male countdimension. “Yes, it does – absolutely,” said Major General Jami C. Shawley at the Africa region symposium on women in security. He asserts that women have an advantage in the enforcement of the law through their natural reconciliation feats, hence very pivotal in peace keeping and security.
In the previous years however, the number of women willing to undertake law enforcement and counterterrorism security has rose significantly prompting the United States departments of justice and state to make a move to facilitate the women into greater succession.
In the regional symposium that commenced June 27 2022 ending on the 1st of June, the U.S department of justice, the U.S department of state and the government of Kenya joined forces to explore their essence of women in security. The gathering, attended by approximately 70 security and law enforcement professionals from eight nations around the African continent, discussed more on enhancing regional and strategic objectives in empowering women as important, essential contributors to security, law enforcement, and counterterrorism.
Now with the weeks long forum women will significantly get a facelift in this line of work and get to understand agreeably, their distinct role in the realm. The symposium that brought together women leaders from 8 African countries, intended to provide a forum for African women in law enforcement lines of work, to undertake career development training, reinforce the growth of women in law enforcement while facilitating counterterrorism efforts.
“The Engaging Multinational Policewomen on Equality and Rights (EMPoWER) program represents the very best of the Department of Justice’s International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)’s commitment to increasing women’s participation and leadership in law enforcement, which bolsters operational effectiveness, expands police institutions’ abilities to engage local communities, broadens the perspective of operating environments, and strengthens police response to crime,” said ICITAP Director Greg Ducot.
The summit exemplified a dire need for the support of more women to embark on the career. Previously while most women in the sector were hurdled in the offices mostly to handle paperworks, the forum’s presenter A.Army Major General Jami C. Shawley, clarified that women had an advantage in peace and security and given their enhancement they would help African nations in curbing terrorism and suitably executing the law.
Through the EmPOwer program the forum builds the capacity of women to combat terrorism by supporting them through leadership opportunities and inclusion in counterterrorism efforts. After successfully conducting the symposium in Croatia the ATA through the US embassy Nairobi Kenya, the US department of justice and the other bodies, amassed the country to garner more from professional women law enforcers.
The ATA program is the U.S. government’s exclusive counterterrorism training and equipment provider for foreign law enforcement agencies. As mandated by U.S. Congress, ATA should promote three policies has three foreign policy objectives: to build counterterrorism capacity of partner countries; to enhance bilateral relationships; and to increase respect for human rights.
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