Making it Happen!
The Australasian Council of Women and Policing will be holding the Sixth Women and Policing conference at the Duxton Hotel in Perth, Western Australia from Sunday 23 August until Wednesday 26 August 200.
The theme of the 2009 conference is “Making it Happen” and will explore practical and innovative solutions to how policing is being improved for women – how police services respond to their female employees and how policing responds to women in the community.
Police, researchers, women and men from other justice agencies, similar occupations, women's organisations and advocacy groups are invited to participate in the conference.
This conference is about the practicalities of improving policing and policing organisations for women, and will hear women’s stories, their solutions and their achievements.
The conference program is still being developed, but confirmed speakers will provide diverse views and share their insights on a range of topics of interest to women and men in the justice system and similar occupations. The
The four main themes for the conferences will be:
- Technology: friend or foe? - while technological advances provide considerable opportunities for women to influence and improve our society and to flexibly contribute to policing, it is also being used against women, with the rapid growth of and access to increasingly violent pornography, an increase in bullying, harassment, and its role in stalking women.
- Finders Keepers? - finding and recruiting women to policing is difficult but keeping them seems to be even harder.
- Skills Development - skill development workshops will be offered at the operational and the leadership levels on a wide range of topics.
- Partnerships - exploring the practical partnerships that policing needs to make sure it responds to women it the community.
Email conference@acwap.com.au for more information.
While Perth is one of the most isolated capital cities in the world, it is surprisingly inexpensive to get to Perth. Make the most of your visit to Perth and stay on for a few days.
And please remember, you don't have to be sponsored by your employer to attend this conference - you can take charge of your own career development and take advantage of some of the cheap travel deals that are available.
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