Georgetown: Assistant Commissioner of Police Maxine Graham is heading a delegation comprised of 21 females of the Guyana Police Force at a leadership conference in Cairns, Australia.
The team is comprised of seven other officers, seven inspectors, two sergeants, two lance corporal and two constables.
The female police ranks are due to return home on Friday 29, September 2017
The training will last for one week in areas of event planning, Trafficking in Persons (modern day slavery/ sex working around the world), Community Relations, Domestic violence/ sexuality and gender diversity in policing, leadership and management, forensic challenges, Women leading from the outside, evidence in chief and the reality of the victim in court, operational solidarity, law society and policing, strangulation investigation , corruption and changing roles of Women in law enforcement, male dominated hierarchical organisations amongst others..
Press Officer Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan said the majority of employees within the Force are men and the police culture is looked upon as being imbued with masculinity, male values and norms.
He explained that equality in general is seen to be an important factor in order to attract more female leaders, which is why various activities are put in place in order to increase the number of women in the organization.
The superintendent said it is perceived that women are more social and more socially oriented in their leadership than are men, which means that they focus more on relations, communication, dialogue and the group dynamics.
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