‘Gender Agenda 2 – Good Practice’ guide published

The British Association for Women in Policing (BAWP) working in partnership with the National Policing Improvement Agency published a good practice guidance document on January 8, 2009, which provides examples used in forces to enable women to fully achieve their potential in contributing to policing.
This document contains examples of best practice in line with the five long-term aims of Gender Agenda which are

• For the police service to demonstrate consistently that it values all women working in policing.
• To achieve a gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation balance across the rank and grade structure and specialisms consistent with the proportion of women in the economically active population.
• To have a woman’s voice in influential policy forums focusing on both internal and external service delivery.
• To develop an understanding of the competing demands in achieving a work/life balance and a successful career in policing.
• To have a working environment and equipment of the right quality and standards to enable women to do their job professionally.

It is a vision of BAWP that this document will keep evolving so that everyone will be able to access the good practice that is taking place all over Britain in relation to women working within policing. Many of the good practice examples set out within the document will need updating and many more will need to be added.
The full document Gender Agenda 2 – Good Practice can be found at http://www.bawp.org/assets/file/GA2%20GP%20 document%20070109.pdf