Women in Australasian Policing 1994–98: The Movement for Change

Abstract

This is an account of the development of the First Conference of Australasian Women Police and some of the outcomes from that conference, including the development of the Australasian Council of Women and Policing, the Women in Policing Advisory Committee and The Whip, the Newsletter of Australasian Women Police. The account specifically addresses the period in which the conference concept was developed as a collaborative effort of women police from each of the nine police organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand, and also considers the longer term effects of the conference and other activities. It is hoped that this paper will provide some inspiration and ideas for women in police agencies in other parts of the world.

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Tynan

(1995) ‘Women in Australasian Policing: The Need for a National Agenda’, paper presented to the 5th Women and Labour Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney.