Women in policing can learn from the experiences of women in other occupations both in the public and private sectors, and from the strategies that have been implemented to overcome the structural and cultural forms of disadvantage and discrimination. This paper looks at some of those experiences and sets out the objectives and strategies of the Australian Federal Police's Equity and Diversity Programme 1996–2000.
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