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Latest items for EWCMS-DATA-4

Sept. 22, 2023, 8:51 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights worked with the Ministry of Interior to increase the number of female police officers and to improve police response to rape allegations" (18). There is not a high percentage of female officers (MV- coder comment).
Aug. 31, 2023, 10:17 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"Among the police forces, which have been the focus of diversification efforts for years, women still make up only 2.8 percent of employees" (para 8).
Aug. 25, 2023, 3:29 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"China now has over 280,000 female police officers, accounting for 14.3 percent of the country's 2-million-strong police force, a public security official said" (para 1).
Aug. 25, 2023, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"Recent statistics show that approximately 27 percent of the Ukrainian police are women" (para 8).
Aug. 8, 2023, 12:20 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

The involvement of women in decision-making bodies has resulted in major progress, including, most notably:...Significant progress has been made in the representation of women in local authorities, which stands at 47.6 percent." (6). "A variety of posts are held by women:...one Police Commissioner..." (19).
July 21, 2023, 11:58 a.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"The Milli Majlis is the State authority that ensures the legislative power in the Republic of Azerbaijan. One Chamber Parliament has 125 deputies (currently, 20 of them are women)" (18).
July 10, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"...only 12% of the Police force are female." (16). "...only 12% of all police." (22).
June 20, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"In terms of police ranks, women were promoted to the ranks of Inspector (57 percent), Lieutenant (50 percent), Captain (38 percent), Sub-Commissioner (36 percent), Technical Lieutenant (53 percent) and Commissioner (32 percent), with the only female Chief of Police in Latin America during this period." (8-9)
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Uruguay has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Ecuador has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Colombia has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Costa Rica has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Argentina has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Guatemala has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Panama
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Panama has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Brazil has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Mexico has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Peru has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Dominican Republic has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Trinidad/Tobago
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Trinidad and Tobago has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces…There is also a waitlist for women who want to join the police" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Paraguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Paraguay has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Chile has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).
May 2, 2023, 6:52 a.m.
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1, EWCMS-DATA-4

Table 6 titled “Women’s Participation as a percentage of the Total Force,” highlights each country in the survey, the percentage of women in their military, deployed, senior military women, percent of women in the police and senior policewomen. Argentina has 17.3% women in the military and 8% deployed. There is no data for the other categories. Brazil has 7.6% women in the military, 8% deployed and 9% of women are police. No data was provided for the percent of senior women in the military or police. Chile has 10% of women in military, 10% deployed, 34% of women in the Police force and 15% senior policewomen. No data was provided...more
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"It is 5.8% in Nepal Police...3.4% in Armed Police Force" (11). "Adoption of separate policies, guidelines, mechanisms, and increase in number of dedicated police personnel are some of the measures adopted by Nepal Police to end harmful practices and GBV." (27)(NF- CODER COMMENT - This CEDAW is from 2017 thus it is plausible that the percentage of women in the police force has increased). "It is 5.8 percent in Nepal Police..." (28).
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"The Committee recommends that the State party should also consider amending the Equal Treatment Act and the Federal Equal Treatment Act and other acts addressing discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, age and sexual orientation and relevant provincial laws, with a view to ensuring substantive and procedural CEDAW/C/AUT/CO/94/15 19-12974protection against discrimination with regard to all prohibited grounds of discrimination in the private and public sectors" (3). This recommendation suggests that women entrepreneurs face discrimination in accessing assets in the private and public sectors (KMM-CODER COMMENT). "The Committee is concerned that the anti-discrimination legislation, currently scattered across numerous federal and provincial laws, and the complex distribution of...more
March 9, 2022, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"As for women in the State Police, as at December 2008, they amounted to 14.664, of whom 917 performing managerial duties" (56). "...it has been registered the rise of both the women’s occupation share and their participation’s rate in the labour market. From ISTAT data, it emerges that more than over 60% of the overall increase in the occupation sector refers to women (2.7 million in 10 years), mostly employed under parttime job contracts...In the decade 1996–2006, the women part-time workers rose over 71% (while men rate reached 9%), contributing to increase the overall rate of employed women from 20% to 26.5%" (69). "¼ of women working as subordinate employed,...more
Jan. 5, 2022, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"13% of women are in the police force" (1).
July 21, 2021, 10:16 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"Women comprise 22 per cent of sworn AFP officers - a two per cent increase since 2016 - including police and protective service officers" (Para 2).
July 1, 2021, 2:29 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"Once there were almost no women in police uniform, and now about a quarter of the officers are women" (para 4).
June 29, 2021, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"The Police Academy confirmed the graduation of 158 female police officers between 2011 and 2017 and said that 25 more are to graduate in next July. Of note, women have only been allowed to take part in four of the academy’s 66 sessions held to date" (para 8).