50 Policewomen attending the Round table: „Women leaders in the security sector“

Round table on the topic: "Women leaders in the security sector“, that took place in Sarajevo today, was attended by 50 policewomen from Law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Round table was implemented within the project “Strengthening Capacities of Policewomen – Potential Leaders”, which is supported by the United States Embassy.a

The goal is to raise the awareness of the necessity and significance of women’s presence on every level of decision making in security sector, as well as empowering and encouraging policewomen to „fight“ for higher positions.

The speakers in this event are female officers from security and defense sector who reached the highest positions, and are willing to share their experience with policewomen from Law enforcement agencies from all levels of government in B&H, with a focus on challenges they met during their professional career, and examples for overcoming that challenges.

Concrete subjects regarding leadership will also be covered, like different styles of management, leader’s characteristics and business communication.

Within planned topics, special accent is on legal clauses that foreseen that institutions should take the appropriate actions for reaching gender equality, taking into consideration that there are almost no women on highest and management positions.