Building Inclusive Police Organisations: How Do Women Experience Gender Equity Policies?

While women have made great strides in male-dominated industries, representation is seldom adequate to shift organisational culture, particularly in highly masculinised industries. In today’s analysis, Kathy Newton (@KathyNewton2208) of Western Sydney University (@WesternSydneyU) shares her findings in how female police officers experience three policies designed to improve gender parity: the provision of breastfeeding rooms, flexible or part-time work options, and gender quotas. This analysis is drawn from a recently-published article.

Womens Policy Action TankWomen's Policy Action Tank23 May 2022Gender Inequity, motherhood, police, parenting

Defunding the police and abolishing prisons are not radical ideas

n today’s blog post Robyn Oxley from the University of Western Sydney discusses ways to look beyond punishment as a way to address crime, with a specific focus on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. She argues that defunding police and abolishing prisons are not radical ideas when funds can then be re-directed towards areas that improve social issues such as housing, health, education and employment, which in turn reduce incarceration rates.

Policy and governance, AdvocacyPower to Persuade20 October 2021Policy making, Aboriginal issues, prisons, police

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