‘ELEVATE MORE FEMALE COPS TO SENIOR POSITIONS’

THERE is need for the Zambia Police Service to consider elevating more women to decision-making positions, the Non-governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) Chairperson Mary Mulenga has said.

Ms Mulenga observed that women in the Police Service are rarely promoted to senior positions.

She said this in her congratulatory message to the Zambia Police Service for graduat

Mary Mulenga ing 401 women out of the 693 recruit o cers at Kam nsa School of Public Order Maintenance. Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja, during the Kam nsa pass out parade on Monday, said having more women recruits was the rst of its kind.

Mr Kanganja said the Government was working hard to champion and introduce the National Gender Policy which recognises the need for equal and full participation of women and men at all levels of national development.

“NGOCC congratulates the Zambia Police on this milestone.

We, however, remain concerned about the non-inclusion of women in decision-making positions within the Police Service.

“We have noted that while the Police may graduate these women, they rarely rise to senior positions. Currently, out of the 10 Police commissioners, only three (3) are women. We therefore appeal to the Zambia Police senior command to immediately address the issue of elevating more women to decision-making positions,” Ms Mulenga said.

She also expressed con - dence that the 401 women Police o cers would help increase sta ng levels and also contribute to maintaining peace, law and order in Zambia. Ms Mulenga, however, appealed to all female police o cers to demonstrate transformational leadership in their execution of duty.

She further appealed to the Government to immediately operationalise the Gender Equity and Equality Act (GEEA) to ensure gender equality in the public service.