Though it may be a challenge for women working in male-dominated workforce, they play a vital role in policing in the Pacific region.
This was the sentiment of Fiji Police Force director of Education and Training Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Bereta Naisua before presenting the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Women Advisory Network’s (PICP WAN) work plan at the 49th meeting of the PICP meeting in Nadi last week.
“Where the women are within policing, we strongly believe that we play a vital role in networking and in trying to take away the silos between the men and the women,” she said.
“We have to come together in partnership and network for the benefit of policing in the Pacific.”
She said maintaining a strong connection between women leaders in policing and their respective chiefs of police was an area that the network would like to focus on.
“One of our first pillars was strengthening the network for women in policing in the Pacific region.
“The second one was trying to strengthen and empower women to have consultations closely with our respective chiefs.
“A majority of my colleagues in the region would like to see more of that although that is not the case for Fiji.
“We need the guidance and attention of the Commissioner of Police. He’s always there to assist us. For capacity building, it is part of our work plan and I can see after the ladies’ meeting, comments and acknowledgments of Fiji for hosting, we have created a benchmark.”
SSP Naisua was the chairwoman for the 17th PICP WAN conference held last week at the Hilton Fiji Beach Resort and Spa in Nadi.
