As the
Co-Coordinator of IAWP Regional 23, Police Brigadier General Soepartiwi Rinaldi
or nickname – Tiwi always actively participated in promoting activities which
prioritized women roles in law enforcement, both national and international.
Among one of her strategic roles in the INP, as the Head of Special Education
and Training for Transnational Crimes (Kadiklatsusjatrans)/ the Executive Director of Jakarta
Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC), Tiwi tried to engage women
police and other women in law enforcement into any activities of the
international training institution that she had been leading.
JCLEC cooperated with Australian Attorney General Department conducting
a conference for women in Law Enforcement on 7 – 9 December 2015. In those
three days conference, Tiwi had the chance to officially open the conference
and present material on “Setting the scene: Women leadership in Law and Justice
in Indonesia”.
Attending that conference were Ibu Wiwik S.
Firman, the expert staff of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for
Politic Law and Security and Ms. Elizabeth Brayshaw, Assistant Secretary of
Australian Attorney General Department, also A/C Justine Saunders, AFP Chief of Staff.
That strategic conference
was attended by 44 (forty four) participants from INP, AGO, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Ministry of Women Empowerment and Children Protection. The theme
was “Gender equality: Women leadership and collaboration in Law Enforcement”.
The objective of that activity was to share
experience for career improvement and build relationship among women from
Indonesian Law and Justice, also to promote gender equality by establishing
women networking within the agencies and inter-agencies in law enforcement. At
the end of the conference, the participants resulted working program and action
plan to implement gender equality.
Ms. Julia Jaeger represented the President of
International Association of Women Police (IAWP) presented material on “Women
as Leaders in Law Enforcement – Perspective on Development and International
Cooperation”.
Tiwi expected that the same
conference could be held at JCLEC the following year with bigger target scale,
regional and international. That could not be apart from the IAWP mission as
international association dedicated for Women Police all over the world to
enhance, unite and endorse women profile in law enforcement internationally. Besides,
to embark upon the noble values of this organization, embrace diversity, be
open honest and fair, listen to members’ aspiration, operate
professionally and change to improve.
by
Tiwi Rinaldi
December
2015