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Syria's first female police academy has graduated its first batch of 150 women, bringing the total number of women in the country's police force to 150, as the new Syrian government tries to revive a war-ravaged security force and win Western support, even though the country will need a number of reforms to truly achieve gender equality.
About 150 women have completed training at the new police academy in Syria, giving impetus to efforts to rebuild security forces and increase the role of women in police.The graduation ceremony took place in Al-Tal, north of Damascus, after six months of training. Graduates appeared marching and performing physical exercises.The training included military and physical skills, police procedures, law and field work.The academy is reportedly part o…
On Tuesday, the Department of Rehabilitation and Training of the Syrian Ministry of the Interior celebrated the graduation of the first session of the Women's Police Institute, "57 personnel," in the town of Tall, Rif Dimashq governorate, in the presence of Minister of the Interior Anse Khattab, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, Indian Qabawat, the Governor of Rif Dimashq Amir al-Sheikh, as well as a number of associates of the Minister of …
First cohort of Syrian policewomen graduate from new academy
AL-TAL, Syria: Some 150 Syrians on Tuesday became the first graduates of the country’s new police academy for women, as the Islamist authorities rebuild their security apparatus. Rows of new policewomen, mostly wearing hijabs below their regulation hats and berets, lined up holding weapons for the ceremony, before they joyfully embraced their families. Brig.-General Huda Sarjawi, director of the Women’s Police Institute in Al-Tal north of Damasc…
Some 150 Syrian women have become on Tuesday near Damascus the first graduates of the country's new police academy for women, where the Islamist authorities are working to rebuild the apparatus...
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