"We praise the police chief for promoting several women police officers by conferring higher ranks and strategic offices (for them) within the police institution," Puspayoga noted in her press statement here on Monday.
The minister opined that the police remained committed to gender streamlining by promoting women officers.
"I lauded measures taken by the police chief on gender streamlining to achieve gender equality between men and women police officers in the police's organisational offices," she remarked.
She also highlighted that Police Chief Regulation No. 1 of 2022 on Gender Streamlining within the Police Institution provided a legal basis for women officers to advance their careers and achieve equal standing at par with other officers.
Rank and office promotion to women officers prove that female officers are capable of fulfilling tasks delegated to them in the police institution, she noted.
The minister then expressed optimism that more women police officers would achieve higher ranks and offices within the police institution, particularly amid the surge in crimes against women and children, cybercrimes, and terrorism.
"We hope more regional police chiefs, including strategic offices in regional police forces, would be occupied by women because I believe that women police officers' competence, expertise, and leadership could fulfil tasks delegated to them according to their qualifications," Puspayoga remarked.
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Earlier, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo had promoted Brigadier General Juansih to two-star general ranking, thereby making her the only woman inspector general to be inducted in the current rotation. She was also promoted as a high-ranking officer for the Police's Staff and Education and Training Institution Leaders School (Sespim Lemdiklat).
The police chief also promoted Senior Commissioner Nurul Azizah as head of the public information department of the Police's Public Relations Division, thereby becoming the first woman to occupy the position.
Apart from Juansih and Azizah, a woman officer was promoted as Bukittinggi Police Chief, two women officers were promoted from the role of adjunct senior commissioner to senior commissioner, and three women senior commissioners were promoted to high-ranking regional police-level positions.
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Translator: Anita Permata D, Nabil Ihsan
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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