Brightly painted entrances are designed to attract women to report to and confide in women’s police.
Community Prevention Work. On International Womens Day women police hit the parks, streets and other public places to hand out information.
Welcoming Receptions for women and children
Working in the Community
Working inside the Women’s Police Station. They have the same training and carry weapons like common police in Argentina.
Interdisciplinary teams work with women police at the Women’s Police Station.
Welcoming women
Talking with the research team
Working with the community to change norms that sustain gender violence
Pictured is the Commander of the Women’s Police Station in Mar del Plata handing out information about gender violence to cars stopped at red lights. On international women’s day, all women’s police stations in the province of Buenos Aires initiated activity with the community.
Police women at work
Space for Children
This is the mural to the entrance of the Women’s Police Station, Tandil. Its says Women don’t loose your voice
Mural painted in the reception room for the Women’s Police Station in Berisso.
Men also work in Women’s Police Stations
All women’s police stations have rooms or spaces for children to play while their mothers are assisted.
Space for Children
Ropertito – clothes for children
Pictured is a police officer giving a young woman information about the cycle of domestic violence. On international women’s day, all women’s police stations in the province of Buenos Aires initiated activity with the community.
Community prevention work International Women’s Day 8 March 2018
Working in the community to prevent gender violence
Commander and Dep Commander.
Yo te Creo – I believe you
Ni Una Menos has become one of the largest women’s movements in Argentina to challenge the norms that sustain gender violence.
Women police handing out presents with their business cards at Xmas
Treats with information about how to seek assistance from women’s police stations
Handing out treats with information about how to seek the assistance of a Woman’s Police Station
Just before Christmas every year, the Women’s Police Stations hand out presents with their contact details to children and women. They do this because they know that gender violence spikes over the Christmas school holidays.
Community Prevention
Women’s Police Car
This is the reception of the Women’s Police Station, Berisso
Police work with inter-disciplinary teams
The reception counter at Berisso Women’s Police Station
Raising public awareness at a busy traffic intersection
International Women’s Day Preparations at the Women’s Police Station in, Azul, Argentina
Working with young people
Community Policing
The new Police Station for Women and Children at Berisso, donated by the local council.
Space for Children
The research team with with Commander and Sub-Commander at the Women’s Police Station in Tandil. The mural is painted on their entrance.
The women police have xmas parties for children every year.
Playground inside a WPS
Butterflies are a symbol of freedom. Thy are the mascot for specialist police stations in Argentina.
Giving a woman a butterfly the symbol of freedom from violence
Space for Children
This car reads- Police for Women and Families
community policing
Ni Una Menos
Paintings by survivors
The research team with the interdisciplinary police, lawyer, pyschologist at Ezieza
Women’s Police Stations provide women with careers and opportunities for promotion
The research team with the Superintendent of Women’s Police in the Provence of Buenos Aires.
The commanders of women’s police from Olavarria and Azul
Research team leader with the leaders of Women’s Police Station in the Province of Buenos Aires
The research team with the Commander and Sub-Commander at Berisso after finishing the interviews
Being interviewed in Argentina
Standing next to a mural painted by DV survivors at Tigre Women’s Station
Women’s Police Bahai Blanca
This photo was taken in March 2018 the day the then Superintendent signed the approval for our team to conduct the research.
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