[***Moderators' note: Please find below several references to women's police stations in Brazil that have been posted on the End-Violence Working Group in the past. Do members know of more recent studies/findings?***]
Hello, Regarding the message about the Khmer Police Training program in a refugee camp in Thailand, it sounds similar to the Women's Police Stations in Brazil (and now in various other Latin American countries as well as in Spain)...It works very well despite a macho culture. Susan M. Belcher El-Nahhas, Ph.D. Canada ---------------- Two members shared information related to the organization and staffing of police stations. One recommended that victim support units in police stations should be run by a staff consisting of survivors of violence, who will have a better understanding of the needs and concerns of victims. The second reported that Brazil now has 125 Women's Police Stations and such stations have also been set up in Argentina and Peru. These stations have raised awareness and provided a safe haven for women but have not resulted in increased prosecutions or convictions and the number of cases investigated remains low (SUMMARY OF THE WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION, Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 1998) --------- Update Brazil Women's Police Stations A videotape by Nancy Marcotte and Colette Loumede 1986, 15 minutes, Color, Video, Brazil, Voiceover, Order # W99264 Update Brazil looks at this country's innovative solution: the establishment of police stations completely run and operated by plainclothes and armed women, offering legal assistance and emotional support. An informative, exciting, and empowering new perspective in dealing with sexual assault. Order information can be found at: http://www.wmm.com/Catalog/order/orderinf.htm -------- Mesquita da Rocha M. Women's police stations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented at Domestic Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: 20-21 October 1997, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, 1997. --------- Thomas DQ. In search of solutions: women's police stations in Brazil. In: Davies M. (ed.) Women and violence: realities and responses worldwide. London, UK: Zed Books Ltd., 1994. pp.32-43. ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
