10Mar2016

23 Percent of Women in Serbian Police

   23 percent of employees of the Serbian police are women, which is the largest percentage in the region, but they mostly hold administrative positions, it was said on Tuesday at the conference on engaging women in police forces in the countries of the west Balkan. Women in the police, however, do not have equal chances to advance in their careers, and there are still numerous prejudices that they face at work on a daily basis, they said at the meeting.

    When it comes to hiring women in the police, European standard is about 30 percent, and according to the available information, 23 percent of employees in the Serbian police are women. A large problem is also the fact that women in the police forces throughout the region are less involved in managing positions and positions of the operational and uniformed police forces, they said at the conference.