The Finish Police hosted the Nordic Baltic Network of Policewomen (NBNP) Board meeting in Espoo (Finland) on 26-27 November 2024 Jan 24
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The Nordic Baltic Network of Policewomen held a board meeting in Espoo at the Headquarter of the National Police Board of Finland. The meeting was chaired by Alda Hrönn Jóhannsdótti, member of the NBNP from Iceland.
Within the NBNP meeting on 26 November 2024 the Nordic-Baltic expert seminar “VIOLENCE – IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND IN PUBLIC SPACE” was held.
The aim of the seminar was to focus on the challenges of gender-based violence in our Nordic and Baltic countries. Experts presented and discussed prevention and actions taken in the Nordic and Baltic countries with focus on violence in close relationships and in the public space from a Nordic-Baltic multidisciplinary, cross-sector, gender and police perspective.
Jari Liukku, Police Commissioner, Chief of Helsinki Police, Police of Finland was pleased to welcome the representatives of Nordic and Baltic countries to the seminar because this cooperation is important for our region in order to protect the vulnerable and stop those who can contribute to their suffering as well as the Police Commissioner gave an overview about the Helsinki Police and the crime situation in Finland.
The experts from Finland, Estonia, Iceland and Norway gave presentations on actual topics:
1. “The Challenges Violence Today creates our Societies”
Speaker - Eygló Harðardóttir, Lead on Crime Prevention, The Office of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, Iceland;
2. “Progression of Cases of Violent Crime against Women in Criminal Proceedings Statistical Study”
Speaker - Laura Lipasti, Senior Statistician, Statistics, Finland;
3. “Violence in close relationsships – challenges of Norwegian Police”
Speaker - Trude Eiane Vatne, Police Superintendent, West Police District, Norwegian Police, Norway;
4. “Youth crime & Violence in close relationships – Challenges and the way forward”
Spekaer - Marja Väätti, Detective Chief Inspector, Helsinki Police Department, Police of Finland;
5. “Domestic violence in Estonia. Police practice and challenges”
Speaker - Viktoria Müürisepp, Senior Inspector, Community Policing Officer, North Prefecture, Estonian Police and Border Guard Board, Estonia;
6. “Violence in homes creates violence in the public space”
Speaker - Þóra Jónasdóttir, Superintendent, Reykjavik Metropolitan Police, Police of Iceland.
This seminar both highlighted the measures already taken to combat violence, as well as the future trajectories of NBNP in this endeavour.
Later on after the seminar Alda Hrönn Jóhannsdóttir, NBNP Chair opened the NBNP meeting at the Headquarter of the National Police Board of Finland, welcomed all NBNP Board members and wished the participants of the meeting a productive discussion.
Annika Skogster, Senior Officer, The National Police Board of Finland gave an overview of the gender equality work of National Police of Finland.
During the NBNP meeting the following questions were discussed:
- Discussion of the Future, Vision and Core Activities of NBNP;
- Election of NBNP Chair and Vice-chair 2025 – 2026.
NBNP discussed the next chair and vice-chair for NBNP 2025-2026, and Estonia was confirmed by the NBNP to be the next Chair, and Norway was confirmed to be the vice-chair of NBNP for the years 2025 and 2026.
- Future Activities of NBNP 2025-2026;
- NBNP Home Page www.nbnp.ee.
Written by Natalija Batova
NBNP representative from Latvia
Nordic-Baltic Network of Policewomen (NBNP) was constituted in Riga, Latvia, in April 2001. All the Nordic countries and all the Baltic countries are members and are actively participating in the work of NBNP.
The Board members represent police organizations from Nordic and Baltic countries.
The objectives of the network are to develop equal opportunities within the police, achieve gender equality in all ranks and fields of the police and encourage women for managerial positions in order to have more women in higher positions reflecting the percentage of policewomen within the police by:
Exchange information and knowledge about gender equality, discrimination and diversity;
Exchange professional experiences and knowledge in policing;
Exchange professional experiences and knowledge concerning female leadership;
Extend contacts with women`s networks nationally and internationally;
Contribute so that the police are a place where diversity is respected;
Contribute to the fight against all kinds of discrimination within the police.
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