RESDAL was part of an international team that carried out gender training for Uruguayan police personnel 

The training took place at the Spanish Cooperation Training Center in Montevideo from June 5 to 7, with the active participation of 19 women and 10 men Uruguayan police personnel working in different operational areas.    

The high-level teaching team was made up of international experts from DCAF and affiliated consultants, representatives of the Spanish National Police and RESDAL International.   

The first lecture was given by Dr. Nathalie Gendre, together with Mia Shöb from DCAF (the Geneva Center for Security Sector Governance) and dealt with the topic of career of privilege, gender and intersectional perspectives.   

Then, Mag. Rosario Rodríguez from RESDAL spoke about gender and the different needs in the field of security to incorporate this issue. María Camila Romero from Colombia, spoke about gender roles and stereotypes.   

Ana Cambó, Commissioner of the Spanish National Police, presented the Spanish model and its good practices in gender and human rights; Inspector Tomás Santamaría presented cases of organized crime, gender and human trafficking in a virtual format; and psychologist Noelia Revuelta worked on police investigation in the field of gender, domestic and sexual violence.  

Throughout the training, group dynamics guided by the teaching team were developed, including discussion groups, plenary presentations, case analysis and learning journals.   The official opening table was in charge of the National Director of Gender Policies, Commissioner General Angelina Ferreira; the Minister Counselor of the Embassy of Spain, Mr. Carlos Domínguez and the Deputy Director of the Gender and Security Division of DCAF, Dr. Nathalie Gendre.   

Training Objective  

In particular, the learning objective of this training was to explain how gender roles and stereotypes can affect criminal investigations. To give examples on how the different security needs have to do with the protection of the population, as well as to learn how to apply gender analysis tools in a specific scenario such as working in the field in criminal situations.   In addition, participants from the different operative units of the Ministry of the Interior will be able to replicate the knowledge acquired in their areas of work. The aim is that with this training the Ministry of the Interior of Uruguay can include the gender perspective and thus enhance the daily work with greater effectiveness and efficiency in investigation and organized crime.    Staff from different areas of the Ministry of the Interior participated in the course, including: General Directorate for the Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking, General Directorate of Information and Intelligence, General Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime and INTERPOL, Directorates of Investigations of the metropolitan area, Police Stations of the Ministry of the Interior:  General Directorate for the Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking, General Directorate of Information and Intelligence, General Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime and INTERPOL, Directorates of Investigations of the metropolitan area, Specialized Police Stations for Domestic and Gender Violence of the Police Headquarters of Canelones and the National Directorate of Gender Policies.   

Framework  

This training is carried out within the framework of the international cooperation work of the Ministry of the Interior of Uruguay, where it works with different institutions and organizations such as DCAF, the Spanish Cooperation and RESDAL International to strengthen public security policy on domestic and gender violence, in order to mitigate inequalities and continue building equality.