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Women in Law Enforcement: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
Women's Empowerment · 09 Mar 2026

Women in Law Enforcement: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges

I was called into the Ghana Police Service in 1977, when the path for women in uniform was narrow and the doubts were loud. Here is what nearly fifty years since has taught me about why that has to change faster.

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