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Indonesian officer named youngest UN Woman Police Officer of the Year
The United Nations announced that an Indonesian woman police officer would accept the 2023 UN Best Woman Police Officer award, becoming the youngest ever recipient.
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Indonesian policewoman First Brig. Renita Rismayanti (left) talks with a fellow officer from Rwanda at the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Bangui in this undated photo. Resnita has been named the 2023 UN Woman Police Officer of the Year. (Courtesy of the United Nations/-)
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ndonesian policewoman First Police Brig. Renita Rismayanti has been named the 2023 Woman Police Officer of the Year, the United Nations announced on Monday.
At 27 years old, Renita is the youngest recipient of the award, which she will receive on Thursday at the UN headquarters, during the annual United Nations Police Week, held from Monday to Friday.
“I hope the visibility that comes from winning this award will reinforce among women and girls that all fields of expertise in policing are open to us,” Renita said in a UN media statement.
Renita serves as a Crime Database Officer with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
She has helped conceptualize and develop a criminal database that enables UN Police to map and analyze crime and disorder hotspots which, in turn, helps the country’s security forces to better plan their operations in support of the local population.
Starting her career in the Indonesian National Police as a public information officer in 2014, Renita has since worked in the training, administration and logistics departments.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, under-secretary-general for peace operations, said Renita’s innovation and efforts had significantly improved safety, especially for women and girls. He added that she would be a good role model to show women’s participation and leadership in peacekeeping.
