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Commr Guðjónsdóttir: ‘It’s easier to change things when you’re from outside – you’re not part of the culture’

SUBSCRIBE 3rd March 2025Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight
Since taking up her post as Iceland’s National Police Commissioner five years ago, Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir has made significant strides in addressing gender inequality within the force, and in the service it provides; she spoke to Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons about the need to keep pushing for greater gender equality, the new approaches to responding to domestic violence, and why appointing senior leaders from outside of policing helps to change potentially damaging cultures.

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