The Feminist Movement and Equality in the Federal Workforce: Understanding the Position of Women in USAID's Foreign Service

Abstract

The US Agency for International Development is one of many US Government foreign policy agencies that hires and manages employees to fulfill its professional needs abroad through the Foreign Service personnel system. That system, devised nearly a century ago, requires an update in order to take into account the needs of today's professional women. Without such an update, it is likely that women will leave USAID's Foreign Service in favor of careers that allow them to achieve both professional and personal fulfillment. Such a shift would deprive both the Agency and the nation of some of the greatest talent available in the field of international development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2015
Accession Number
AD1001861

Entities

People

  • Heather C. Smith-taylor

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Human Population
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Prejudice
  • Public Policy
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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