Culture, Structure and Leadership Impacts on Gender Inclusion in the Security Sector

Abstract

Depending on your perspective, the primary challenge to gender inclusion is either culture, structure or leadership. The good news is that they are all outcomes, not causes. Indeed, they are constantly evolving as governments and organizations attempt to align them with their interests. The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Hawaii is a strategic and forward-leaning Department of Defense institution that provides executive education to security professionals from all over the Asia Pacific region. APCSS has systematically pursued culture change by embedding gender inclusion mechanisms that model the change and actions that modify institutional structures. Real culture change is occurring by driving an approach that embraces gender inclusion rather than simply requiring it to comply with existing culture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1048718

Entities

People

  • Deon V. Canyon

Organizations

  • Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Communities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Embedding
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Inclusions
  • Leadership
  • Psychology
  • Resistance
  • Security
  • United Nations
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies