USSOUTHCOM and Breaking Gender Barriers in Latin American Militaries

Abstract

Women, Peace, and Security is a groundbreaking movement and agenda that was formally ratified by the United Nations in October of 2000. It suggests that the inclusion of women by governments in every aspect of the peace process is not only of moral necessity with respect to the promotion of equal rights, but is immensely effective and empirically linked to the attainment and preservation of peace and stability. This paper explores the origins and intentions of the Women, Peace, and Security agenda as a backdrop to analyze the efficacy of United States Africa Commands WPS program efforts to date. It demonstrates that though USAFRICOMs WPS program complies with all governing directives, it fails to meet the desired and achievable results as envisioned by the WPS movement and codified by the UN.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 09, 2022
Accession Number
AD1198374

Entities

People

  • Julie E. Rainwaters

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Latin America
  • Law
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Social Media
  • South America
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • United States Southern Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design