Women, Peace, and Security in Professional Military Education
Edited by Lauren Mackenzie, PhD, and Lieutenant Colonel Dana Perkins, PhD
DOI: 10.56686/9798985340365
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda is a global framework and policy tool that guides national actions addressing gender inequalities and the drivers of conflict and its impact on women and girls. By fostering structural and institutional change, the WPS agenda aims to 1) prevent conflict and all forms of violence against women and girls and 2) ensure the inclusion and participation of women in peace and security decision-making processes to incorporate their specific needs in relief and recovery situations. This volume gathers together student papers from the Joint Women, Peace, and Security Academic Forum's 2021 WPS in PME Writing Award program, a best-of selection of informative and empowering work that intersects with Department of Defense equities supporting global WPS principles. Student participants in the Joint WPS Academic Forum hail from prestigious DOD academic institutions, and this monograph shows how the strategic leaders of tomorrow embrace WPS today, offering a strong indication of how WPS principles will be implemented over time and how they will influence the paradigm of peace and security and our approaches to conflict prevention and resolution.
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Dr. Lauren Mackenzie is Marine Corps University’s Professor of Military Cross-Cultural Competence. She also chairs the Marine Corps University faculty council and serves as an adjunct professor of military/emergency medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She earned her master of arts and doctorate in communication from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has taught intercultural and interpersonal communication courses throughout the DOD for the past 12 years. Dr. Mackenzie leads the MCU Women, Peace & Security Scholars Program, and her research is devoted to the impact of cultural differences on difficult conversations. She has written a range of articles and book chapters pertaining to end-of-life communication, relationship repair strategies, and, most recently, the role of failure in education. She is coeditor with Dr. Kerry B. Fosher of the 2021 book Rise and Decline of U.S. Military Culture Programs: 2004–20 (MCU Press) and is the 2020 civilian recipient of the Marine Corps University Rose Award for Teaching Excellence.
Lieutenant Colonel Dana Perkins is a U.S. Army Reserve 71A/microbiologist serving as the director for Women, Peace, and Security Studies with the Office of the Provost, U.S. Army War College, in an Individual Mobilization Augmentee position. She has a doctorate in pharmacology and experimental therapeutics from the University of Maryland in Baltimore and she was awarded the D1 (Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Advisor) and D7 (Strategic Studies) Additional Skill Identifiers, as well as a D7A (Defense Support to Civilian Authorities) Personnel Development Skill Identifier. She is a graduate of JS J5 Operationalizing WPS L100 and L200 courses for gender focal points and gender advisors, respectively. In her civilian capacity, Dr. Perkins serves as a senior science advisor with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
by Lieutenant Colonel Dana Perkins, PhD, USAR
PART I. Implementing and Incorporating a Gender Perspective
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Closing the Capability Gap
by Lieutenant Colonel Ellen I. Coddington, USA
Chapter 3. A Strategic Imperative
by Commander Kristen Vechinski, USN
Chapter 4. A Kotter Approach for Geographic Combatant Commands by Colonel Steven J. Siemonsma, ARNG
Chapter 5. Conclusion
by Colonel Douglas Winton, USA
PART II. Gender Neutrality
Gender-Neutral Physical Fitness Tests and the Integration of Women in Combat Arms Occupations
by Second Lieutenant Elizavetta Fursova
PART III. Gender and Violence
Breaking a Vicious Cycle: Systemic Endorsement of Violence Against Women in El Salvador
by Captain Elizabeth Jane Garza-Guidara, USAF
PART IV. Professional Military Education
The Strategic Centrality of Women, Peace, and Security: A Call to Mainstream in Professional Military Education
by Lieutenant Colonel Casey M. Grider, USAF
PART V. Vietnam
The Nexus of Climate Change, Migration, and Human Trafficking
by Ms. Amy Patel
PART VI. Hegemonic Masculinity
The Effect of Hegemonic Masculinities on the Endemic of Sexual Misconduct in the U.S. Army
by Major Sarah E. Salvo, USA
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Literature Review
Chapter 3. Research Methodology
Chapter 4. Analysis
Chapter 5. Conclusions and Recommendations
PART VII. Advising with Gendered Perspectives
Bridging the Gap toward a Gendered Perspective in Security Force Advising
by Lieutenant Colonel Natalie Trogus, USMC
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Background on UNSCR 1325 Women, Peace, and Security
Chapter 3. Advising in Wartime: A Foreign Policy Tool
Chapter 4. Advising Afghan Security Institutions and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
Chapter 5. Recommendations and Conclusions
PART VIII. Implementing Women, Peace, and Security
Operationalizing Women, Peace, and Security in the Armed Sevices: Army Strategic Implementation Plan
by Major Danielle Villanueva, USA
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Literature Review
Chapter 3. Background of WPS in the Unites States
Chapter 4. WPS Implementation: The Australian Defence Force
Chapter 5. U.S. Army WPS Implementation Plan: Recommended Framework
Chapter 6. Conclusion and Research Recommendations
Epilogue
by Lauren Mackenzie, PhD
Appendices
Appendix A. Setting the Example
Appendix B. Advising Project Interview
Appendix C. Integrating WPS into PME
WPS Chronology
Glossary of Key WPS Concepts and Terms
Selected Bibliography