Twenty Years After UNSCR 1325: Equal Access to Military Education in the Western Hemisphere?
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https://doi.org/10.25062/1900-8325.280Keywords:
Military Education, Women, Equality, Western Hemisphere, BarriersAbstract
Twenty years after the unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1325 and the beginning of the women, peace and security agenda, the UN Security Council, for the first time, explicitly addressed equal access to education for uniformed female personnel. On August 28, 2020, the UN Security Council issued resolution 2538, and with it, the need by Member States to provide equal access to education, training and capacity building to all uniformed women.
This paper explores the importance of providing equal access to education for uniformed women, it identifies barriers erected against women’s access to education in the defense sector in the Western Hemisphere, and it recommends proactive measures to eliminate barriers. This research is supported by a review of primary and secondary sources, autoethnography, and an analysis of data from countries such as the United States, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Brazil.
Author Biographies
Cornelia Weiss, Independent researcher, United States of America
Retired US colonel. Magíster in Estudios de Defensa y Seguridad de las Américas, Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estrategicos (Chile). Juris Doctor, Vanderbilt University School of Law (EE.UU.). Graduate of the Inter-American Defense College.
Eva Maria Rey Pinto, Colombian War College
nthropologist, Universidad de los Andes. Magister in Strategy and Geopolitics, Escuela Superior de Guerra “General Rafael Reyes Prieto”. Assistant editor Journal Estudios en Seguridad y Defensa.
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