Publishing Institution: Our Secure Future / Political Geography: North America

Author:: Our Secure Future
Publication Date:: 01-2024
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Our Secure Future
Abstract:: In October 2017, the United States passed the Women, Peace, and Security Act, a piece of landmark legislation that recognizes women as powerful agents of change in peace and security operations. This legislation came into being thanks to the efforts of the US Civil Society Working Group and seeks to make the US a global leader in promoting women’s active engagement in conflict prevention, relief, and recovery. Originally published in 2018, this policy brief includes 2023 updates on the United States WPS Act and serves as a guide on the history, implementation, and funding of the act.
Topic:: Security, Civil Society, Women, Legislation, Peace, Women, Peace, and and Security Act
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

Author:: Kelly Case
Publication Date:: 04-2024
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Our Secure Future
Abstract:: This brief assesses the United States government’s progress on advancing the Women, Peace and Security agenda through the work of Women, Peace and Security Advisors, Gender Advisors, and additional positions that have this as a component of their work. It is designed as a starting point for discussion to help policymakers: improve their understanding of these roles; strengthen their knowledge on why this agenda can help achieve more durable peace around the world; and provide recommendations on how to create a more robust infrastructure to better support these critical roles.
Topic:: Security, Women, Peace, and Institutionalization
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

Author:: Hans Hogrefe and Cassandra Zavislak
Publication Date:: 01-2023
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Our Secure Future
Abstract:: This brief examines the inclusion of the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Biden Administration’s 2022 National Security Strategy, and compares it to the ways in which the Trump Administration’s 2017 National Security Strategy addresses the full participation of women in our national security interests.
Topic:: Security, National Security, Women, Inequality, Peace, and Strategic Competition
Political Geography:: Russia, China, North America, and United States of America

Author:: Hans Hogrefe and Cassandra Zavislak
Publication Date:: 06-2022
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Our Secure Future
Abstract:: This brief outlines the main WPS developments from the Trump to the Biden Administration. There were some significant changes made by the Biden Administration pertaining to gender policy and coordination in general, which likely will also have implications for WPS going forward.
Topic:: Security, Women, Peace, and Gender
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

Author:: Hans Hogrefe, Sahana Dharmapuri, and Cassandra Zavislak
Publication Date:: 04-2022
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Our Secure Future
Abstract:: In no other country since World War II did the United States act as a quasi-government either directly or by proxy as it did in Afghanistan during its 2001-2021 civil and military engagement there. Female Afghan police and military personnel were recruited, retained, trained, equipped and paid because the United States legislated, funded, and implemented programs in accordance with U.S. national security priorities. The U.S. initiated programs and created this special group of female Afghan combatants, for whom the United States continues to have a special responsibility.
Topic:: Security, Women, Peace, and Police
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, South Asia, North America, and United States of America

Author:: Stephenie Foster, Susan Markham, and Sahana Dharmapuri
Publication Date:: 01-2021
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Our Secure Future
Abstract:: This paper seeks to do one thing: to make recommendations about how a feminist foreign policy could be operationalized within the US government. Main Recommendations: Diversify Representation; Prioritize Gender in Information Collection and Analysis; Ensure Input From Those Affected; Reform the Institutional Structure; Increase Accountability of Individuals and Transparency of Institutions; Increase Resources; Utilize Technology.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Government, Science and Technology, Feminism, Representation, Diversity, Accountability, Institutions, Transparency, and Gender
Political Geography:: North America and United States of America

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