Workgroup 5 lead LTC Kristine Petermann
WG 5 also included robust discussions of best practices for the
capture and dissemination of WPS Lessons Learned. One of
the key approaches agreed upon by the group was the impor-
tance of including vignettes and scenarios when giving instruc-
tion on WPS. 1 Utilization of PKSOI’s Stability Operations
Lessons Learned and Information Management System
(SOLLIMS) and NDU’s Military Education Research Library
Network (MERLN) should become resource repositories for
WPS Lessons Learned, as they allow for cross-linkage to other
entities, thus increasing visibility, networking, and reference
availability.
WPS would benefit greatly from a communication strategy to
ensure general awareness throughout DOD. Education and
training must be available from strategic to operational to tact-
ical levels. Success will require key leader support/championing
of the WPS agenda to make substantive and sustainable gains in
mainstreaming gender perspectives and WPS awareness.
Monthly DOD WPS videoteleconferences aided WG 5’s
success, and will continue to be a venue to sustain these efforts.
The inclusion of our non-DOD partners led to substantive and
productive follow on meetings. WG 5 will continue to engage
on WPS issues and plans, as a prelude to the 2018 PSOTEW.
Notes:
The following Sample Training Scenario, taken from "WPS:
A Case for Increasing Awareness of the Gender Perspective", is
available in full at http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/training/
conferences/wjtsc14/working-groups/itl/
wjtsc14_genderawareness.pdf
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