Too often , Women , Peace , and Security ( WPS ) is siloed as a separate issue instead of understood as a different way to approach all of our work in the U . S . security sector . As such , PKSOI ' s Lessons Learned ( LL ) Branch is making an effort do things differently . Lessons Learned Analyst ( contractor ) Katrina Gehman recently drafted a strategy which outlines a practical way forward to integrate WPS throughout all PKSOI LL activities - from database management to LL products . Accompanying this strategy is an evaluation / metrics grid which could be used annually to track our progress .
Practical efforts to streamline WPS as a cross-cutting issue throughout LL include : regularly incorporating lessons and photos into PKSOI LL publications that pertain to women ' s varied experiences and gender considerations ; ensuring that routine lessons discuss actions of women as well as men ( with sex-and-age-disaggregated data ); engaging with women experts as well as men to contribute as guest authors ; uploading WPS-related material to the SOLLIMS database ; and collaborating with the WPS Cell at PKSOI in these efforts .
From the Army ’ s Lead ’ s Desk : Department of Defense ( DoD ) Operational Gender Advisor ( GENAD ) Course ( OGC ) hosted by US Indo-Pacific Command Panel , 4-8 JUN 2018 - DoD conducted its first OGC with LTC Marci Hodge representing the Army as a participant , panelist and observer . The OGC aims to train personnel to serve as GENADs in support of operations and exercises . It also supports the WPS mandate for training as required by the WPS Act signed into Public Law last year , as well as the U . S . National Action Plan on WPS . LTC Hodge participated in the Role and Duties of the Gender Network panel , highlighting her time as the Division Female Engagement Team Program Manager in Afghanistan from 2011-2012 . Other panelists included DoD , SOCPAC ( IO ), and Retired USMC Colonel Sheila Scanlon .
Highlights of the course included a Korean Women ' s NGO called Women Cross DMZ , which gave a moving presentation on how DoD can support and facilitate their efforts to include a 2015 march where women from North and South Korea were able to cross the DMZ . The course also featured the unique Indo-Pacific civil picture to target the participants who work
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U . S . Naval War College photo from the 6th Annual Women , Peace and Security Conference in partnership with Brown University ' s A . Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy , May 31 to June 1 , at Brown ' s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs .
in the area of responsibility . Future classes are being scheduled now for other COCOMs . Overall , the course was very well received with 10-trained GENADs for the Army to add to the ranks . For more information , see link to news article related to the course .
USNWC 6th Annual Women , Peace , and Security Conference at Brown University from 30 MAY-1 JUN 2018 . Panelists representing military , government , academia , NGOs , and private sector organizations spoke about topics such as geographic-specific developments ( Latin America and the Caribbean , Pacific Region , International Themes ), as well as broader leadership perspectives , cyber , organizations and substructures , education , genocide , and ideas worth considering regarding the advancement of the WPS agenda . Presented papers will be compiled into a document for distribution in the Fall of 2018 . PKSOI took away further network development , SOLLIMS contributor agreements , and continued discussion of the Commander and Staff Guide to Integrating a Gender Perspective Into Military Operations ( GPMO ).