no women in the SWAT and HazMat response units trained or among the MoIA instructors. DOD
team included one woman and FBI team included two.
Recommendation.
At the tactical/operational level: COCOMs should proactively seek to include women trainers in
counter CBRN WMD international programs and activities.
At the strategic level: DOD should also seek to increase host nation’s women participation in counter
CBRN WMD international programs and activities. This effort should be complemented by programs
and initiatives enabling increased women participation in decision making processes related to WMD
treaties, negotiations, implementation, and verification.
Implications.
Disregarding gender considerations in counter WMD programs and initiatives would fault the
development of a gender responsive culture and its contribution to effective CBRN response plans
and strategies. Areas primarily affected may include the assessment of the disproportionate impact of
a WMD on women, the psychosocial aspects of mass decontamination, and understanding the needs
of vulnerable populations (or at-risk-individuals) during decontamination (as well as generally during
response and recovery operations).
Event Description.
Based on personal experiences with Bahrain Cooperative Defense Program- CBRN Passive Defense,
Southern Caucasus BioShield, and Diablo Shield missions, and the following references:
DOD DIRECTIVE 2060.02 DOD Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy.
Perkins, D. and Lewis, G. 2010. Building Consequence Management Capability and Expertise in Bahrain:
The Cooperative Defense Program - CBRN Passive Defense. Joint Center for Operational Analysis (JCOA)
Journal, Fall 2009, vol. XII (1): 51-57.
Southern Caucasus Workshop on Public Health, Security, and Law Enforcement Partnership in Bio-
Incident Pre-Planning and Response and the associated Southern Caucasus BioShield 2010 Tabletop
Exercise, 11-12 May 2010, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Perkins D. 2014. Women in disarmament, nonproliferation and arms control: a call for global action,
CBRNe Portal.
Danskin K, and Perkins D. 2014. Women as agents of positive change in biosecurity. Science & Diplomacy,
Vol. 3, No. 2 (June 2014), pp 44-53.
Perkins D. 2015. Women in Non-Proliferation, Disarmament and Arms Control: A Military Perspective. In:
Constructive Pathways: Stimulating and Safeguarding Components of WPS, pp 95-108, April 16-17, 2015
Women, Peace, and Security Conference Series, U.S. Navy War College.
Perkins D. 2015. Women in Biosecurity, personal presentation at the 6th Annual International Symposium
Biosafety and Biosecurity: Future Trends and Solutions, 4-6 Nov 2015, Milan, Italy.
Perkins D. and Burkett EK. 2016. National Health Security Strategy and The Global Health Security
Agenda: Gender-Neutral Or Gender-Blind?, Global Health and Diplomacy, Spring edition, pp 13-19.
Lesson Author: LTC Dana Perkins, [email protected]
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