

For a successful mission, armed forces need veritable inclusion
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"Every member of the military should have an understanding of gender"
Major Isabel Borkstett
For a Bold Implementation – Women, Peace and Security in the German Defense Ministry and Armed Forces
Nicola Habersetzer and Inger-Luise Heilmann
Gender issues affect all core tasks of NATO as a security alliance
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Ministry and Army could better embed the WPS agenda
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Gender-sensitive assistance is logical and fair
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Promoting participation needs political and financial commitment instead of stereotypes
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Women, Peace & Security: The Long Road to Gender Justice
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine. Although preparations for this edition of “Ethics and Armed Forces” had already reached an advanced stage, the question arose of whether the “war in Europe” might not be a more pressing topic. An understandable, but also treacherous urge, given that gender issues often take second place to supposedly “hard” security questions.
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Particularly in difficult geopolitical times, the WPS agenda must be consistently developed
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Systematic sexual assaults corrode social structures
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Forgotten: Children Born of War
Sabine Lee & Heide Glaesmer
Consistent law enforcement requires more than progressive legal standards
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Children fathered by foreign soldiers often remain in the shadows for decades
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Rash anti-terror measures prove ineffective and place a strain on foreign relations.
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There are red lines which a state governed by the rule of law must not cross.
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More Gender Perspective, Please!
"Freedom and Security Are Not Contradictory"
Rear Admiral Carsten Stawitzki
Terrorism – a Global Challenge . The transnational dangers of ideologically driven violence
Lieutenant Colonel G.S. Martin Lammert
Soldiers act in the context of the networked approach and serve a peace logic. Not least, they need an ethical foundation on which their profession is built.
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State countermeasures are only effective if they are embedded in internationally coordinated strategies.
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