Australia’s commitment to women, peace and security in review A report by Louise Allen for ASPI has shown that, while Australia understands the importance of the WPS agenda to global security, the government has yet …
Mapping WPS in the UN Security Council The Working Group on Women, Peace and Security has published its annual policy brief evaluating the UN Security Council’s implementation of the WPS policy framework. The group found …
Wargaming needs more female strategists Becca Wasser, a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, has penned an article for The New York Times Magazine on her experience as a female defence strategist and wargamer. …
Samoa holds WPS summit On 22 and 23 August, New Zealand’s defence ministry and Samoa’s foreign affairs ministry co-hosted a summit on women, peace and security in Apia. Military and police personnel, government officials, academics …
Gender inequality persists in international relations and national security The Lowy Institute has released a comprehensive study of women in Australia’s international relations sector, revealing ‘severe gender imbalances … despite some prominent trailblazers’. The study …




