United States Department of Defense Women, Peace, and Security Implementation Plan (2024)

  • U.S. Department of Defense

Summary

The Department of Defense is committed to advancing women’ s participation in peace and security processes and integrating gender analysis in U.S. foreign policy and national security decision-making, consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act of 2017. These efforts recognize that participation of women in all aspects of conflict prevention, resolution, management, and conflict relief is a national security tool by enhancing integrated deterrence and campaigning, deepening our alliances and partnerships, and making us a stronger, more ready, and more resilient fighting force. The DoD WPS Implementation Plan (WPS IP) evolves how the Department conceptualizes and executes WPS – from focusing on advancing women’ s meaningful participation across the Total Force to ensuring operational commanders are supported with institutional resources, personnel, and tools that enhance their knowledge of the civilian environment.

The DoD WPS IP establishes how the Department will systematically improve our approach to WPS in alignment with the WPS Act (Public Law 115-68), the 2023 U.S. Strategy and National Action Plan on WPS, and the 2022 National Defense Strategy. It defines DoD’s roles in support of U.S. Government WPS implementation and provides Department-wide direction for institutionalizing and operationalizing WPS.

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