Gender Equality in Support of the Pacific Strategy

Topic Sponsor: PACAF/A8XR

In the Pacific, the U.S. as well as our closest allies and partners have a strategic and cultural advantage when it comes to pursuing gender equality.

How do we use this advantage to our benefit? How do we further develop this benefit internally as well as among our allies and partners?

• McGuiness, Krystal, "Sex, Soccer and Soft Power: Femininities and the United States Air Force," AF Fellows Paper, 2024, 20 pgs.  Winner of the MCU WPS writing contest (2024).
• Medaglia, Col. Danielle, "Women, Peace and Security in Army Education," AWC Strategic Studies Paper, 2021, 25 pgs.
• Milner, Melissa J., "DoD Needs to Increase Women, Peace and Security Budget to Grow Programs," AF Fellow paper (Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University), 2024, 2 pgs.