Women in Security covers a wide-range of issues as it explores the link between women, security, and development. As a forum to stimulate discussion and instructive debates, the NATO Association of Canada will examine the ways in which women both contribute to and are the focus of Canadian and NATO defence and security initiatives. This program also offers a critical look at the structures and institutions that shape the role of women in security at home and abroad.
Following the kidnapping of the 200 Nigerian school girls, international attention was heavily focused on their safe return home. Hannah Styffe explains why four months later and still in captivity, the promise made to ‘bring back our girls’ seems to have faded.
Ashley Boyes explores the rise of sexual assault cases sweeping across North American colleges and argues that despite being a key topic in the developing world, it is just as prevelant in our own backyard.
Ashley Boyes examines the challenges facing Iraqi women due to the recent rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Corinne Stancescu examines the lack of free press under the government of Robert Mugabe and its detrimental effects on Zimbabwe’s society.
Interview from ‘NATO: a Credible Security Provider? Strengthening European Security and Defence Capabilities within the Alliance’ conference in Cardiff, Wales; organized by Forum Europe and NATO.
Ashley Boyes examines the potential benefits of large scale female employment in industries of developing nations.
Ashley Boyes discusses the concept of gender mainstreaming and its benefits for raising awareness of gender issues worldwide.
Ashley Boyes examines the crisis of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Cambodia.
Leanne E. Tran’s hand-held ultrasound technology has the potential to reduce life-threatening maternal and perinatal complications during pregnancy and childbirth.
Ashley Boyes discusses the concept of compensation for crimes of sexual violence in developing nations.