Women in International Security

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Women in International Security (abbreviated: WIIS ) is an association of women who are involved in foreign , security or defense policy. The aim is firstly to better take account of female interests in these areas, and secondly to promote and network women who work in these areas. WIIS was founded in 1987 in the USA, the German branch has existed since 2003.

Goals and story

The WIIS network "strives for greater consideration of female interests in international and national foreign and security policy" and "strives to promote women in this area in a targeted manner, to make them more visible, to give them better access to information and to improve them to network ".

The American parent organization Women in International Security (WIIS) was founded in 1987 in the USA . The abbreviation WIIS is pronounced like the English word "wise". Founding President was Catherine McArdle Kelleher , and Madeleine Albright was one of the founders . In 2018, WIIS had around 7,000 members in 42 countries. WIIS maintains formal associations, so-called "national chapters", founded in 22 countries. This makes WIIS the only global network that promotes female leaders in the field of peace and security policy.

Among other things, the network organizes "job fairs and conferences in which older people pass on their experiences to younger people". After the US presidential elections in 2008, the network published a list of qualified candidates for public office in the new US administration, the so-called "Plum Book".

WIIS in Germany

The German section of Women in International Security, the non-profit association WIIS.de, was founded in May 2003. According to its own information, the association has over 300 members in Germany.

Armgard von Reden has been the chairwoman of WIIS.de since January 2018. The association had previously been headed by the publicist Sylke Tempel since 2013 .

Every year the association, together with the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Bavarian State Chancellery, organizes the “Women's Breakfast”, a side event of the Munich Security Conference . Hillary Clinton , Federica Mogherini and Madeleine Albright have already been guests there.

At a WIIS.de conference in November 2013, General Inspector Volker Wieker praised the role of women in security policy. Even the last "cold warrior" makes sense that the Bundeswehr cannot do without half of a cohort. His personal experience has taught him that women often develop "their own perspective" on violent conflicts, their causes, course and ways to pacification.

The association receives grants from the Federal Government's Press and Information Office and is an institutional partner of the German Society for Foreign Policy . From 2008 to 2015 WIIS.de was the official partner for the presentation of the peace report .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WIIS Germany: statutes April, 2013.
  2. ↑ WIIS Global: About WIIS
  3. ↑ WIIS Global: Board
  4. ^ Evelyn Gaida: This is for all of us - Women in International Security . AVIVA report from the conference on October 5, 2010, contribution from October 15, 2010.
  5. ↑ "The job is done as soon as our association can dissolve" In: ADLAS, No. 3/2012, ISSN 1869-1684.
  6. ↑ WIIS Germany: Network
  7. ^ A b Laura SH Holgate, Deepti Choubey, and Paula D. Broadwell: Women Have Made Progress in National Security Leadership Positions . In: US News & World Report, December 12, 2008.
  8. ↑ Constanze Stelzenmüller: “What is the Fräulein looking for?” In: Die ZEIT No. 18/2005 of April 28, 2005.
  9. ↑ a b WIIS Germany: Partner
  10. ↑ WIIS Germany: Responsible
  11. ↑ WIIS Germany: Our members
  12. ↑ WIIS Germany: Election of the new CEO on January 26, 2018
  13. ↑ WIIS Germany: We mourn our chairwoman Dr. Sylke Tempel (May 30, 1963 - October 5, 2017)
  14. ↑ Claudia Schlembach: In memoriam Sylke Tempel , on the website of the Hanns Seidel Foundation from October 17, 2017.
  15. ^ "Bundeswehr is looking for 10,000 women. Defense Minister de Maizière wants to make the service more attractive". In: Welt am Sonntag, November 24, 2013, No. 47, p. 1
  16. ↑ WIIS Germany: Studytour
  17. ^ Federal city of Bonn: Peace report sees no end to the global arms race , press release
  18. ↑ Evangelical Academy in Berlin: Using the peace potential of religions
  19. ^ Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy: Responsibility for Peace - Peace Report 2015 in Berlin and Brussels