Women and Gender Perspective in the Military : Georgetown University Press : 9781626166264 : 1626166269 : 01 Apr 2019 : Women and Gender in the Military compares the integration of women; gender perspectives; and the women, peace, and security agenda into the armed forces of eight countries plus NATO and United Nations peacekeeping operations. This book brings a much needed cross-national analysis of how militaries have or have not improved gender balance, what has worked and what has not, and who have been the agents for change. The country cases examined are Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, the UnitedKingdom, Israel, Australia, and South Africa. Despite increased opportunities for women in the militaries of many countries and wider recognition of the value of including gender perspectives to enhance operational effectiveness, progress has encounteredroadblocks even nearly twenty years after United Nations's Security Council Resolution 1325 kicked off the women, pea