Combat Integration Initiative - CII

WIIS is looking for interns to join our team beginning this January! Our applications deadline is December 14th! Please email [email protected] with any questions. Click here to view our available openings and how to apply: http://ow.ly/2sZF50jS2Fp

"I have no plan B,” she said matter-of-factly. “I don’t plan on failing.”

Virginia Beach woman striving to join Coast Guard's elite rescue swimmers There are currently just two active-duty female rescue swimmers in the Coast Guard. Meredith Sieller wants to be No. 3.

Check out this new press release led by Ben Cardin and Jeanne Shaheen from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on

Cardin, Shaheen Lead SFRC Democrats in Asking Tillerson, Green for Information on Addressing Sexual Harassment, Abuse at State Department, USAID | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

The ACLU Women's Rights Project amended a lawsuit by the Service Women's Action Network condemning the Army and Marine policy of "Leaders First," which prohibits junior enlisted women from being included in combat battalions until two or more "women leaders" have joined such units.

Under Trump, women in military are facing "extreme hostility" The filing claimed James Mattis and John Kelly have demonstrated an "animus toward women soldiers."

Networking Opportunity: For those of you in the Washington, DC area, please join Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and fellow WPS champions at an informal, no-host networking reception from 5-7 (or beyond!) at Blackfinn Ameripub near Farragut Square (1620 I St NW, Washington, DC 20006) on Monday 8 January.

On December 12, 2017, the Brazilian Federal Senate passed a bill allowing women to join the Brazilian Navy!

"According to the approved law, women may now be allowed to participate in the operational activities of the Navy and to be integrated into the Navy and the Marine Corps, which were hitherto restricted to men only."

Brazil: New Law Admits Women to the Navy | Global Legal Monitor This Global Legal Monitor article by Eduardo Soares covering Military personnel, Women's rights was published on December 26, 2017 for Brazil