Gender Integration in the Military

Workforce Diversity

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Removing Barriers to Diversity and Inclusion in the Military
Efforts to improve representation and remove barriers for personnel with protected characteristics are seen as essential steps for modern militaries, but have not gone without controversy. The UK Armed Forces could take a more-strategic approach to leveraging diversity to elevate it as a strategic enabler of military fighting power in the contemporary threat environment.
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Aug 29, 2022
Linda Slapakova

Sexual Assault

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Preventing Sexual Violence in the Military
The military has worked hard in recent years to raise awareness about the problem of sexual violence. But it needs to take a big step forward to make investments and change the culture in ways that will deter sexual assault and sexual harassment by holding perpetrators and leaders accountable.
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Nov 2, 2021
Sexual Assault

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Military Must Better Understand Sexual Assaults to Combat Them
Sexual minorities in the U.S. military represent about 12 percent of the active-duty population. But they account for an estimated 43 percent of those who are sexually assaulted. This raises critical questions for the Pentagon as it tries to reduce the 20,000 sexual assaults in the ranks each year.
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Jun 22, 2021
Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral, Terry L. Schell
Health Care Costs

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Most Popular RAND Research of 2019
The search for lasting solutions to difficult policy problems starts with facts. Here are the 10 research projects that rand.org readers engaged with the most in 2019.
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Dec 24, 2019
Hong Kong

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Hong Kong, Education Reform, Baghdad: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on lessons for state education reform, retaining women in the U.S. Coast Guard, recounting the Battle for Baghdad, and more.
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Jun 14, 2019
United States Coast Guard

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Why Women Belong in Coast Guard Crews
The Coast Guard benefits from the heightened respect that colleagues show each other in mixed-gender units, allowing personnel to focus and excel at their tasks at hand. When the Coast Guard zeroes in on evidence-based and appropriate accommodations for women and their physical capacities, as well as with parenting and family life, it will benefit everyone in uniform.
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Apr 18, 2019
Robert C. Parker
Gender Integration in the Military

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The U.S. Air Force Is Working Harder to Retain Female Officers, and Here's How
Women are underrepresented among the U.S. Air Force's senior leadership. This could be robbing the service of the potential to improve innovation, agility, and performance. The Air Force is working to address diversity in the service, and it continues to work to improve representation of women within its ranks.
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Aug 6, 2018
Miriam Matthews
Gender Integration in the Military

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On RAND's Research Findings Regarding Transgender Military Personnel Policy
In September 2015, the Department of Defense asked RAND to initiate a study on the implications of allowing transgender personnel to serve openly. Since its publication, the research has been widely viewed as the most comprehensive and authoritative analysis on this topic. RAND stands by the study's research approach, analysis, and findings.
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Mar 27, 2018
Agnes Gereben Schaefer
United States

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RAND's Summer Reading List for Congress
Hill staffers can make the most of the Congressional recess with this list of must-read research and commentary on the policy issues they will be addressing this fall.
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Aug 4, 2017
Gender Equity in the Workplace

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Transgender Troops: Fit to Serve
The Pentagon's decision to open the ranks to transgender service members was informed by months of RAND research into the costs and numbers involved.
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Aug 18, 2016

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Gender Integration in the Military

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