Executive Secretary of the Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion, Hawa Sally Samai, has concluded a course on “Women’s Leadership in National Defense” at Monterey, California, supported by the Office of Security Cooperation – United States of America mission.
The Security Governance Training Team including Samantha Turner, PMP, Nicholas Tomb and Cary O’Connell at, the Institute of Security Governance for Security Governance completed their first fiscal year iteration of Women’s Leadership in National Defense (WLND) Course.
The Course, which ran for two weeks, was delivered at the Monterey headquarters, and featured expert instruction from eight different facilitators. Students, hailed from 11 different countries and included both uniformed and civilian personnel working in national defense were treated to an adjusted curriculum that utilized human centered design principles to enhance students’ experience. The course also focused on andragogic best practices and play to enhance learning.
Accomplished course objectives included: Understanding global Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) objectives and principles; Identify main challenges and opportunities associated with including women in positions of authority, power, and strategic decision-making; Recognising the importance of male mentors and advocates in support of WPS principles and Creating professional networks with defense and security professionals from around the world.
“Institute for Security Governance (ISD) is proud to contribute to best practice sharing and knowledge transfer with their partners and allies. We graduated feeling enlightening for change management with an informed perceptive on gender approach and sensitivities for our work and communities”.
ISD would follow-up on graduates’ successes and will be working with them through their challenges. Relevance growth and evolve on Trainee will be captured and shared as updates on; Women, Peace, and Security; Women’s Leadership in National Defense; and Women’s integration in the Armed Forces.
