Want to know why Women, Peace and Security matters to strategic leaders? Don’t miss this episode with our new Women, Peace and Security Podcast hosts; Professors Brenda Oppermann and Vanessa Brown where they explore this and other important questions and offer us their informed and honest answers. Note: These episodes are recorded remotely (U.S & Canada).Prof Brenda Oppermann - A “pracademic,” has extensive experience as a practitioner and academic working on conflict, peace, security, and gender equality. As a senior advisor and subject matter expert, she has 30+ years of experience -- including more than seven (7) years in conflict-affected countries -- working with DOD, the U.S. Army, USAID, the United Nations, U.S. Institute of Peace, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and various NGOs. Specializing in women, peace, and security, stability operations, organizational change, leadership, and traditional justice, she has extensive experience working in Africa, Central Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She also has significant experience with interagency processes, civil-military relations, and bi-lateral and international collaboration. Prof Vanessa brown holds a PhD in sociology from Carleton university. Her thesis investigates the integration of gender and cultural perspectives in professional military education and its relationship to organizational culture change. Doctor Brown joined the Canadian Forces College as a lecturer in 2015, teaching institutional Policy Studies for the joint command and staff program. She was recently appointed assistant professor in the Department of Defense studies at Canadian Forces College. Doctor Brown has assumed a variety of department of National Defense research and advisory roles in recent years including as an assistant professor with the Dallaire Center of Excellence for Peace and Security as well as gender adviser to the commander of the Canadian defense Academy. Lastly, she was the chief instructor for our first Gender Integration and Perspectives Elective Course at the IADC in 2022https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/hawks-doves-and-canaries-women-and-conflict Hawks, Doves and Canaries: Women and Conflict by Brenda Oppermannhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/18/fact-sheet-us-government-women-peace-and-securityreport-to-congress/White House Fact Sheet on WPS – Jul 2022https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/operations/military-operations/conduct/cds-directive-unscr-1325.htmlCDS Directive for Integrating UNSCR 1325 and Related Resolutions into CAF Planning and Operations - 2016https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/gender_equality-egalite_des_genres/cnap_wps-pnac_fps.aspx?lang=engCanada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and SecurityProducer/Audio Editor: Frieda Garcia Castellanos

This episode was recorded in Portuguese.General Eduardo Antonio Fernandes is the Chief of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defense of Brazil. He joined the Brazilian Army on February 16, 1976 and was promoted to his current rank on March 31, 2020.Our guest host is Brazilian Army Colonel Luis Sergio Da Costa Souto, Cyber Security professor at the IADC.CIDcast Producer/Audio Editor: Frieda Garcia Castellanos External Relations Lead Officer: Capt Durango Vazquez (Mex)

This episode was recorded in Portuguese.Creation of the position ‘Chief of Education and Culture’ at the Ministry of Defense of Brazil. New perspectives, future plans and collaboration with the Inter-American Defense College and beyond. General LUIS ROBERTO DO CARMO LOURENÇO is Chief of Education and Culture of the Brazilian Ministry of Defense. He joined the Brazilian Air Force in March 1976 and currently has more than 46 years of service. Our guest host is Brazilian Air Force Colonel Elias Elossais, Chief of the Institutional Effectiveness Department at the IADC. CIDcast Producer/Audio Editor: Frieda Garcia Castellanos External Relations Lead Officer: Capt Durango Vazquez (Mex)

This episode was recorded in English.In 2017, Congress passed the Women, Peace and Security Act that called for the United States to be a global leader in promoting meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention, management and resolution.  It is at the Combatant Commands, namely SOUTHCOM, where the WPS Program is crafted to suit the needs of the United States and Partner Nations.Our host for this episode is Major Tahina Montoya, an Air Force Reserves Intelligence Officer and former IADC staff member. Our guest is LtCol Duilia Turner. LtCol Turner is an Air Force Foreign Area Officer and Chief of the Women, Peace and Security Program at SOUTHCOM. She is also a host in the WPS Breaking Barriers podcast.CIDcast Producer/Audio Editor: Frieda Garcia Castellanos External Relations Officer: Capt Durango Vazquez (Mex)

Representative of Mexico to the OAS and distinguished graduate of Class 46, Ambassador Luz Elena Baños, is our guest to launch the inaugural episode of the CIDcast. Ambassador Baños joined the IADC on 9 October 2020 to celebrate the College’s 58th anniversary and discuss multilateralism in the hemisphere, current security challenges, and the value of the IADC. She was interviewed by the IADC Chief of Academic Operations, Mexican Colonel Elia Sanchez, EdD.-------La representante de México ante la OEA y distinguida graduada del clase 46, la Embajadora Luz Elena Baños, es nuestra invitada para lanzar el episodio inaugural del CIDcast. La Embajadora Baños se unió al CID el 9 de octubre de 2020 para celebrar el 58º aniversario del Colegio y hablar sobre el multilateralismo en el hemisferio, los retos actuales de seguridad y el valor del CID. Fue entrevistada por la Jefa de Operaciones Académicas del CID, la Coronel mexicana Elia Sánchez, EdD.