Military Women. The Achilles Heal in Defense Politics?

ISBN: 978-82-7935-370-6

Why is the Norwegian Armed Forces (NorAF) unable to reach its goal regarding female participation, and how will it succed in doing so?
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Forfatter: (red.) Frank Brundtland Steder

One measure proposed in White Paper No. 36 was to undertake research amongst enrolled cohorts from the current Joint Selection Process for General Conscription and onwards. Based on this work, carried out at Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), this anthology aims to give some answers to why NorAF are unable to increase its female content. Military women – The Achilles Heel in Defence Politics? follows different age cohorts over time through the NorAF career path, from recruitment to retention, particular with a view on today’s challenges. At the end of the anthology some corresponding and strategic measures are suggested in order to increase the share of military women.

Principal Scientist Frank Brundtland Steder at FFI is the editor of the anthology which also holds significant contributions from the Norwegian Defence University College, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences/Defence Institute (NIH/F), the Military Academy (KS), Steria, Eastern Norway Research Institute (ØF) and the Norwegian Armed Forces HR and Conscription Center (FPVS).

White Paper No. 36 “Increased recruitment of military women” (2006–2007) set a goal for the military to comprise 20 percent women by the year 2020. However, the proportion of women is still lower than the average in NATO – and remains at a stable 8–9 percent. Why is the Norwegian Armed Forces (NorAF) unable to reach its goal regarding female participation, and how will it succed in doing so?




Principal Scientist Frank Brundtland Steder at FFI is the editor of the anthology which also holds significant contributions from the Norwegian Defence University College, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences/Defence Institute (NIH/F), the Military Academy (KS), Steria, Eastern Norway Research Institute (ØF) and the Norwegian Armed Forces HR and Conscription Center (FPVS).
The book is an english translation of the book Militære kvinner, published in 2013 also at Abstrakt forlag. 


 

Contents
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Foreword
Political Symbolism or Genuine Diversity? 

Chapter 1
Military Women – The Achilles Heel in Defence Politics? 
Frank Brundtland Steder, Annett V. Stornæs and Kari Stubberud

Chapter 2
Norwegian Defence Tradition – an Obstacle to Increased Participation by Women 
Nina Rones

Chapter 3
I Want to Enlist – Who Am I? 
Maria Fleischer Fauske

Chapter 4
Are we on the right track in our selection of women and men for Officer Candidate School? 
Annett V. Stornæs and Kari Fasting

Chapter 5
Aspirants’ Judgment of their Squad-buddies’ Leadership Potential 
Nina Rones and Kari Fasting

Chapter 6
The Ideal Soldier as a Symbol of Military Culture 
Tonje Lauritzen and Kari Batt-Rawden

Chapter 7
Onwards and Upwards? 
Kari Røren Strand

Chapter 8
The Ideal Officer – a Hindrance to Increased diversity in the Army? 
Svein-Tore Kristiansen and Heidi Sødergren

Chapter 9
The Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Armed Forces
Svein-Tore Kristiansen and Frank Brundtland Steder

Chapter 10
The Way Forward Towards Increased diversity and a Greater Proportion of Women in the Norwegian Armed Forces 
Frank Brundtland Steder

List of Contributors 

 


Published april 2015