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Women, Peace and Security; What can participation mean for Syrian women? - Civil-Military Occasional Papers 3/2021

Women, Peace and Security; What can participation mean for Syrian women? - Civil-Military Occasional Papers 3/2021

Between November 2018 and November 2019, the primary author conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 100 Syrian women in Jordan and Lebanon – host countries for large numbers of Syrian refugees (along with many Palestinian and Iraqi refugees) – and in Australia. The women were between the ages of 18 and 63; most were in their 30s and 40s. The primary author also interviewed people working with Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.
Deepening skillsets and sharing experience at UN Civ-Mil course

Deepening skillsets and sharing experience at UN Civ-Mil course

The training places participants from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, French New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu and USA in the position of actors responding to a complex scenario involving diverse affected communities. Course participants are building their awareness of best practice civil-military coordination principles and sharing their knowledge and practical insights from previous disaster responses.
Australian Government Guiding Principles for Civil-Military-Police Interaction in International Disaster and Conflict Management

Australian Government Guiding Principles for Civil-Military-Police Interaction in International Disaster and Conflict Management

This document affirms the principles that guide the Australian Government and its stakeholders in international multiagency response efforts. It captures the best of the learning that has come from the Australian experience of contemporary operations overseas.
From Principle to Practice: Protecting civilians in violent contexts

From Principle to Practice: Protecting civilians in violent contexts

Lead Author/s
Following on from the ACMC Australian Guidelines for the Protection of Civilians (2015) this handbook aims to provide the ‘what’, the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of protecting civilians in violent contexts and is intended for people working at the operational level including government, NGOs, UN and other organisations.