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The Republic of Ireland Defence Forces (DF) has taken substantive measures to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (SCR 1325 ) on gender equality . SCR 1325 was the first of its kind to call on all states to implement the Women, Peace, and Security agenda . This chapter describes how the DF introduced gender equality into recruitment and retention , in-service life, training and professional military education , and created representative associations through three national action plans. The changes to suit SCR 1325 are structural and formal changes that make the DF more inclusive, without undermining the core of the DF’s military professionalism. It also harmonizes the DF with its partners in the United Nations, the European Union , and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
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Segell, G. (2020). Irish Defence Forces Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. In: Hachey, K., Libel, T., Dean, W. (eds) Rethinking Military Professionalism for the Changing Armed Forces. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45570-5_6
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