Women, Peace, and Security in Chile

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Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Seminar participants pose for a photo. The U.S. Southern Command- (SOUTHCOM) organized event, in cooperation with the Chilean Joint Peacekeeping Operations Center (CECOPAC), was carried out in Santiago, Chile, April 27-29, 2022. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

Members of military and police forces, and civilians from Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and host country, Chile, attended the seminar. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

Paraguayan Vice Minister of Defense Dr. Gladys Pecci also took part in the seminar. (Photo: WPS)

Chilean Air Force Major Evelyn Smith, Joint Chiefs of Staff gender delegate and head of Outreach and Research Department at CECOPAC, makes a presentation on U.N. Resolution 1325. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, SOUTHCOM commander (third from left), poses with the Argentine delegation. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

Chilean Defense Minister Maya Fernández Allende (fifth from left) and U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, SOUTHCOM commander (sixth from left), pose with gender advisors. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, SOUTHCOM commander (center), poses with CECOPAC representatives. (Photo: Chilean Ministry of Defense)

WPS Seminar participants pose for a photo at the end of the event. (Photo: Geraldine Cook/Diálogo)

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