8 AUGUST 2024 | OUR PEOPLE
The DST Human Sciences team had their research activities recently published in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AJEM) under the title: NZDF uniformed women’s performance, health and wellbeing: developing a research agenda.
To enhance the participation of women, the NZDF Directorate of Diversity and Inclusion established the Wāhine Toa programme, which covers four areas of attraction, recruitment, retention and advancement to improve gender equality and equity within the NZDF. To supplement the Wāhine Toa programme, the NZDF DST human science team established a dedicated research effort to support the performance, health and wellbeing of NZDF uniformed women.
The DST team is currently moving through the final phases of their research agenda to promote targeted and enduring efforts to enable the development of evidence based practices and policies for NZDF uniformed women. Research efforts are critical to advance sex- and gender specific solutions that enhance women’s performance, health and wellbeing. Outcomes from this programme will support the recruitment and retention of NZDF uniformed women and will ultimately lead to greater diversity that can be harnessed for operational advantage.
More info in the article here and read the full AJEM publication here (see page 103 for DST's contribution).