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Do women matter to international security? Trump just changed the U.S. government’s answer to that question.

The following article by Hilary Matfess was posted on the Washington Post website January 4, 2018:

Congolese women and their children, who fled from rebel group attacks, work in a field farmed with the help of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations in Tshikapa in the Kasai Region, Congo, in July. (AFP/Getty Images)

Does the status of women elsewhere in the world matter to U.S. national security? On Dec. 19, President Trump released his answer in the latest National Security Strategy (NSS), one of his first opportunities to outline what an “America First” foreign policy will look like.

While there are several notable changes from those released by previous administrations, one of the most striking is the sharp turn away from recent policies — backed by a significant amount of research — that treat the well-being of women around the globe as critical to peace and prosperity.

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