Episodes

  • Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 12 (Chile)

    Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 12 (Chile)
    Aug 17 2022
    In our latest Women Peace and Security podcast episode, we interview the Squadron Commander of Engineer, Evelyn Smith Orostica, of the Chilean Air Force.
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    39 mins
  • Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 11 (Paraguay)

    Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 11 (Paraguay)
    May 23 2022
    In our latest Women Peace and Security podcast episode, we interview Col. Gladys Ruiz Pecci, Vice Minister of National Defense in Paraguay.
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    26 mins
  • Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 10 (Peru)

    Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 10 (Peru)
    Apr 4 2022
    In our latest Women Peace and Security podcast, we talk with Peruvian Col. Lourdes Barriga Abarca -- one of the Peruvian Army's first-ever females to attain the rank of colonel -- about her 25-year career of breaking barriers and the importance of integrating women in security roles.
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    23 mins
  • Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 9, Part 2 (Colombia)

    Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 9, Part 2 (Colombia)
    Jan 31 2022
    In this episode, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Turner, Chief of the SOUTHCOM Women, Peace and Security Program, talks with two senior enlisted leaders in the Colombia Army, Command Sgt. Maj. Consuelo Diaz and Command Sgt. Maj. Glidiam Olaya. (Part 2)
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    26 mins
  • Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 9, Part 1 (Colombia)

    Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 9, Part 1 (Colombia)
    Jan 31 2022
    In this episode, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Turner, Chief of the SOUTHCOM Women, Peace and Security Program, talks with two senior enlisted leaders in the Colombia Army, Command Sgt. Maj. Consuelo Diaz and Command Sgt. Maj. Glidiam Olaya. (Part 1)
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    21 mins
  • Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 8 (Haiti)

    Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 8 (Haiti)
    Oct 14 2021
    In this episode, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Turner, Chief of the SOUTHCOM Women, Peace and Security Program, talks with Div. Inspector Naissa Pierre of the Haitian National Police. Pierre was the first female Haitian graduate of the U.S Coast Guard Academy and the first international cadet at any U.S. service academy to achieve the highest cadet position, Regimental Commander. She currently serves as Liaison Officer, Cabinet of the Director General of the National Police of Haiti.
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    30 mins
  • Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 7 (Argentina)

    Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 7 (Argentina)
    Sep 14 2021
    In this episode, USAF Lt. Col. Turner, Chief of the SOUTHCOM Women, Peace and Security Program, interviews Major Auditor Natalia Vazquez, the first chief of the Gender Office for Argentina’s armed forces, about breaking barriers during her career and the integration of women in the military. Interview is in Spanish.
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    23 mins
  • Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 6 (Bolivia)

    Breaking Barriers Podcast - Episode 6 (Bolivia)
    Jul 30 2021
    In this episode, Lt Col Turner, Chief of the SOUTHCOM WPS Program, interviews Bolivian General Gina Reque Teran. General Reque Teran, the first female army general in Bolivia and first female general in South America to command combat troops, shares experiences from her 35-year career.
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    21 mins