Percepción sobre igualdad de género en los oficiales de planta de una escuela de formación del Ejército Nacional.

Abstract

This research sought to establish the perception that military men and women have about gender equality in the Pedro Pascasio Martínez School of Professional Soldiers (ESPRO hereinafter) within their institution. The existence of conditions for gender equality can make it possible to transform social organizations, legislation, institutions and public policies, contributing to a culture that leaves behind discrimination against women and people with non-hegemonic genders. Methodologically, a qualitative, cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out. A survey was applied to the National Army unit known as (ESPRO); the participating population was 8 women and 49 men staff officers of the same institution that was answered voluntarily. The analysis of the survey made it possible to establish that there is a perception of preference in the ESPRO environment, which is evidenced by the responses of the participants, emphasizing the role of platoon commanders, which is not applied, security missions are generated and of extreme care and the female staff is not taken into account, some details that reinforce the thesis that management and strategic level positions should be appointed to female officers, framed in the gender equality policies that must be aligned in the Institution, which must be carried out by institutional management actions that allow them to self-manage their positions for the benefit and development of the army.