The permanent evolution of the relationship between states and the complexity of intra-state conflicts, challenges to innovate in security and defense policies from the position of international organizations, political will of member countries, in addition to the incorporation of other actors for cooperation and institutionalization of solutions to instability. Under this condition, the role of women is paramount, since from the classic concepts of specific functions and perfect society to their victimization in the latest humanitarian tragedies, their role should be more strongly inscribed in the construction of society through certain elements: their protagonism, product of effective public policies of national, regional and global scope, translated into robust and comprehensive institutions.