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Gender and Security Sector Reform Toolkit

Institution: UN INSTRAW, DCAF, ODIHR

Type of Material: Training Manual/Guide

Year of Publication: 2008

Focal Area: Peace and Security

Description:

This toolkit aims to integratr a gender perspective into the work of security sector actors and institutions. It provides policy-makers and practitioners with a practical introduction to why gender issues are important in security sector reform and what can be done to integrate these in the sector. It includes the following twelve chapters/tools: 

  1. Security Sector Reform and Gender; 
  2. Police Reform and Gender; 
  3. Defence Reform and Gender; 
  4. Justice Reform and Gender; 
  5. Penal Reform and Gender; 
  6. Border Management and Gender; 
  7. Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender; 
  8. National Security Policy-Making and Gender; 
  9. Civil Society Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender; 
  10. Private Military and Security Companies and Gender; 
  11. SSR Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation and Gender; and
  12. Gender Training for Security Sector Personnel.

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