Women’s participation in security sector reform (SSR) is often stated on paper, but overlooked in practice. With the goal of addressing this gap, the Institute for Inclusive Security and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) has released a vital Toolkit: A Women’s Guide to Security Sector Reform. The guide concretely outlines ways for women in 
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New! A Women’s Guide to Security Sector Reform
By: Vanessa Humphries | Thursday, February 28th, 2013New DCAF Reports on Gender and SSR
By: Michael Lawrence | Wednesday, December 21st, 2011The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces has just released two volumes on gender and the security sector. The first, entitled The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa, provides complete profiles of the fourteen countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) along two lines of inquiry: do security
New DCAF publication: Gender and Security Sector Reform “Examples from the Ground”
By: Geoff Burt | Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011DCAF has released a new publication entitled Gender and Security Sector Reform Examples from the Ground. These examples “are concrete illustrations of ways in which a gender perspective has been integrated in different security sector institutions around the world. They range from measures to counter human trafficking in Kosovo, to women’s organisations’ involvement with security institutions
Conference Report: At the Margins of SSR: Gender and Informal Justice
By: Geoff Burt | Wednesday, March 30th, 2011In September 2010, CIGI and the North-South Institute hosted a conference entitled, “At the Margins of SSR: Gender and Informal Justice,” which aimed to increase awareness of gender and informal justice, two areas of security sector reform (SSR) that have often been overlooked. The morning session examined southern women’s experiences with police reform, and the
ISA Convention: “The Monopoly of Force: The Nexus between Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR)”
By: Geoff Burt | Wednesday, March 16th, 2011One of the ISA Convention’s opening panels brought together a group of experts from a variety of backgrounds to discuss the linkages between DDR and SSR and challenge the conventional thinking that they are two distinct, sequential processes. Many of the panelists also contributed to a forthcoming book by the same name which, judging by
Gender and SSR Workshop: Going beyond “Politically Correct”
By: Jessica Teeple | Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Gender mainstreaming is “key to operational effectiveness, local ownership, and strengthened oversight and legitimacy of security providers,” not just an exercise in political correctness. This was one of the conclusions of a workshop held from February 17-19, 2010 by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and h the Partnership for
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