Publications

This handbook offers a survey of trends, examples, questions for consideration and recommendations to guide national human rights institutions in strengthening their capacity and practical work on women’s rights and gender equality.

This guide was produced jointly by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and updated in 2012. It is primarily designed for training mid-level government officials, parliamentarians and representatives of social partners on how to gender-mainstream migration policy by looking at the legal protections in place for migrant workers at the national, regional and international levels; the latest policy developments related to the labour migration of women in countries of origin; admission and post-admission policies; measures to reduce irregular labour migration; and possibilities for international co-operation on labour migration.

To provide an assessment of opportunities for enhancing women’s political participation across the OSCE region, this report sets out the general picture of women’s representation in OSCE participating States and reviews the impact of each of the institutional strategies discussed in the Six-Step Action Plan.

This brief provides guidance to support those working for the integration of gender into early warning systems.

The following is a compilation of key laws and instruments relevant to gender and SSR, referencing the specific articles that relate to particular security sector institutions. These are categorised as either international or regional instruments and listed chronologically.

This Practice Note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender issues into private military and security companies (PMSCs), as well as practical information on doing so.

This practice note provides a short introduction to the benefits of conducting gender training, as well as practical information on doing so.

The purpose of this tool is to be a practical guide for preparing, implementing and evaluating gender training for security sector personnel.

This Practice Note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender issues into SSR assessment and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), as well as practical information on doing so.