Publications

The target audience for this tool includes personnel responsible for SSR in security sector institutions, national government and parliament, international/regional organisations and donors, and civil society organisations. It is also designed for the staff of these organisations that are responsible for gender mainstreaming in the security sector.

This tool addresses the gender aspects and challenges of a relatively new phenomenon: the privatisation of security on a global scale. Also available in French and Russian.

This Practice Note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender issues into civil society oversight of the security sector, as well as practical information on doing so.

This tool provides an introduction to the importance and benefits of integrating gender issues into civil society oversight of the security sector, including practical examples and recommendations. Civil society can contribute to the process of security sector oversight in a number of different ways, including through both formal and informal mechanisms.

This practice note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender into national security policy-making, as well as practical information on doing so.

As part of the Gender and Security Sector Reform Toolkit, this tool provides an introduction to the benefits and opportunities of integrating gender issues into national-level security policy making.

This Practice Note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender issues into parliamentary oversight of the security sector, as well as practical information on doing so.

This tool seeks to highlight the importance of parliamentary oversight of the security sector and the benefits parliamentarians derive from integrating a gender perspective into their work.

This Practice Note provides a short introduction to the benefits of integrating gender issues into border management, as well as practical information on doing so.

This tool focuses on border management reform and the different ways in which border transactions impact the lives of women, men, boys and girls.