Gender and Security Sector Reform Examples from the Ground

The Gender and Security Sector Reform Training Resource Package is a companion to the Gender and SSR Toolkit (DCAF, OSCE/ODIHR and UN-INSTRAW, 2008/2010). Copies of the Gender and SSR Toolkit can be downloaded or ordered at www.dcaf.ch/gssrtoolkit 

The Gender and SSR Training Resource Package is a series of practical training materials to help trainers integrate gender in SSR training, and to deliver effective gender training to SSR audiences. The Training Resource Package comprises a “Guide to Integrating Gender in SSR Training”, which provides information on how to take into account gender issues throughout the SSR training cycle, and practical exercises, examples and topics for discussion on:

• Security Sector Reform and Gender
• Police Reform and Gender
• Defence Reform and Gender
• Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender
• Civil Society Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender
• National Security Policy-Making and Gender
• Justice Reform and Gender
• Border Management and Gender
• Penal Reform and Gender
• SSR Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation and Gender

The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) 2011

DCAF is an international foundation under Swiss law, based in Geneva, Switzerland. DCAF is one of the world’s leading institutions in the area of security sector reform (SSR) and security sector governance (SSG). DCAF’s core area of activities are 1) advisory field support, 2) policy-relevant research, 3) promotion of emerging norms and standards, and 4) advocacy and training in the areas of SSR/SSG.