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DCAF, OSCE/ODIHR and the OSCE Gender Section announce the publication of three
guidance notes on GENDER & THE SECURITY SECTOR
v Integrating
Gender into Internal Police Oversight
(http://www.dcaf.ch/Publications/Integrating-Gender-into-Internal-Police-Oversight)
v Integrating
a Gender Perspective into Internal Oversight within Armed Forces (http://www.dcaf.ch/Publications/Integrating-a-Gender-Perspective-into-Internal-Oversight-within-Armed-Forces)
v Integrating
Gender into Oversight of the Security Sector by Ombuds Institutions &
National Human Rights Institutions (http://www.dcaf.ch/Publications/Integrating-Gender-into-Oversight-of-the-Security-Sector-by-Ombuds-Institutions-National-Human-Rights-Institutions)
How can police and armed forces monitor whether they provide equal
opportunities for men and women? How can they measure whether they address the
different security needs of men and women? How can they demonstrate their
progress on integrating gender issues? How can they be held accountable?
Designed as
a complement to the DCAF, OSCE/ODIHR , UN-INSTRAW Gender and Security Sector Reform
Toolkit,
and DCAF’s Gender Self Assessment Guide, the guidance notes focus on
integrating gender into systems and processes within police services and armed
forces, and on equipping external oversight bodies, such as ombuds institutions
& national human rights institutions, to appropriately prioritise gender.
The
guidance notes contain checklists, examples and a self assessment table. They
are a practical resource for those working at the strategic or management level
in police services and armed forces; gender units, gender advisers and gender
focal points; equal opportunities officers and others responsible for human
resources; ombuds institutions & national human rights institutions; and
those supporting the development of good governance and/or gender mainstreaming
within the security sector.
We invite
you to USE the notes, and SHARE them widely. Please contact DCAF if you would
like hard copies.
Gender and Security Programme
Operations III Division
Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Email: gender@dcaf.ch