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Security Sector Reform


Security Sector Reform is a sub-theme of Reconstruction & Peacebuilding, and provides information relevant to Security Sector Reform in post-conflict situations and the intersection of SSR with the women, peace and security agenda.

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  • May 17, 2013 (CNN)
    SOMALIA: Inside the Rape Crisis Center Thats Helping Somalia's Women In a classroom tucked away from the world in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, students practice spelling. Ranging in age from 6 to 11, these girls all have one thing in common: They have either been raped or suffered through the rape of a loved one.
  • May 8, 2013 (biyka.news)
    EGYPT: Egyptian Women Angry After President's Advisor Says Harassment Egyptian women are livid after an advisor to President Mohamed Morsi said that statistics on sexual harassment and sexual violence in the country are “exaggerated.” Omaima Kamel, on the Board for Women's Affairs, said on Wednesday that the Interior Ministry should “provide realistic numbers” on violence against women in the country.
  • November 13, 2012 (Set Times )
    INTERNATIONAL: Gender Mainstreaming Contributes to Regional Security Women's participation in regional militaries is gaining headway. The defense ministries of Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are focusing on improving women's involvement in the military through a unique project to achieve greater gender equality.
  • November 2, 2012 (Zimbabwe Independant)
    ZIMBABWE: Gender and security sector reform IT is both ironic and tragic that policy debates on the need to reform the security sector in post-conflict societies such as Zimbabwe do not address gender-based injustices, especially the trials and tribulations of women in conflict situations, yet at the turn of the 21st Century, a lady parliamentarian invigorated this critical debate.
  • November 2, 2012 (UR News Now )
    SOMALIA: Somali Women Make History & Join Police Force In the conflict ridden Somali capital Mogadishu, Somali women have been given a rare opportunity to join the Somali Police Force, a step not familiar in the past two decades.

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Gender & Security Sector Reform Toolkit

The Gender and Security Sector Reform Toolkit includes:

  • User Guide
  • 12 Tools (20 pages)
  • 12 Practice Notes (4 pages, based on the Tools)
  • Annex on International and Regional Laws and Instruments related to SSR and Gender

Gender & Security Sector Reform Toolkit

 

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