Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender

This tool seeks to hi ghl i ght the i mportance of parliamentary oversight of the security sector and the benefits parliamentarians derive from integrating a gender perspective into their work. The mains audience at the national level include parliamentarians, parliamentary staffers and political parties. Members and staff of regional parliamentary bodies, such as the Pan African Parliament, the
Central American Parliament, the European Parliament and the OSCE and NATO Parliamentary Assemblies are also a target audience; as are institutions and groups of parliamentarians, such as the Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa, which undertake parliamentary assistance activities. Government security sector reform and governance project officers, civil society organisations, researchers and academics working on the intersection of security, parliaments and gender will also find this tool useful.