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Gender Sensitive Police Reform in Post Conflict Societies

Authored by: United Nations Development Program, United Nations Development Fund for Women

Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Security Sector Reform (SSR), Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Kosovo, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2007
Citation: Gender Sensitive Police Reform in Post Conflict Societies. New York: United Nations Development Program and United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2007.

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Executive Summary

This brief provides a summary of findings from a United Nations-commissioned study focused on best practices for gender-sensitive police reform. It highlights how gender-sensitive police practices help establish more accountable, effective, and rights-respecting police services, which in help provide safer and more inclusive environments for women in crisis and post-conflict situations.