Integrating Gender in Post-Conflict Security Sector Reform
Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Security Sector Reform (SSR)
Country: Afghanistan, Kosovo, Liberia, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2008
Citation: Bastick, Megan. Integrating Gender in Post-Conflict Security Sector Reform. Geneva: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control ofArmed Forces, 2008.
Sub-Categories: Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Security Sector Reform (SSR)
Country: Afghanistan, Kosovo, Liberia, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2008
Citation: Bastick, Megan. Integrating Gender in Post-Conflict Security Sector Reform. Geneva: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control ofArmed Forces, 2008.
Abstract
This chapter explores how gender issues are addressed in post-conflict Security Sector Reform (SSR) processes. It draws upon case studies in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Liberia, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste to define the concepts of SSR and gender and their relationship with each other. It further addresses the rationale for and experiences of gender mainstreaming in SSR processes, considering women’s participation in post-conflict security services and gender dimensions of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.