Gender and Security Toolkit – Tool 4: Justice and Gender

Part of the Gender and Security Toolkit, this Tool:

- describes why gender is important to the work of the justice sector and introduces key concepts;

- provides a vision of what a justice sector that integrates a gender perspective into its work and advances gender equality will look like;

- discusses what measures need to be taken to achieve a justice sector that integrates a gender perspective and promotes gender equality;

- presents case studies that illustrate where efforts to integrate a gender perspective and promote gender equality in and through the justice system have achieved sustained results or represent important progress;

- suggests elements of a self-assessment checklist for justice institutions;

- lists other useful resources.

The Toolkit was published with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR). Its content does not necessarily reflect the policy and position of the OSCE/ODIHR.