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Gender and Security Toolkit – Tool 7: Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender

Part of the Gender and Security Toolkit, the Tool:

- explains the importance of parliamentary oversight of the security sector in achieving gender equality, and likewise how the delivery of security can benefit from parliaments integrating a gender perspective into their oversight;

- provides a range of examples that illustrate how pursuing gender equality enhances a parliament’s oversight function;

- sets out a vision and strategies to deepen efforts to integrate a gender perspective in parliamentary oversight of the security sector;

- offers key recommendations for integrating a gender perspective into the parliamentary oversight of the security sector;

- 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.

Date:: 25 February 2020
Source:: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher:: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Our work:: Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Human rights, Democratization, Gender equality

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