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Gender, Preventing Violent Extremism and Countering Terrorism: Policy Brief

Part of the Gender and Security Toolkit, the Policy Brief:

- explains how integrating a gender perspective enhances understanding of violent extremism and terrorism;

- identifies why states need to integrate a gender perspective to ensure that their initiatives to prevent violent extremism and couter terrorism are effective, do not violate human rights and do not have unintended adverse consequences;

- outlines a range of strategies to integrate a gender perspective in approaches to preventing violent extremism and countering terrorism, with particular emphasis on the security and justice sector.

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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Gender and Security Toolkit

The new Gender and Security Toolkit provides practice-based policy and programmatic guidance for governments, international and regional organizations and security and justice institutions to integrate a gender perspective and advance gender equality in security and justice policy, programming and reform.

3 December 2019

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