Events
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Why Gender Issues are Important in Security Sector Reform
In rebuilding efforts, integration of gender is key to operational effectiveness, local ownership, and civilian oversight. Security Sector Reform not only creates more employment/involvement opportunities generally, it also increases the participation of women within the security sector. This meeting of USIP's SSR Working Group marked the official American launch of the Gender & Security Sector Reform Toolkit developed by the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF).
Integrating Women into Liberia's New Security Forces
Public event co-sponsored by USIP's Liberia Working Group and The Initiative for Inclusive Security