Events
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Security Sector Reform Missions: Planning and Evaluation
The U.S. government and the U.N. have moved ahead with formalizing their work on Security Sector Reform (SSR). They have also begun to concentrate on the challenges of assessments and planning in SSR operations. At the same time, it is becoming clear that commercial security firms will be asked to play an important role. A panel of experts discussed these topics from their various perspectives in this meeting of the SSR Working Group.
Securing Afghanistan: Challenge for the Next Administration
Public event sponsored by the Future of Afghanistan Project of the United States Institute of Peace
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).
Truth and Reconciliation in Colombia: The Work of the National Reconciliation Commission
Public Event cosponsored by the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Inter-American Dialogue