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Gender in Security Sector Reform

In a constantly changing security environment, sustaining peace worldwide, protecting human security and human rights cannot be achieved without women’s and men’s equal participation. Since 2009, SEESAC has been supporting governments in South East Europe to integrate a gender perspective in security sector policies and practice, in line with the Women, Peace and Security and Sustainable Development Goals Agenda. SEESAC facilitates regional cooperation among relevant security institutions to strengthen gender equality mechanisms, combat gender-based discrimination, implement evidence-based policies, and strengthen gender-responsive leadership. Since 2012, in the Western Balkans, transformational gender equality processes in the defence systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia were supported by facilitating knowledge exchange through unique regional cooperation platforms focusing on the root causes of gender inequality in the military and improving the implementation of the WPS Agenda.

Latest Gender in Security Sector Reform news

The Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of Montenegro Released a Gender Equality Training Standardization Handbook for Military Personnel

21 July 2023

The Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of Montenegro Released a Gender Equality Training Standardization Handbook for Military Personnel

A comprehensive Gender Equality Training Standardization Handbook was officially published by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Montenegro on 21 July 2023. The Handbook was initiated and developed by the Ministry as a knowledge tool for gender trainers in the MoD and Armed Forces (AF) of Montenegro and all military personnel seeking answers on gender equality within the armed forces. The ...
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SEESAC Briefs on Progress on SALW Control and Gender Equality in Security Sector at South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial Deputy Chief of Defence Meeting

26 June 2023

SEESAC Briefs on Progress on SALW Control and Gender Equality in Security Sector at South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial Deputy Chief of Defence Meeting

SEESAC took part in the South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial Deputy Chief of Defence (DCHOD) Meeting organised under the Sofia Chairmanship where it provided an update on progress made in advancing SALW control and promoting gender equality in the security sector since the last DCHOD meeting in June 2022. The meeting took place in Rome on 21 June 2023 and gathered representatives of ...
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Gender-Responsive Leadership is Essential for Gender Equality in Security Institutions

20 June 2023

Gender-Responsive Leadership is Essential for Gender Equality in Security Institutions

SEESAC organised a key leaders' seminar, a half-day panel discussion on gender-responsive leadership, participated by Commanding Officers, in Belgrade, on 20 June 2023. The discussion enabled knowledge exchange and sharing of best practices from the Ministries of Defence and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The four high-level commanding ...
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Key Leaders in the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of Montenegro Complete Gender Coaching Programme

8 June 2023

Key Leaders in the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of Montenegro Complete Gender Coaching Programme

Two high-level military officials of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Armed Forces (AFs) of Montenegro successfully completed the Gender Coach Programme (GCP) in June 2023. The Deputy Chief of General Staff of AFs of Montenegro completed six months of advanced GCP, while the Director of the Human Resources Directorate in MoD finalised eight months of GCP with the aim to enhance their skills ...
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Latest Publications

05.12.2022

Integrating the gender perspective into military education and training in the defence system of the Western Balkan countries

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06.06.2022

Contributing to resilience through the integration of gender perspective in the defence sector reform in four countries of the Western Balkans

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11.05.2022

Policy brief: Small Arms Control - The Case for Gender Mainstreaming

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26.04.2022

A Practical Tool for Gender Mainstreaming in SALW Control

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28.03.2022

Guidelines for the Gender Analysis of Legislation and Policies Relevant for Small Arms Control

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24.03.2022

Gender Analysis Report - Kosovo

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