Can Security Sector Reform Contribute To The Reduction Of Gender Based Violence

Author : Susanne Nill
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783640917419

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Can Security Sector Reform Contribute to the Reduction of Gender-Based Violence? by Susanne Nill Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Development Politics, grade: 1,7, University of Duisburg-Essen, course: Politikwissenschaften - Internationale Beziehungen und Entwicklungspolitik, language: English, abstract: The ambition of this thesis is to investigate the significance of gender issues for reforming the security sector. Further on it will be analyzed which gender-strategies are crucial for police reform and to which extent gender-sensitive police reform (GSPR) can contribute to a reduction of violence against women. The case study shall examine to which extent gender issues were integrated in GSPR in Sierra Leone. Based on these findings, this analysis will develop recommendations how gender can be integrated successfully into security sector reform. The theoretical part of this paper illustrates the concept of security sector reform and its meaning for peace-building and development. In addition, relevant dimensions and actors are introduced combined with the exemplification of influencing factors and potential obstacles. Afterwards the concept of gender is discussed, including its relevance for development cooperation as well as a description of gender-based violence and its consequences. The theoretical part concludes by merging these two concepts and illustrates the relevance and strategies of gender-sensitive police reform. The second part of this analysis focuses on gender and police reform in Sierra Leone. This chapter begins with a brief description of the civil war in Sierra Leone as well as the prevalence of gender-based violence. Afterwards the chapter analyses to which extent gender-sensitive strategies were integrated in police reform. The paper concludes with recommendations for further gender-sensitive strategies in the security sector and argues if effective police reform can reduce the emergence of gender-based violence.

Author : Adedeji Ebo,Heiner Haenggi
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783643803115

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The United Nations and Security Sector Reform by Adedeji Ebo,Heiner Haenggi Pdf

Multilateral organizations - the United Nations (UN) in particular - have played, and continue to play, an important role in shaping the security sector reform (SSR) agenda, both in terms of policy development and the provision of support to a wide range of national SSR processes. This volume presents a variety of perspectives on UN support to SSR, past and present, with attention to policy and operational practice. Drawing from the experience of UN practitioners combined with external experts on SSR, this volume offers an in-depth exploration of the UN approach to SSR from a global perspective.

Author : Megan Bastick,Daniel de Torres,International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women,Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : National security
ISBN : 9292221302

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Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Resolutions in Security Sector Reform by Megan Bastick,Daniel de Torres,International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women,Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces Pdf

Author : Megan Bastick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Peace-building
ISBN : 9292220845

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Integrating gender in post-conflict security sector reform by Megan Bastick Pdf

Author : Sarah Bott,Andrew Morrison,Mary Ellsberg
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sexual harassment of women
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence in Middle and Low-income Countries by Sarah Bott,Andrew Morrison,Mary Ellsberg Pdf

Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated and condoned by laws, institutions, and community norms. Violence against women is not only a profound violation of human rights, but also a costly impediment to a country's national development. While gender-based violence occurs in many forms throughout the life cycle, this review focuses on two of the most common types-physical intimate partner violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator. Unfortunately, the knowledge base about effective initiatives to prevent and respond to gender-based violence is relatively limited. Few approaches have been rigorously evaluated, even in high-income countries. And such evaluations involve numerous methodological challenges. Nonetheless, the authors review what is known about more and less effective-or at least promising-approaches to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. They present definitions, recent statistics, health consequences, costs, and risk factors of gender-based violence. The authors analyze good practice initiatives in the justice, health, and education sectors, as well as multisectoral approaches. For each of these sectors, they examine initiatives that have addressed laws and policies, institutional reforms, community mobilization, and individual behavior change strategies. Finally, the authors identify priorities for future research and action, including funding research on the health and socioeconomic costs of violence against women, encouraging science-based program evaluations, disseminating evaluation results across countries, promoting investment in effective prevention and treatment initiatives, and encouraging public-private partnerships.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264027862

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The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform Supporting Security and Justice by OECD Pdf

The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform: Supporting Security and Justice contains valuable tools to help encourage a dialogue on security and justice issues and to support a security system reform (SSR) process through the assessment, design and implementation phases.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9264107215

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Conflict and Fragility Linking Security System Reform and Armed Violence Reduction Programming Note by OECD Pdf

To help experts and practitioners working to tackle the problem of armed violence, three Programming Notes build on the 2009 publication entitled Armed Violence Reduction: Enabling Development. These three notes cover: Armed violence in urban areas ...

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264107212

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Conflict and Fragility Linking Security System Reform and Armed Violence Reduction Programming Note by OECD Pdf

To help experts and practitioners working to tackle the problem of armed violence, three Programming Notes build on the 2009 publication entitled Armed Violence Reduction: Enabling Development. These three notes cover: Armed violence in urban areas ...

Author : Philipp Fluri,Hans Born
Publisher : DCAF
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Legislative oversight
ISBN : 9788683543106

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Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector by Philipp Fluri,Hans Born Pdf

Author : OECD,United Nations Development Programme,Geneva Declaration Secretariat
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264124547

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Conflict and Fragility Investing in Security A Global Assessment of Armed Violence Reduction Initiatives by OECD,United Nations Development Programme,Geneva Declaration Secretariat Pdf

This book contains a large-scale mapping of Armed Violence Reduction and Prevention activities, focusing on six countries - Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Liberia, South Africa and Timor-Leste - with a view to understanding what works and what does not work.

Author : Claudia García-Moreno,World Health Organization,Christina Pallitto,Karen Devries,Heidi Stöckl,Charlotte Watts,Naeema Abrahams
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789241564625

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Global and Regional Estimates of Violence Against Women by Claudia García-Moreno,World Health Organization,Christina Pallitto,Karen Devries,Heidi Stöckl,Charlotte Watts,Naeema Abrahams Pdf

"World Health Organization, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council"--Title page.

Author : Strategic Studies Institute,Mark Malan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1312288612

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Security Sector Reform in Liberia: Mixed Results from Humble Beginnings by Strategic Studies Institute,Mark Malan Pdf

The reform and the democratic control of the security sector-and the joining together of security and development-have become a major focus of international intervention into post-conflict societies. In theory, security sector reform (SSR) programs derive from a comprehensive national defense and security review. They involve, at the core, the transformation of a country's military and police forces-but they also involve a comprehensive review and restructuring of intelligence services, the penitentiary, the judiciary, and other agencies charged in some way with preserving and promoting the safety and security of the state and its citizenry. However, the process of SSR in Liberia, supported by the United Nations, the United States, and a number of bilateral donors, is far more rudimentary than the conceptual paradigm suggests. It is aimed simply at the training and equipping of the army and the police, with little attention or resources being devoted to the other components of the security system.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264060173

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Conflict and Fragility Armed Violence Reduction Enabling Development by OECD Pdf

Each year, 740 000 people die as a result of armed violence. This publication will help the international community to understand the dynamics of armed violence and outlines what can be done to reduce it.

Author : Albrecht Schnabel,Vanessa Farr
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783643801173

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Back to the Roots by Albrecht Schnabel,Vanessa Farr Pdf

There has now been more than a decade of conceptual work, policy development, and operational activity in the field of security sector reform (SSR). To what extent has its original aim, to support and facilitate development, been met? The various contributions to this book address this question, offering a range of insights on the theoretical and practical relevance of the security-development nexus in SSR. They examine claims of how and whether SSR effectively contributes to achieving both security and development objectives. In particular, the analyses presented in the book provide a salutary lesson that development and security communities need to take each other's concerns into account when planning, implementing, and evaluating their activities. The book offers academics, policy-makers, and practitioners within the development and security communities relevant lessons, suggestions, and practical advice for approaching SSR as an instrument that serves both security and development objectives. (Series: Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces [DCAF])

Author : Roland Friedrich,Arnold Luethold
Publisher : DCAF
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9789292220617

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Entry-points to Palestinian Security Sector Reform by Roland Friedrich,Arnold Luethold Pdf

"Original versions: English and Arabic, Geneva and Ramallah, 2007"--T.p. verso.