This tool seeks to highlight the importance of parliamentary oversight of the security sector and the benefits parliamentarians derive from integrating a gender perspective into their work.

This tool is intended for use by various actors working on police reform. It is designed as a reference tool, with a mix of background information and practical examples and tips to assist in the design and/or implementation of the reform process.

This tool on penal reform and gender provides guidance on responding to gender issues within penal systems. It aims to assist those responsible for management, policy making or reform of prisons within their own countries; international and regional actors supporting prison reform; as well as parliamentarians, civil society organisations and others that play a role in overseeing and monitoring prisons.

This tool is designed to be a resource for civil society organisations (CSOs) engaged in oversight of the security sector, as well as those CSOs that seek to play a more active role in this regard.

This tool provides an introduction to the benefits and opportunities of integrating gender issues into national-level security policy making. As strategic documents, security policies are critically important in establishing a coordinated response to security threats, and can serve as a platform for security sector reform (SSR) processes.

This tool focuses on the institutional reform of the judiciary, law reform and access to justice, with specific emphasis on gender equality.

This tool aims to introduce political and implementation actors to the need for a gender perspective in the conduct of defence reform activities.

This tool focuses on border management reform and the different ways in which border transactions impact the lives of women, men, boys and girls.

This toolkit is designed to provide policymakers and practitioners with a practical introduction to why gender issues are important in the security sector reform and what can be done to integrate them. It includes the following twelve chapters/tools: 1. Security Sector Reform and Gender; 2. Police Reform and Gender; 3. Defence Reform and Gender; 4. Justice Reform and Gender; 5. Penal Reform and Gender; 6. Border Management and Gender; 7. Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender; 8. National Security Policy-Making and Gender; 9. Civil Society Oversight of the Security Sector and Gender; 10. Private Military and Security Companies and Gender; 11. SSR Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation and Gender; 12. Gender Training for Security Sector Personnel.

This toolkit is designed to provide a basic introduction to security sector reforn and gender issues for the staff of national governments, security sector institutions, and regional and international organisations, responsible for the development of SSR policy and programming. It is part of the Gender and Security Sector Reform Toolkit, that consists of 12 distinctive chapters.

In these series of articles policy makers, practitioners, and academics discuss long-running conflicts around the world and highlight women's experiences and potential to contribute both to war and peace.