Guide / Training Material

The DAC Working Party on Gender Equality has drawn together a set of practical guidelines for advancing the goals identified by the OECD Development Assistance Committee and by the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) with respect to gender equality and the empowerment of women.

These guidelines draw on the lessons of experience and incorporate illustrations of improved efficiency, effectiveness and coherence in development co-operation.

This brochure describes some recent and ongoing OECD projects aimed at helping countries to improve their gender policies.http://www.oecd.org/gender/womenandmeninoecdcountries-brochure.htm

This guide is provides recommendations on the development of realistic action plans on women, peace and security. The guide is designed as a resource for governments, United Nations and regional organisations as well as non-governmental organisations.

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.

This tool explores two dimensions of gender-responsive assessments, monitoring and evaluation (M&E).

This tool addresses the gender aspects and challenges of a relatively new phenomenon: the privatisation of security on a global scale.