| DCAF Documents | Language | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Elsie Initiative for Women in Peace Operations Baseline Study | English – Français – Español | July 2018 |
| Baseline Study Findings (one-pager flier) | English – Français – Español | October 2018 |
| DCAF MOWIP Barrier Assessment Methodology | English – Français – Español | October 2020 |
| DCAF MOWIP Toolbox | English | October 2020 |
| DCAF MOWIP Resource Package | English – Français | June 2022 |
| Components of Barrier Assessment Agreement | English | April 2020 |
| The ten issue areas | English | November 2020 |
| DCAF, Cornell and SACCORD 2020 Implementing MOWIP with Zambia Police Service | English | April 2020 |
| Gender Assessment Methodologies for Security and Justice Institutions | English | May 2021 |
| DCAF and Cornell Documents | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Global MOWIP report This report consolidates findings from four MOWIP assessments to highlight the relevance of gender equality in shaping future-fit peace operations. It offers policy insights for the international community grounded in evidence, human security, and sustainable peace. | English – Français – Español – عربي | June 2022 |
| “Moving Beyond Zero Tolerance: Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment in UN Peace Operations” by Sabrina Karim, Sky Kunkel, DeAnne Roark, Angie Torres-Beltran, Cameron Mailhot, Sumin Lee, Radwa Saad, Priscilla Torres, Emily Jackson – POLICY BRIEF NO. 01 JUNE 2024, Gender and Security Sector Lab | Full Brief Executive Summary Video Presentation | June 2024 |
| “The Transition Home: Key Challenges for African UN Peacekeepers Upon Return” by Sabrina Karim, Maggie Dwyer, T. Debey Sayndee, Clair MacDougall, Sky Kunkel, Addison Barton, and Mike Kriner – POLICY BRIEF NO. 02 OCTOBER 2024, Gender and Security Sector Lab | Full Brief Executive Summary Video Presentation | October 2024 |
| “The Future of Peacekeeping Needs Everyone. A Path Forward for Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peace Operations” Sabrina Karim, Sarah Rowse, Inka Lilja, Zinab Attai, Kathleen Fallon – POLICY BRIEF NO. 03 APRIL 2025, Gender and Security Sector Lab A collaborative paper by the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) and the Gender and the Security Sector Lab (Cornell University), examining key barriers to women’s participation in UN peace operations and offering recommendations for T/PCCs and the UN. | Full Brief Executive Summary | April 2025 |
| DCAF resources | Language | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gender Self-Assessment guide for the Police, Armed Forces and Justice Sector A Gender Self-Assessment is a tool for assessing the gender responsiveness of security sector institutions; it is implemented as an internally-led and internally-owned process. DCAF’s publicly available self-assessment guide leads the user through an eight-stage process to conduct an assessment of a security sector institution, create an action plan to move the organisation forward, and monitor and evaluate implementation. | English – Français – Español – Shqip – عربي – ქართული – Русский – українська | 1 January 2011 |
| A Comparative Analysis: gender self-assessment (GSA) methodologies applied in Colombia, Honduras, and Ukraine This paper describes the background, methodology, and key principles for conducting a GSA, through a comparative approach in Colombia, Honduras, and Ukraine. This paper also describes lessons learned from GSAs conducted in these three contexts, in particular those having influenced both the process and eventual outcomes and includes recommendations of pathways to improve gender-responsiveness. | English – Français – Español – українська | 31 October 2022 |
| Learning Brief: Implementing a MOWIP Assessment – Practitioners’ Insights This brief aims to share insights and lessons learned from conducting Measuring Opportunities for Women in Peace Operations (MOWIP) assessments. It offers advice to practitioners on conducting MOWIP assessments, describing key moments in the process and providing insider tips for successful implementation. Collaboratively written with MOWIP experts experienced in assessing security institutions, the brief expresses gratitude for their invaluable expertise and aims to assist others embarking on the MOWIP journey. | English – Français – Español | 7 December 2023 |
| Teaching Gender in the Military Handbook The Teaching Gender in the Military Handbook provides gender experts, military instructors and educators with resources and guidance on what to teach and how to teach about gender in the military. The Handbook was created in response to a call to integrate gender in military education and training articulated in the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security; the NATO frameworks to implement these resolutions; and national policies and initiatives in the NATO-PfP area. | English – عربي– Русский – українська – македонски – Српски | English: 2025 عربي– Русский – українська – македонски – Српски: 31 May 2016 |
| Harvesting the fruits of gender work | DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance This DCAF learning brief introduces “Outcome Harvesting” as a participatory method to track changes that advance women’s participation in the security sector. It offers practical guidance for applying the approach in gender-responsive programmes. | English | 3 April 2025 |
| Policy Briefs – Opportunities for Women in Peace Operations Series | Language | Date |
|---|---|---|
| “The Duty of Caring” by Kim Piaget and Camille Risler | English | June 2022 |
| “Caring for Carers in International Organizations” by Dr. Briony Jones and Dr. Eleanor Gordon | English | June 2022 |
| “Old Expectations, New Realities: What We Look for in a Peacekeeper and Why It Matters” by Sara Fox, Roya Izadi, Cameron Mailhot, Priscilla Torres, and Callum Watson | English | June 2022 |
| “Organizational Culture Reboot” by Heather Huhtanen | English | June 2022 |
| “Action and accountability mowip methodology tool equality” by Cristina Finch and Marta Ghittoni | English | June 2022 |
| “Saving the World, One Gender Training at a Time” by Ingrid Munch and Aiko Holvikivi – (Annex: EN) | English | June 2022 |
| “Peace Operations Still Exclude Women, But A4P+ Can Change That” by Gretchen Baldwin and Jake Sherman | English | June 2022 |
| DCAF, UN Women and OSCE/ODIHR Joint Publication | Language | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gender and Security Toolkit – a set of 9 tools and a series of short Policy Briefs, including: | English | December 2019 |
| Tool 1. Security Sector Governance, Security Sector Reform and Gender | English – Français – Українська | December 2019 |
| Tool 2. Policing and Gender | English – Українська | December 2019 |
| Tool 3. Defence and Gender | English | December 2019 |
| Tool 15. Integrating Gender in Project Design and Monitoring for the Security and Justice Sector | English | December 2019 |