This project profile page contains information about The Republic of Togo Police project including project results, impact, and effective practices. This page will be updated annually in line with EIF project reporting requirements.
| T/PCC | Updates | |||||||||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
| Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | |
| Togo | 122 | 8.42% | 124 | 9.46% | 111 | 10.19% | 116 | 12.06% | 35 | 37.63% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experts on Mission | 2 | 20.00% | 3 | 42.86% | 3 | 37.50% | 3 | 33.33% | 2 | 25.00% |
| Formed Police Units | 41 | 9.36% | 38 | 12.93% | 30 | 10.79% | 24 | 9.38% | 0 | / |
| Individual Police | 28 | 47.46% | 28 | 38.36% | 23 | 37.10% | 32 | 44.44% | 32 | 44.44% |
| Staff Officer | 3 | 13.04% | 2 | 8.33% | 4 | 14.29% | 5 | 20.83% | 1 | 12.50% |
| Troops | 48 | 5.22% | 53 | 5.81% | 51 | 7.15% | 52 | 8.65% | 0 | / |
Togo is an active Police-Contributing Country (PCC) to United Nations peace operations, regularly deploying both individual police officers and formed police units. Personnel from the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection have served in missions such as the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) contributing to international peace and security efforts. These deployments reflect Togo’s broader commitment to multilateralism and the country’s engagement with global peacekeeping frameworks.
Togo has made gradual progress in integrating women into its national police and gendarmerie. The first female police commissioners and officers were recruited in 2005, followed by the inclusion of women in the Gendarmerie in 2007. Togolese women have since deployed as individual police officers in UN peacekeeping missions. However, structural challenges persist around recruitment, career progression, and operational integration. These efforts are supported by Togo’s National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security, first adopted in 2011 and renewed for the period 2018–2022, which aim to strengthen women’s participation in peace and security processes and promote gender-sensitive reforms in the security sector.
EIF OUTCOME 1
EXPANDED COUNTRY-KNOWLEDGE OF BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT
surveys
448 surveys administered by the MOWIP enumerator team (221 women and 227 men)
interviews
39 interviews conducted with senior leadership, decision-makers, and program officers (16 women and 23 men)
EIF OUTCOME 1
EXPANDED COUNTRY-KNOWLEDGE OF BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT
surveys
448 surveys administered by the MOWIP enumerator team (221 women and 227 men)
interviews
39 interviews conducted with senior leadership, decision-makers, and program officers (16 women and 23 men)
EIF Outcome 1
US$150,666
US$150,666
Togo Ministry of Security and Civil Protection
Togo Ministry of Security and Civil Protection
Centre Autonome d’Études et de Renforcement des Capacités pour le Développement au Togo (CADERDT)
12 months
15 December 2021
7 December 2022
30 April 2025
29 months
This project will use the MOWIP barrier assessment methodology to identify obstacles to women’s participation in the Togo Police and their deployment to UN peace operations. The findings will expand knowledge of these barriers, guide the development of strategies to overcome them, and provide critical data for creating policies that promote gender equality within the security services.
