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 | 2025 | |||||||
| Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | |
| Togo | 122 | 8.42% | 124 | 9.46% | 111 | 10.19% | 116 | 12.06% | 35 | 37.63% | 23 | 35.38% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experts on Mission | 2 | 20.00% | 3 | 42.86% | 3 | 37.50% | 3 | 33.33% | 2 | 25.00% | 2 | 28.57% |
| Formed Police Units | 41 | 9.36% | 38 | 12.93% | 30 | 10.79% | 24 | 9.38% | 0 | / | 0 | / |
| Individual Police | 28 | 47.46% | 28 | 38.36% | 23 | 37.10% | 32 | 44.44% | 32 | 44.44% | 21 | 40.38% |
| Staff Officer | 3 | 13.04% | 2 | 8.33% | 4 | 14.29% | 5 | 20.83% | 1 | 12.50% | 1 | 14.29% |
| Troops | 48 | 5.22% | 53 | 5.81% | 51 | 7.15% | 52 | 8.65% | 0 | / | 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.
This project involved the conduct of a comprehensive barrier assessment on the Togo National Police using the DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance Measuring Opportunities for Women in Peace Operations (MOWIP) barrier assessment methodology. The research was conducted by the Centre Autonome d’Études et de Renforcement des Capacités pour le Développement au Togo (CADERDT) in collaboration with DCAF, using Partnership model C.
The assessment aimed to:
1. Identify the main barriers to women’s meaningful participation within the ten issue areas outlined in the MOWIP methodology;
2. Identify existing good practices within the Togo Police that can be leveraged, scaled up, or shared more broadly;
3. Formulate a set of evidence-based recommendations for future activities to increase the participation of Togolese women in United Nations Peace Operations;
4. Provide a baseline to measure progress in overcoming barriers to women’s participation.
EIF OUTCOME 1
EXPANDED COUNTRY-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT
MOWIP
1 MOWIP BA report validated
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
31 May 2026
14 December 2023: no-cost extension: 5 months through 30 April 2024
5 February 2025: no-cost extension: 12 months through 30 April 2025
8 December 2025: no-cost extension: 12 months through 30 April 2026
Extension: 1 month through 31 May 2026
41 months
MOWIP Barrier Assessment Report and recommendations
The barrier assessment generated a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of the challenges and opportunities influencing the participation of uniformed women in the Togo National Police to United Nations peace operations.
Since completion, the Togo Police developed an action plan to address key barriers identified in the MOWIP report.
Awareness and dissemination of the assessment findings were conducted in Lomé and the six administrative regions, which helped raise awareness among 249 agents of the National Police and National Gendarmerie, including one hundred and forty-nine (149) women and one hundred (100) men, as well as civil society, local stakeholders, and the wider public.
Togo National Police MOWIP Barrier Assessment report, 2025
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