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Details for Engaging in Security: the Need for Women's Empowerment in the Dominican Security Sector
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| Name: | Engaging in Security: the Need for Women's Empowerment in the Dominican Security Sector |
| Description: | This case study of the Dominican Republic examines the police, military, judicial and penal systems, and civil society through a gender lens in order to assess the status of equal participation and gender equality in the security sector. The study analyses the Dominican security sector’s progress in incorporating gender considerations into its work, in two areas: women’s possibilities to participate in the work of each institution on the one hand and as beneficiaries of the services in the security sector on the other. Based upon an analysis of the information collected in the Dominican Republic, the case study concludes that the Dominican security sector has made progress in the creation of certain programmes and reforms; however, institutional barriers still block women’s equal participation. All of the security institutions investigated in this study show tendencies towards the internal reproduction of traditional gender roles by hiring women into support positions and continuing to include them from traditionally ‘male’ positions. Further, gender issues continue to be marginalized and violence against women is not viewed as a key threat to public or national security. To address this, specific and cross-sectoral reforms and programmes are needed, such as the creation of joint working groups to ensure collaboration between institutions; defining clear areas of responsibility for each sector; and the establishment of a clear framework for accountability. Most importantly the development of a systematic sensitization programme for police, military and the justice sector that deals with violence against women in a coordinated manner is needed in order to create a security sector responsive to the needs and capacities of men, women, boys and girls.
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| Creator: | eronhaar |
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07/30/2010 07:13 |
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