Security Sector Reform and the Paradoxical Tension between Local Ownership and Gender Equality

This article analyses the tension or conflict that can exist between the principles of local ownership and gender equality that guide Security Sector Reform (SSR) programmes when gender discrimination and patriarchal values characterise the local environment (and ‘locals’ do not value gender equalit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eleanor Gordon, Anthony Cleland Welch, Emmicki Roos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Security Governance 2015-11-01
Series:Stability : International Journal of Security and Development
Online Access:http://www.stabilityjournal.org/articles/395