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Working with the Security Sector to End Violence against Women and Girls
Principal authors (Social Development Direct)
Alice Kerr-Wilson, Lyndsay McLean Hilker, Shreya Mitra, Federica Busiello, Sarah
Maguire and Mary Jennings
Special thanks to: Sunita Caminha (UN Women)
Technical review and feedback provided by:
American Bar Association International Legal Resource Center (independent experts)
Anicee Van Engeland, University of Exeter (United Kingdom)
Elizabeth Barad (USA)
Geraldine Bjallerstedt, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
(Kenya)
Heather Hutanen (Netherlands)
Eileen Meyer, USAID (Iraq)
Maria Fernanda Perez Solla, American University, Washington College of Law (USA)
Dianne Post (USA)
Sanam Anderlini, independent expert, (USA)
Ollie Barbour, Irish Defense Forces (Ireland)
Babar Bashir, Rozan (Pakistan)
Sarah Douglas, UN Women
Tania Farha, independent expert (Australia)
Kathy Ford, Department for International Development (United Kingdom)
International Association of Women Police Officers
Hellen Aleyk (Uganda)
Amena Begum (Bangladesh)
Julia Jaeger (United Kingdom)
Karen Salisbury (New Zealand)
Nadine Jubb, independent expert (Nicaragua)
Saferworld (United Kingdom)
Social Development Direct: Seema Khan, Suzanne Thomson
Kristin Valasek, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (Switzerland)

Ecoma Walaga, African Security Sector Network (Ghana)
I.
Introduction and Key Points
What is this module about and who is it for?
How is the security sector covered in this module?
Why work with the security sector?
What is known to date about working with the police and military (i.e. the evidence-base)? What are the main challenges?
What are key entry points and strategies?

II.

Guiding Principles
Interventions should be context-specific to enhance outcomes and “do no harm”
Security efforts should be focused on taking a survivor-centred approach Programmes should engage the

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