DCAF Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance 26d ago

Lessons from Champions #2: When security institutions address the barriers female officers face, the institutions become better working environments for everyone. That's what 8 years of evidence proves and what Commissioner July Zabaleta knows firsthand. In Uruguay, when a female officer was transferred because her workplace had no bathroom, her team asked a simple question that changed the conversation: would a male officer be expected to work there without one? The answer forced the institution to look at itself differently. That's what gender-responsive institutions look like. That's The Elsie Effect _________________________________________ Need data? We have 8 years of it. Go to https://www.dcaf.ch/mowip Subscribe to DCAF's monthly newsletter to receive our latest resources https://www.dcaf.ch/subscribe