The 2025 edition of "Teaching Gender in the Military Operations: A Handbook" is a joint product of DCAF, the PfPC, and the Swiss Confederation. It is an updated and expanded version of the widely used 2016 edition developed by the Security Sector Reform Working Group in collaboration with the Education Development Working Group of the Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes.

The 2025 edition builds upon this foundation, preserving core insights while integrating contemporary developments, current practices, and expanded perspectives to ensure continued relevance in today’s rapidly evolving security environment.

Structured around two main sections - “What to Teach” and “How to Teach” - the Handbook’s ten chapters provide both conceptual foundations and practical tools to support effective gender training in military settings.

Designed as a practical resource for military educators, commanders, trainers, and defence professionals responsible for integrating gender perspectives in armed forces, the 2025 Handbook is also valuable and relevant for civilian educators, gender experts, and policymakers engaged in defence sector reform.

Recognizing that gender is central to military effectiveness and professionalism, the Handbook highlights that integrating gender perspectives is not only the right thing to do, but also essential to doing things right.

Available in English, this 2025 edition continues DCAF’s commitment to advancing an inclusive, accountable, and effective security sector.
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