A gender-responsive defence reform process seeks to:

• respond to the different security needs of women and men, boys and girls
• create capacity to address gender issues, including gender-based violence, in operations
• achieve the full integration of women in the armed forces, defence ministries and defence oversight bodies
• end any discrimination or human rights violations by armed forces personnel
• strengthen relations between the armed forces and civil society
• comply with international and regional laws, instruments and norms concerning security and gender, such as the Beijing Platform for Action and UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820