What challenges do women face in accessing justice and security in places like Afghanistan, Haiti and the occupied Palestinian territories?  How are they different from the challenges faced by men?  What can national governments and the international community do to make sure women and men have equal access to these important services? 

With partners in these three countries, NSI is addressing these questions and sharing the results with policy makers and non-governmental organizations domestically and internationally.

In 2005, CIDA commissioned NSI to review emerging donor thinking on fragile states, to review policy frameworks and programming tools used in related areas such as peacebuilding, and to draw on those analyses to help it strengthen the gender dimensions of its own fragile states strategy. Using the papers NSI produced, a workshop was held in May 2006. NSI (Salahub) produced a Report which specifically identified the need for further research in this area.

Environmental Scans - Access and Action Series:

Assessing Gendered Access to Justice in Afghanistan
    (December 2009)

Équité de genre, justice et sécurité en Haïti
    (December 2009)

Related report:

Canada’s Whole-of-Government Approach to Fragile States: The challenge of
    gender equlity - A dialogue report

Consult Phase I of this project.

Phase I project reports:
 

Fragile States, Gender Equality and Aid Effectiveness: A Review of Donor
    Perspectives (August 2005)

Bringing Gender Back into Canada’s Engagement Options for CIDA in a Whole-of-
    Government Approachin Fragile States (August 2005)