DCAF supports the integration of gender equality as an integral component of SSG/R through direct support to national partners. This includes supporting:

• improvements to the judicial response to domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine in order to provide access to security and justice for all citizens;
• gender mainstreaming and gender equality within the Malian National Police as a means to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency and stability of police services; and
• the development and implementation of a climate survey within the Georgian Armed Forces in order to identify institutional and cultural barriers to gender equality.