Gender-responsive civil society oversight of the security sector seeks to:

• reflect the different security needs, views and priorities of women and men, boys and girls
• include women and men and women's organisations in oversight processes
• monitor how security sector institutions address gender-based violence
• hold security sector institutions accountable for discrimination and human rights violations
• advocate for equal participation of men and women in security sector institutions
• promote the implementation of 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