OSCE/Jens Eschenbaecher Human Rights more directly the potential violence, including rape, which women and girls may face in these situations. Since 2005, ODIHR’s Human Rights, Women and Security programme has been developing activities to support national-level implementation of UNSCR 1325 by establishing national networks, identifying priorities and producing practical resources to assist participating States. In 2008, ODIHR continued to attend and promote activities aimed at increasing awareness of UNSCR 1325 and supporting follow-up efforts. In line with the programme’s objective of integrating a gender perspective into the work of relevant security sector actors, in March ODIHR published the Toolkit on Gender and Security Sector Reform, in partnership with DCAF and the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW). The Toolkit addresses a broad pool of security- 44 Annual Report 2008 sector institutions, including the armed forces, police and national parliaments, as well as providing insight into gender issues in the context of national security policy-making, justice reform and border management. It considers gender training for security-sector personnel and security-sector reform assessment, monitoring and evaluation with regard to gender. A diverse audience, including national civil society and regional intergovernmental organizations, and representatives of participating States and OSCE field missions attended the launch of the Toolkit in October in Warsaw, co-convened with the Permanent Delegation of Sweden to the OSCE. VII. Ad-hoc response to conflict Georgia In September, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office asked ODIHR and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) to Members of ODIHR’s human rights assessment team visit a village that was destroyed during the conflict in Georgia, October 2008.

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