Human Rights The aim of the research and workshop was to raise visibility of the issue of compensation and the need to simplify procedures, and it also provided a networking opportunity for organizations and state actors in countries of origin and destination. ODIHR took the lead in organizing a Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on “Combating the Sexual Exploitation of Children” in October. A parallel side event was held during the SHDM to draw attention to the growing body of research on the exploitation of men and boys in the sex industry, with the participation of ECPAT International, Save the Children Italy, the Russian NGO Stellit, and Birmingham University in the United Kingdom, which drew much interest from delegates and the media. VII. Human rights, women and security implementation of the Resolution. Three workshops were held in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan (there were also participants from Uzbekistan). The aim of the workshops was to explain the relationship between UNSCR 1325 and national-security concerns and to develop strategies for its implementation at the national level. The workshops succeeded in: (1) identifying priority issues in the fields of gender and security; (2) formulating recommendations and drafting work plans; and (3) forming a working group on implementation of the recommendations. In partnership with the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, ODIHR also organized an expert discussion at the United Nations in New York. Representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan presented results from their respective workshops on national implementation. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 50 on Women, Peace and Security Security-sector reform, women’s rights, and UN Security Council Resolution 1325 was the first-ever resolution passed by the Security Council that focuses specifically on women and security. The OSCE took up the tasks outlined in the resolution in its own Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality of 2004, which calls on OSCE structures to promote implementation of the resolution on the role of women in, inter alia, the prevention of conflicts and postconflict reconstruction. All OSCE participating States have been called upon to implement the resolution; as member states of the United Nations, they have agreed to accept and implement the decisions of the Security Council. A number of countries, such as Sweden and the United Kingdom, have developed national action plans on implementation of UNSCR 1325. Building on a regional roundtable held in September 2006 in Almaty on implementation of Resolution 1325, ODIHR organized a series of training workshops, in co-operation with the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, for both government officials and civil society representatives on national gender Annual Report 2007 Security-sector reform (SSR) constitutes a crucial part of efforts to promote security, peace, and human rights. In order to ensure that gender issues are analysed, addressed, and mainstreamed into SSR initiatives, ODIHR partnered with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces and the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women in a project called “Gender and Security Sector Reform: Creating Knowledge and Building Capacities”. The project promotes the integration of a gender perspective into SSR initiatives by conducting new research on gender aspects of SSR, including practical guidance for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners on how to integrate gender perspectives into different areas of SSR. The project commissioned 12 gender and SSR “tools”, each relating to a particular topic, such as “Defence Reform and Gender” and “National Security Policy Development and Gender”. The tools provide answers to the questions of why a gender perspective is of relevance