Description
Anti-corruption measures are a core aspect of integrity systems in security sector governance. Defence and security institutions are also increasingly expected to integrate gender as part of wider normative developments that largely draw from the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. Yet anti-corruption measures and integration of gender and social inclusion concerns are often considered separately. In particular integrity systems tend to neglect attention to sexual exploitation and abuse and wider concerns with gender-based violence perpetrated by military personnel. This paper first considers how gender, race and coloniality characterise this arbitrary separation. It then makes the case for viewing gender equality and gender goals as an integral part of integrity systems in security sector governance and theorises the implications of this connection.
