A gender-responsive defence reform process seeks to: - Respond to the different security needs of women and men, boys and girls: - Create capacity to address gender issues, including gender-based violence, in operations: - Achieve the full integration of women in the armed forces, defence ministries and defence oversight bodies: - End any discrimination or human rights violations by armed forces personnel: - Strengthen relations between the armed forces and civil society: - Comply with 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. The Toolkit is composed of 12 tools and 12 Practice notes on different SSR topics, such as police reform, defence reform, parliamentary oversight and civil society oversight.