genderresponsive oversight can ensure inclusive needsbased security policies strengthen the operational effectiveness of security system institutions through monitoring and evaluation and enforce equitable budgeting this can include providing training on gender and security issues to parliamentarians and their staff especially those on defence and security committees supporting gender impact assessments of proposed and existing security legislation and policies and supporting mechanisms for public debate and consultation such as a national consultation on security that includes urban and rural womens and human rights organisations supporting electoral and party reform can ensure greater participation of women and other underrepresented groups in the political process constitutional electoral andor party quotas can help to achieve this