Briefing from ROAPE Volume 33 Number 108
European Commission Considers Gender and Security

The Unit for Protection and Security of the Citizen, attached to the Joint Research Centre, which is attached to the European Commission - a mouthful to designate a group that develops new satellite imaging technology for civilian monitoring and surveillance - convened a workshop on gender and security on 8 March, International Women's Day. With Lake Maggiore sparkling in the foreground and the snow-capped Alps looming as a dramatic backdrop, a group of 50 scientists, mostly women, grappled with new definitions of security that could appreciate the concerns of women as well as men.