People's security and justice

Our work

For institutions to work effectively and respond to people’s needs, they must first consider and understand the reality of people’s lives and how women, girls, men and boys experience insecurity and injustice differently. Insecurity is more than just the threat of violence – it can also be about exclusion, marginalisation, negative attitudes and lack of trust. Injustice is more than just a failure to punish crime. Poor or unequal access to food, healthcare, employment, education and political representation are also forms of injustice that have to be addressed to prevent conflict.

Saferworld works with partners to connect communities, governments, security and justice providers, civil society groups and donors to respond better to people’s security and justice needs in legitimate and effective ways. We do this by: working directly with affected communities and security and justice providers, bringing them together to prioritise people’s needs – paying particular attention to the different impacts of insecurity and injustice on women, girls, men and boys; conducting research into security and justice-related issues; and providing technical advice to national and international actors on community security programming, police reform, gender-sensitive and conflict-sensitive policing, and effective monitoring and evaluation of security and justice programmes and approaches.