Dr Megan Bastick has worked since 2005 with DCAF, the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, an intergovernmental foundation mandated to support good governance and reform of the security sector. Megan’s work focuses on the integration of gender perspectives in the security sector, in particular in armed forces. She has written or edited a range of publications for security practitioners and policymakers, including the DCAF/OSCE ODIHR/UN Women Gender and Security Toolkit, DCAF’s Gender Self-Assessment Guide for the Police, Armed Forces and Justice Sector, Integrating a Gender Perspective into Internal Oversight within Armed Forces and the handbook on Gender and Complaints Mechanisms for armed forces. Megan has trained and worked with the UN, OSCE, NATO and government officials, armed forces and local women's organisations in a range of countries and contexts. Over 2017-2019, she co-directed a NATO SPS project with the Ministry of Defence of Georgia to design and implement gender-responsive climate assessment.

Megan holds a Masters degree from the University of Cambridge and a doctorate in Law from the University of Edinburgh. Her doctoral work examined how international law concerning sexual violence in armed conflict is implemented by NATO and the British Armed Forces.