Resources / Campaigns

In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) and Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible (IEPADES), IANSA invites you to “Celebrate with your heart, not a gun!” and promote an end to celebratory gunfire. What is celebratory gunfire? […]

IANSA’s theme for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign this year is “Be the Change: Disarm Gender-Based Violence Now!” It aims to engage people around the world and disarm all forms of gender-based violence (GBV). Small arms and light weapons (SALW) are used to perpetrate or facilitate GBV. GBV involves the use […]

The International Action Network on Small Arms, in collaboration with the Human Centred Design Program at Algonquin College (Canada) and Gun Free South Africa, has developed the Aim for Change campaign, a youth-focused workshop to express their views on issues such as how gun violence affects them, masculine identities, peer pressure and role models. Gun […]

This year’s call to “Make your voice heard – Unite against gun violence” aims to acknowledge and continue the decades of collective action that Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence was built on. Leading up to The Seventh Biennial Meeting of States (BMS7) on the UN Programme of Action (UNPoA), we are encouraging members […]

The IANSA Women’s Network disarm domestic violence campaign is the first international campaign that addresses one of the most serious aspects of small arms proliferation the deaths and injuries caused by guns in the home. This ongoing campaign aims to end all gender-based violence and protect women while keeping guns away from abusers. Intimate partner […]

The Gun Free Valentine’s Day campaign raises awareness of intimate partner violence, the increased risks to women of a gun in the home, and how laws can be used to save lives. In some countries, gun ownership is viewed as a sign of strength and masculinity. Sometimes, a man purchases a gun with the purported […]

Celebrate with your heart, not your gun! In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC), IANSA promotes a campaign to end celebratory gunfire from December 20, 2020 to January 3, 2021. Celebratory gunfire, or the firing of […]

The 2020 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign called for a ceasefire and ran from November 25th – December 10, 2020. “Ceasefire” builds on the appeal for a ceasefire in conflicts around the world made by the United Nation’s Secretary-General. It also provides an opportunity to focus on various areas where gender-based […]

The Silencing the Guns in Africa agenda is a flagship initiative of the African Union’s (AU) Agenda 2063 that aspires to end all wars, conflict and gender-based violence, and to prevent genocide. In December 2020 in Johannesburg, the AU extended the Initiative until 2030. Building on the Silencing the Guns initiative, the AU declared the month of […]

The Wear Orange campaign is a grassroots movement that began after the shooting death of 15-year old Hadiya Pendleton in 2013 in the American city of Chicago. A bright and talented teenager, Hadiya had sung at the second inauguration of President Barack Obama just two weeks earlier. Her family members and friends initiated the Wear […]