Our Members

NGO in Papua New Guinea.

Nonviolence International (NVI) was founded by Palestinian activist Mubarak Awad in 1989. NVI is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in Washington, DC, USA. NVI is also a non-governmental organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Vision – Nonviolence International seeks a world of justice, peace, and environmental sanity where […]

Norwegian Church Aid works with people and organisations around the world in their struggle to eradicate poverty and injustice. We help those whose needs are greatest, regardless of ethnicity, creed, political or religious affiliation. Together for a just world.

The Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers was formed in December 1997, and is a coalition of PRIO, the Norwegian Red Cross, Norwegian Church Aid. Its ultimate aim is to contribute to preventing and reducing armed violence. Small arms comprise weapons such as rifles, pistols and shotguns; and light weapons include mortars, machine guns and […]

The Observatory on Gender and Armed Violence (OGAV) was established in October 2008, with the support of the Ford Foundation Brazil. OGAV intends to develop studies, analyses and policy recommendations on femininities, masculinities (in)security in armed violence contexts. Its main objectives are to consolidate this field of analysis in Portugal and to establish a platform of articulation […]

Established in 1990, we provide rigorous, objective, evidence-based research on the manufacture, trade, and use of, military, security and police (MSP) equipment.  Such technologies range from small arms and light weapons to large weapon systems; from policing technologies and prison equipment to equipment used for torture, amongst others. We aim to: Monitor the international MSP trade […]

The Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political organzation in Special Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). The ODVV was stablished in 1988 in Tehran and has been active in the field of human rights and humanitarian activities.The ODVV is also associated to […]

The Organization for Peace and Development (OPD) is working to create awareness of, demonstrate and spread innovative approaches to promoting peace and development in Pakistan. OPD achieves this by providing information and resources to marginalised and indigenous groups across the country. OPD’s vision is to promote a culture of peace, harmony, social justice and development.

The Pacific Foundation For the Advancement Of Women (PACFAW) was formally established in Tonga December, 2000 by the National Councils Of Women in the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, the Solomons, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, and Tuvalu. PACFAW has played an important role in advocacy and coordination of activities for the advancement […]

The Pacific Small Arms Action Group (PSAAG) was formed in July 2009 to coordinate civil society action to reduce the deadly impact of small arms and light weapons in our region. While the Pacific has so far escaped the ‘AK-47 plague’ that so devastates other parts of the world, small arms have already fuelled armed […]