Resources tagged 'Gender and Small Arms and Light Weapons Controls'

IANSA encourages its global network of civil society organisations (CSOs) to foster inclusive participation to address the root causes of small arms-related violence. This Civil Society Training Manual seeks to provide CSOs with conceptual clarity regarding gender-sensitive and transformative strategies, as well as practical tools for integrating gender mainstreaming perspectives. The Civil Society Training Manual […]

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence builds on ongoing efforts to confront the dangerous intersection of gender-based violence (GBV) and gun violence. This year’s theme is “From Words to Action: 25 Years of Women, Peace and Security”.  It calls for urgent and sustained action to end the deadly combination of firearms and GBV—whether […]

IANSA is pleased to announce the release of our new publication: the Toolkit on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. This resource has been developed to strengthen understanding of the vital connections between arms control and gender-responsive peace and security efforts. The toolkit explores how the WPS […]

On Friday 14 March 2025, the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) hosted an online training webinar titled: “Looking Back to Move Forward: Taking Stock of Asia-Pacific Civil Society Efforts to Address the Illicit Trade and Circulation of Small Arms and Light Weapons.” The webinar brought together IANSA network members, civil society organizations, international […]

The webinar regional workshop titled “Complementarities and Synergies of International and Regional Treaties in Latin America,” held on December 12, 2024, was organized by IANSA in collaboration with the University for Peace of Costa Rica. The event was designed for representatives of IANSA member organizations and other professionals working on small arms control. It featured […]

IANSA has prepared a factsheet contrasting the gender inclusion in the Third and Fourth Review Conferences on the UN Progamme of Action on Small Arms (RevCon3 and RevCon4). This factsheet focuses on the significant advancements and inclusive language on gender, women, girls, LGBTQIA+, survivors in the RevCon4 outcome documents in contrast to Third Review Conference on […]

IANSA hosted a hybrid workshop on small arms control implementation challenges, national and regional target setting, gender mainstreaming and youth involvement in small arms control in the African region. It also discussed synergies and complementarities between the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (UNPOA), the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the […]

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the experience of the IANSA Secretariat and its network members in the delivery of the three-year project entitled “Civil society engagement in support of gender mainstreamed policies, programmes, and actions in the fight against small arms trafficking and misuse, in line with the Women, […]

This factsheet was produced with the support of the Small Arms Survey and draws from the working paper presented by Spain, Mexico and the Small Arms Survey to the Ninth Conference of States parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP9), 21 – 25 August 2023, entitled “Mitigating the risk of armed violence against people on […]

This paper draws on personal insight and experience from a range of women members of IANSA working to prevent and end gun violence in The Philippines, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, South Africa, and Argentina. Through quotes and stories derived from Zoom interviews by Jenny Morgan during 2021, this paper aims to capture and collate […]