Despite being disproportionately impacted by violence and conflict, women have been – and continue to be – underrepresented in nearly every area of the United Nations small arms process. This paper examines the direct and indirect impacts of gun violence on women and explains why it is crucial that women be equally included in all […]
For some, answers to the question “why women?” in the area of small arms control may seem obvious or straightforward. However, events such as negotiations on General Assembly Resolution 65/69, show that perhaps the multitude of answers to this question can be easily overlooked if women and women’s advocates don’t make them abundantly clear. Such […]
Two significant initiatives on ‘security’ were taken by the United Nations (UN) around the time of the Millennium, one following quickly on the other. The first was UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 concerned with women in relation to peace and security. The other was The UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate […]