Resources tagged 'Women’s network'

This document was updated in May 2021, the updated version can be found here.

The Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (WoA) is an opportunity to advocate collectively for an end to the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons. The WoA against Gun Violence is a campaign launched by IANSA in 2003. In 2001, all Member States of the United Nations agreed to an important […]

The annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to end violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. The year 2018 marks the 27th year of a campaign that […]

This brief offers recommendations concerning the gaps in women’s participation in SALW processes. It offers insight on the following: 1. Need to improve governments’ understanding of the links between small arms control and issues of gender. Those links need to be reflected in legislation and other governmental processes 2. Women are underrepresented in small arms […]

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 […]

A gendered approach is a central component for sustainable progress in the implementation of the UN Programme of Action (PoA). A gendered approach factors in the needs and capacities of men and women in the formulation of appropriate responses to small arms control. An inclusive approach will help provide fuller ownership of efforts to eradicate […]

A gender­ sensitive approach is not exclusively about women, but about analysing gender more broadly. This  approach factors the special needs and capacities of men and women, and boys and girls, in the formulation of  appropriate responses to issues of gender and SALW.  For example, global research has shown young men  suffer disproportionately from the […]

This publication features 16 testimonies acquired by IANSA of women survivors of gun violence. The testimonies are from a number of different countries and the violence occurs in various contexts and situations. The one common denominator in all of these stories is the misuse of guns. Although men represent the majority of victims of death […]

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 […]

Violence against women is rooted in discrimination. It occurs across borders, religions and class. This is because it has been condoned through cultural practices. This paper, by Amnesty International, IANSA, and Oxfam, argues that violence against women in the family and violence through state repression or conflict are similar. The latter is an extreme manifestation […]