Why Women? Effective Engagement for Small Arms Control (2011)

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 instances have also shown that perhaps we have taken women’s participation for granted and assumed that it was clear why women’s participation is important. The brief and paper below outline the many reasons that women should be involved in small arms control and disarmament initiatives.