Published today, our new #BriefingPaper on #womenpeacesecurity and #smallarmscontrol discusses how gender-responsive small arms control can help end firearms-related and gender-based violence. Read more here: https://t.co/x5srTgVRt7
The #UN 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a good reminder for #ATT member states to fill in the questionnaire included in the #CSP9 working paper on a good practice guide for preventing GBV. Find it here: https://t.co/2jLCLAd8VH
Breaking: A Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management has been adopted without a vote!
If small arms & light weapons are the fire we fight today, ammunition is the oxygen that fuels it. It is what turns guns from inoperative items into lethal weapons
Our new #smallarmsblog post, the 2nd post in a 3-part series, calls for improved connectivity between different state databases on gender-based violence #GBV in #Argentina, and measures to prevent possible offenders from accessing firearms #ArmsTreaty
https://t.co/7MAYCgA4Um
NEW! #smallarmsblog post on armed #domesticviolence in Central America and the Caribbean.
This post examines how national laws in the region seek to prevent the risk of arms-related domestic violence.
Check it out: https://t.co/uiPckAB1Aq
#InternationalWomensDay
Why aren't there more women in ammunition management? Here's a recap of what the pros had to say, with opening remarks from 🇨🇷 Amb @MaritzaChanV and closing remarks from 🇦🇹 DPR Hans Almoslechner @AustriaUN. https://t.co/vgex5U4Vy3
Thanks to 🇮🇳Preeti, 🇨🇴Lina, 🇱🇨Shena and 🇨🇦Sherry for providing real-world insights on what supporting women's meaningful participation in ammo mngt actually means. As 🇨🇷 @MaritzaChanV said, we'll hear, we'll learn and now we'll act. Great that 🇦🇹 will support women's ATO network.
The role of civil society, especially women's organisations who have expertise on #GBV, is essential to ensure that GBV is addressed in small arms control policies. They can provide relevant evidence on how firearms are used to commit GBV, including domestic violence. #16Days
This year, the #UNSC is discussing the important role of #WPS actors in creating peace in areas affected by armed groups. We agree that "more tenacious teamwork" is needed.
https://t.co/p91WtWGJxC
It was a pleasure participating in today's #CSP8 side event on #gender, conventional weapons and the #ArmsTreaty.
We look forward to more discussions on the gendered impacts of conventional weapons and ensuring gender-related matters are considered when implementing the ATT.
We’ve updated our global violent deaths (#GVD) database to allow for the analysis of disaggregated data for female victims of firearm killings. This can help facilitate evidence-based policymaking.
Check out the GVD database for more: https://t.co/3REh0Dc5t1
#16Days
#Firearms are not only used to wound or kill, but also to threaten, coerce, and perpetrate other forms of assault and abuse in situations of gender-based violence (#GBV), including domestic violence.
Find out more: https://t.co/ZM6aVQgJNn
#16Days
In 2018 we estimate that 93,700 women and girls lost their lives to #violence. 17,200 of them were killed by #firearm.
Find out more here: https://t.co/0Kg2KxYml4
Check out also our global violent deaths (#GVD) database: https://t.co/X08G8Bz5H6
#16Days
‘Gender-neutral’ or ‘gender-blind’ small arms programming, which ignores or fails to take gender into account, may passively reproduce or actively exacerbate underlying harmful gender dynamics that underpin armed violence.
More in our Handbook: https://t.co/EjQSAzsJnb
#16Days
Considering the gendered dimensions of the life-cycle management of ammunition (#LCMA) throughout all its phases is key to mitigating the gendered impacts (incl. #GBV) of the misuse and diversion of ammunition.
More in our #smallarmspodcast: https://t.co/CjPzfpJom5
#16Days
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
A majority of people who die violently are men and boys but when it comes to homicides related to intimate-partner violence, women and girls are the primary victims.
https://t.co/SaH5XJX3AR
#16Days
Really excited that our past and ongoing research (@GSSLab @dcafgender) on women and peacekeeping is featured in the @TheEconomist
https://t.co/9LKcP4XYR3