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Week of Action against Gun Violence 2011 - India - IPPNW

New Resources

Women, Gender and Gun Violence in the Middle East

Written by IANSA Woman Rebecca Gerome, this report presents the main findings of an assessment conducted in Lebanon, Jordan and Occupied Palestinian Territory from January to May 2011

Why Women? Effective engagement for small arms control

This new publication from the IANSA Women's Network aims to show why it is important to include women in small arms control and disarmament initiatives

The Arms Trade Treaty: Useful documents and initiatives relevant to Africa

This information pack was prepared by IANSA for the African Union Expert Meeting to elaborate an ATT common position in Lome, Togo 28-29 September 2011.

IANSA paper on differences between UN arms control instruments

This brand new briefing paper gives an overview of the differences between the UN Programme of Action on small arms (PoA) and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

IANSA Annual Report for 2010 now available

We are pleased to share the IANSA annual report for 2010, an exciting year that saw great changes to the way the network operates.

News from gunpolicy.org

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Nigeria Forces Search Borno Homes for Illicit Firearms after End of Amnesty
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Rate of Firearm Proliferation in Nigeria Calls for a Review of Firearms Act
The House of Representatives yesterday moved to stop the proliferation of firearms in Nigeria by...
Global Gun Runner, 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout Swiftly Convicted
A former Soviet military officer has been found guilty in a New York court of attempting to sell...

Latest - Campaigns and News

Small Arms Survey data on explosions at munitions sites
04 Nov 2011

From August to October 2011, there were 8 explosions at munitions sites in Russia, Denmark, China, Croatia, Serbia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, killing at least 18 and injuring 33 people.

UNODA website tracking the arms trade
04 Nov 2011

The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) has launched a new website tracking the global arms trade based on reports to the UN Register of Conventional Arms.

IANSA input to UK National Action Plan on women, peace and security
04 Nov 2011

The IANSA Women's Network and IANSA member Saferworld, as members of the Gender Action for Peace and Security UK (GAPS), have submitted their input to a new UK National Action Plan (NAP) on women, peace and security for 2011.

Control Arms announces new campaign launch
04 Nov 2011

Control Arms has announced that their ‘Speak Out’ campaign will be launched during the week of 21 November.

Djibouti: Meeting on small arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa
04 Nov 2011

The Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA) Council of Ministers (COM) met in Djibouti on 17 and 18 October to discuss the proliferation of small arms in the Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa.