Our research strongly supports the need for effective firearm control in South Africa as firearms are a very important weapon used to intimidate and injure women and facilitate rape.
Daily gun news, small arms policy and firearm violence prevention news.
- Maine Lawmakers Consider Removing Guns in Cases of Domestic Abuse
- Husband & Wife Security Guards Had Gun History Before US Cop Killing
- Anti-abortion Activist, Ex-boss Killed by 'Passionate' Michigan Gun Owner
- Infatuated Gun Owner Stalks, Shoots, Kills US Teacher At Her School
- 11 Die in Mass Shooting as 'al-Qaida' Militants Sack Philippine Village
- Women's Groups Pressure Opposition MPs to Save Canada's Gun Registry
- Eerie Echoes in Tale of Alabama Professor's Family, School Shootings
- 'No Question' Alabama Professor Killed Brother by Accident, Says Lawyer
This year's CSW (1-12 March 2010) reviewed the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action and the outcome of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. IANSA women linked small arms control with the Beijing Platform of Action and the Beijing Declaration through the following cross-cutting themes: violence against Women; women and armed conflict; women in power and decision-making; and the human rights of women.
On 3 March 2010, Ms Bibiane Aningina Tshefu of Women as Partners for Peace in Africa in the DRC spoke at 'Agreeing Global Action on Widowhood Issues via Beijing +15, CEDAW, the MDGs and UNSCR 1325' organised by Widows for Peace through Democracy.
On 9 March 2010, the IANSA Women's Network held a joint event with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, and the Mission of Norway to the UN. 'In Harm's Way: Girls in Settings of Endemic Armed Violence' brought together IANSA members from Colombia, DRC, Guyana, and the USA.
Chaired by Ms Clare Hutchinson of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations/PBPS, the event highlighted the impact of armed violence on women and girls which is particularly brutal in many conflict zones, as well as countries where it has reached a chronic level, such as many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Speakers included:
- Ms Mona Juul: Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of Norway
- Ms Rebecca Gerome: The Advocacy Project, Colombia/France
- Niles, Samantha & Phoebe: Little Red Schoolhouse & Elisabeth Irwin High School, USA
- Ms Glynis Alonzo-Beaton: YWCA, Guyana
- Ms Bibiane Aningina Tshefu, Women as Partners for Peace in Africa, DRC
- Mr Daniel Prins: UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
News, features and analysis from around the world.
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International: UN establishes expert group on role of women in peace and security
07/Mar/2010The United Nations has appointed a group of independent experts to advise on ways to better protect women in conflict situations, and to ensure that their voices are heard in peace processes and that they are included in post-conflict reconstruction and governance structures.
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USA: Domestic conflicts, weapons don’t mix
06/Mar/2010When someone we care for dies a tragic and preventable death, those of us left behind are bound to spend countless hours pondering the “whys” and the “what-ifs.” Eight years ago, when my sister-in-law was murdered in front of her two children, we as her family were nearly crushed under the weight of the burden of such questions.
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International: Women's empowerment vital for peace, security and development
03/Mar/2010More than a decade after world leaders agreed to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, their empowerment remains a necessary element in attaining development targets, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his address to the UN Commission on the Status of Women for International Women's Day 2010.
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Rwanda: 'Don't Let The Suffering Make You Fade Away'
01/Mar/2010This paper presents ethnographic data gathered over 14 months (September 2005 to November 2006) in southern Rwanda on resilience among genocide-rape survivors who were members of two women's genocide survivor associations.
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Guinea: “You did not want the military, so now we are going to teach you a lesson”: The events of 28 September 2009 and their aftermath
28/Feb/2010Amnesty International (AI) has released a report on Guinea, covering the massacre, rape and subsequent human rights violations perpetrated in September 2009 by Guinea's security forces in Conakry in West Africa; and the international supplies of arms and military assistance which have provided the tools to perpetrate these violations.