Commitments relevant to gender responsive small arms control are spread across a range of thematic agreements, across different levels of multilateral governance, and carry varying degrees of leverage to act. This Issue Brief suggests how advocates for gender responsive small arms control can identify relevant commitments in international agreements to create leverage for national action. It also gives an overview of some of the most important relevant agreements. Gender responsive small control in this brief is understood as ensuring all policies, programs, or activities at every stage of a small arms control initiative are nondiscriminatory with regard to sex, equally benefit women and men, and aim at correcting gender imbalances and inequalities.