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From Promises to Progress

Opportunities for Action on Gender Responsive Small Arms Control in Existing International Commitments

Authored by: Dr. Fairlie Chappuis

Categories: Conflict Prevention, Human Rights, Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Access to Justice and Rule of Law, Economic Recovery, Human Development, International Agreements, Peacemaking, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Region: No Region
Year: 2021
Citation: Chappuis, Fairlie. "From Promises to Progress: Opportunities for Action on Gender Responsive Small Arms Control in Existing International Commitments." Gender Equality Network for Small Arms Control. June 2021.

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Executive Summary

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.