Gender-Mainstreaming in Small Arms Control, in Line with the WPS Agenda

Oct 30, 2020 | UNODA; EU
Online
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Since 2019, UNODA is implementing a global project in support of gender mainstreamed policies, programmes and actions in the fight against small arms trafficking and misuse, in line with the Women, Peace and Security agenda, with funding from the European Union.

During the side event, participants will be introduced to different global initiatives currently under way under the project, aiming at building national capacities for more effective, gender-responsive small arms control.

• Overview of opportunities and challenges to gender-responsive small arms control;
• In-country training programmes for national small arms commissions in Africa;
• Partnerships with parliamentarians, women’s organizations and the Women, Peace and Security community in Asia and the Pacific;
• Firearms investigations from a gender perspective & linkages between small arms legislation and the elimination of Violence against Women in Latin America and the Caribbean;
• Increasing engagement for a gendered approach to small arms control at the grass-root level.

This is a virtual, open event in the margins of the UN General Assembly's First Committee and the UN Security Council debate on WPS.

Who: UNODA; EU

Where: Online

When: 30 October 2020  Time: 10:00 AM EDT