Email Louise Rimmer (IANSA Communications Officer) for the contact details for the organisers of these events.
Croatia
Women's Network Croatia has publicised the Week of Action on the news site ZaMirZINE. The piece focuses on the disproportionate impact of gun violence on women:
Kosovo
UNDP Kosovo Small Arms Control Project (KOSSAC) is holding a gun destruction event in Pristina during the WoA. The approximately 7000 weapons have been seized by Kosovo police as part of their criminal investigation work. The Project is supported by the UK and Swedish governments.
Macedonia
A joint press conference was held in Skopje (Macedonia) with representatives from UNDP, Caritas France, CIVIL and Journalists for Children and Women Rights and Protection of Environment. Around 20 journalists attended the conference and the event was reported on by news agencies MIA and NETPRESS. Coverage of the press conference is online (in Macedonian) at: A1.com and Bechuk. Journalists for Children and Women Rights and Protection of Environment organised a round table discussion on Friday titled 'How secure are you?' Participants in the discussion included representatives from several NGOs and Macedonia's Women's Union.
Journalists for Children and Women Rights and Protection of the Environment ran a children's art workshop for the Week of Action. The pictures produced will be used to make a calendar for the 2007-2008 school year.
Russia
Vadim Kozyulin of the Center for Policy Studies (PIR) in Moscow had an opinion article published in one of Russia’s defence analysis newspapers. In the article, Vadim outlines why the Russian Government should support moves towards an ATT. He says the support of Russia and several other key states is critical to the success of the ATT.
Spain
In Barcelona, Fundacio per la Pau (Foundation for Peace) launched the Catalan version of the IANSA report ‘Survivors: Women affected by gun violence speak out’. The report was sent out to media and published on Fundacio per la Pau’s website. Following the launch, campaigner Eugeni Barquero conducted three television interviews and several radio interviews. Coverage of the report also appeared in some online in El Pais and La Revista @ Pangea.
UK
The IANSA Women's Network and Women in Black held a silent vigil in London on Wednesday night to mark the WoA.
On 19 June Hilary Benn, the UK's Secretary of State for International Development, had an opinion piece published in The Guardian. "Let's talk about arms" urged all governments to take part in the UN Secretary-General's consultation on an ATT to make the world a safer place.
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