Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation (SweFOR)

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Sweden: Campaign and rally to collect signatures for the Parliamentary Declaration on the ATT

The Swedish Fellowship on Reconciliation (SweFOR), IANSA member in Sweden, held a rally to hand out information and collect signatures for a robust ATT as part of its campaign "Stop Arms Save Life" in Uppsala, north of Stockholm.  SweFOR, in collaboration with a parliamentarian from the Parliamentary Network against SALW and the Parliamentary Forum on SALW, handed out the Parliamentary Declaration and leaflets on the ATT in the Swedish Parliament.

Sweden: Arms exports reach record level

Swedish disarmament campaigners are outraged after a new report shows Swedish arms exports are higher than ever, reaching a total value of over 2 billion USD in 2011.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu backs campaign for a strong Arms Trade Treaty

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has signed an Interfaith Declaration on an Arms Trade Treaty. He said, "A historic decision was made in 2009 to negotiate a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty.

Peru: Women from 10 countries trained on gender and guns

From 27-30 September, the IANSA Women's Network and SweFOR, in collaboration with the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), held a regional Women only Training Institute on women, gender and small arms

'Disarm Domestic Violence' conference in Sweden

On 31 March, WILPF Sweden, in cooperation with Amnesty International, Parliamentary Forum, and the Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, is hosting the conference 'Disarm Domestic Violence'.

Gothenburg Process conference in London

The “Gothenburg IV – Ecumenical Conference on Arms Trade” took place in London on the 27-31 October.

Debate on firearms law: the Bolivian case

IANSA members in the Dominican Republic, the Instituto Caribeño para el Estado de Derecho (ICED) in cooperation with UNDP organised a debate in parliament focusing on the experience of Bolivia in developing a law to control and regulate firearms.

IANSA members meet BMS Chair & Central African governments

IANSA members from Latin American and the Caribbean met Ambassador Pablo Macedo, chair of the 2010 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS), in Mexico City on 26-27 April.

Mexico: IANSA women at the second women-only training on small arms control

20 women from Central America and the Caribbean participated in the women-only training institute on 'Women and small arms control' held in Mexico City, 20-23 April.

Sweden: Comics book on Swedish arms trade

The new reality-based comic book “A Helping hand” takes readers inside the world of Swedish arms exports and the global arms trade.