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The IANSA Women's Network (WN) recognises that the implementation of SCR 1325 is vital tool for the prevention of armed conflict and the inclusion of gender in the discourse on peace and security. Although small arms are not specifically mentioned in the Resolution, 1325 connects the inter-related issues of small arms violence with women’s peace and security.

Using SCR 1325, the WN advocates for measures to reduce small arms misuse and regulate access to weapons. For some governments the easiest way into the gender aspect of small arms is via SCR 1325, even though 1325 is not mentioned in the UN 2001 Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA). During the Review Conference in 2006, WN members advocated for text related to 1325 to be included in the outcome document. WN members are consistently encouraged to link the PoA process to that of the implementation of SCR 1325. This focus continued during the Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms (14-18 July 2008).

Members of the WN have worked to implement SCR 1325 through advancing small arms control policies with noteworthy examples in Burundi, Liberia, Senegal, the Solomon Islands, and Uganda. Inspired by SCR 1325, WN members led programmes of awareness raising, participated in regional and national conferences and sensitised communities to about the disarmament process. They developed incentives and strategies to convince people to hand over their weapons and receive gender-sensitive training on weapons safety and collection.

For further information, see: http://www.peacewomen.org/un/anniversaryindex.html

Other News - October 2008

Sudan: How peace is failing South Sudanese female combatants
Small Arms Survey
2 October 2008

USA: When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2006 Homicide Data
The Violence Policy Center
1 October 2008

International: Women at Work: Preventing Gun Violence
IANSA Women’s Network Bulletin #16, October 2008

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Bulletin 16, October 2008

Gun Policy News - Gender News Feed

Daily news on guns, gun control, small arms policy and gun violence from international mass media.

Caribbean Countries Call on UN to Launch Global Gun Trade Treaty
Caribbean Net News, via gunpolicy.org
06-Oct-08

71-year-Old New York Woman Latest Hit in Rash of Stray Bullet Injuries
WCBS2-TV News (New York), via gunpolicy.org
01-Oct-08

US Gun Industry Sets Sights on Women to Slow Decline in Hunting
Wall Street Journal, via gunpolicy.org
01-Oct-08

Mother, Son Jailed After Fatal Shooting of 12yr-old Daughter in Manchester
Guardian (UK), via gunpolicy.org
31-Oct-07

Canadian Shooting Survivor Sues 6 Men for Damages: No Police Charges
Vancouver Province, via gunpolicy.org
30-Oct-07

Pakistani Wedding Party Drinkers Blamed for Shot Infant, Wounded Mother
International News (Karachi), via gunpolicy.org
30-Oct-07

Gun Control 'Lie-in' Rallies Spread Across US, With 32 Events to Date
News & Observer (North Carolina), via gunpolicy.org
29-Oct-07

Study: Is Gun Control Less Effective than Reducing Social Exclusion?
Medical News Today, via gunpolicy.org
27-Oct-07

Pennsylvania 14yr-old Planned School Shooting, Mother Provided the Guns
Washington Post, via gunpolicy.org
26-Oct-07

Young Pakistani Girl Killed by Stray Bullet in Area Known for Street Shootouts
International News (Karachi), via gunpolicy.org
26-Oct-07

Pennsylvania 'Moms Against Guns' Challenge Lawmakers On Gun Crime
Philadelphia Daily News (Pennsylvania), via gunpolicy.org
25-Oct-07

Social Exclusion of Young Men is Key to Reducing Gun Crime: UK Study
MedIndia / British Medical Journal (BMJ), Media release, via gunpolicy.org
25-Oct-07

US Sisters, 12 & 19, Both Shot in the Head by Stray Bullets, 4 Months Apart
WTMJ-TV News (Milwaukee), via gunpolicy.org
24-Oct-07

Millionaire Mom Puts Her Mouth Where Her Money Is: Gun Control in Philly
Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania), Column, via gunpolicy.org
24-Oct-07

Milwaukee Girl Killed by Stray Bullet: Her Little Sister Was Shot 4mths Ago
WISN-TV News (Wisconsin), via gunpolicy.org
24-Oct-07

Australian Psychiatrist Caught Taking Gun Into Court 'Feared Former Wife'
Age (Melbourne), via gunpolicy.org
24-Oct-07

I Wanted UN Ambassadors to Know How It Felt When My Mother Was Shot
Control Arms Weblog (New York), Web Page, via gunpolicy.org
23-Oct-07

Giving Guns to Children to Save 'Vanishing Breed' - American Hunters
USA Today, via gunpolicy.org
23-Oct-07

Aussie Serial Killer's Sister-in-law Runs for Senator on Pro-gun Platform
Courier-Mail (Brisbane), via gunpolicy.org
23-Oct-07

Utah Women, Men, Teens Openly Carry Handguns in Public to Make a Point
Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City), via gunpolicy.org
22-Oct-07

Gun Men, Gun Control Moms, Police Face Off at Virginia Gun Control Rally
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia), via gunpolicy.org
21-Oct-07

Gun Control Moms 'Exercise 1st Amendment Right' at Virginia Gun Show
WWBT-TV News NBC (Virginia), via gunpolicy.org
20-Oct-07

Baghdad Girls & Boys 'Armed to the Teeth' with Imitation Assault Rifles
Agence France Presse, via gunpolicy.org
19-Oct-07

Purpose Over Pain: Bereaved Chicago Families Campaign for Gun Control
Chicago Sun-Times, via gunpolicy.org
19-Oct-07

Americans Notice a Wave of Children, Babies Killed, Injured by Stray Bullets
Age (Melbourne), via gunpolicy.org
18-Oct-07

White Male US Gun Owners Bombard Internet, Outgun Public Safety Groups
Valley Advocate (Massachusetts), Column, via gunpolicy.org
18-Oct-07

Gun Homicide Rate Down, But More Canadian Women Kill Their Husbands
Globe & Mail (Toronto), via gunpolicy.org
17-Oct-07

Canadian Murder Rate Down 10%, Gun Homicide Rate Plunged 16% in 2006
Bloomberg (Ottawa), via gunpolicy.org
17-Oct-07

A Third of Homicide Guns Found in Canada Were Lawfully Registered
Canadian Press, via gunpolicy.org
17-Oct-07

Stray Bullet from 'AK-47' Pierces Toddler's Playpen in New Jersey Home
WPVI-TV News (Philadelphia), via gunpolicy.org
17-Oct-07

Man Shoots Estranged Wife, Relatives, Lawyer in Italian Court: Three Dead
CNN / AP, via gunpolicy.org
17-Oct-07

Stray Bullet Kills 6 Year Old Girl as She Sleeps in Tucson, Arizona Home
KVOA-TV News (Tucson), via gunpolicy.org
16-Oct-07

I Watched a Gunman Shoot My Mother: PNG Survivor Lobbies at the UN
Age (Melbourne), Opinion, via gunpolicy.org
16-Oct-07

Oregon Teacher Sues to Carry Gun in Class: Is School More, or Less Safe?
Baker City Herald (Oregon), via gunpolicy.org
15-Oct-07

'Tough on Crime' Louisiana Senate Hopeful Pulls Her Gun Onstage, Misses
Times-Picayune (Louisiana), via gunpolicy.org
15-Oct-07

Gun Violence in PNG: UN Hears Local Woman Who Saw Mother Shot Dead
National (Port Moresby), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org
15-Oct-07

Guns Take Pride of Place in US Family Values, Homicide, Suicide and Abuse
Observer (UK), via gunpolicy.org
14-Oct-07

Australian Dad Leaves Gun Loaded, 5yr-old Boy Shoots 7yr-old Sister
Sun-Herald (Sydney), via gunpolicy.org
14-Oct-07

Boy Held in US School Shooting Plot: Mother Arrested for Giving Him Guns
New York Times, via gunpolicy.org
13-Oct-07

US Mom Gave 14yr-old Son Assault Rifle, Pistols: He Planned School Attack
New York Times / AP, via gunpolicy.org
12-Oct-07

Latest American School Shooting Sparks 'Moms Against Guns' Campaign
BCBS-3 TV News (Pennsylvania), via gunpolicy.org
12-Oct-07

Armed 14yr-old US Schoolboy Charged With 'Solicitation to Commit Terror'
San Francisco Chronicle / AP, via gunpolicy.org
12-Oct-07

Flurry of Kids, Gun-supplying Mom Charged in Wake of US School Shootings
CNN, via gunpolicy.org
12-Oct-07

At UN in New York, PNG Shooting Survivor Pushes Global Gun Trade Treaty
Post-Courier (Port Moresby), via gunpolicy.org
12-Oct-07

Gun Violence Destroying Papua New Guinea: What Is Government Doing?
Post-Courier (Port Moresby), Editorial, via gunpolicy.org
12-Oct-07

Oregon School Teacher Wins First Round In Fight to Carry Gun in Class
International Herald Tribune / AP, via gunpolicy.org
11-Oct-07

Baby's Gun Death Sparks Family's Campaign to Curb Global Gun Violence
Scotsman (Edinburgh), via gunpolicy.org
11-Oct-07

Papua New Guinea Gun Violence Survivor Joins UN Gun Trade Treaty Talks
Post-Courier (Port Moresby), via gunpolicy.org
10-Oct-07

Surprise as Devon & Cornwall Police Issue Gun Licence to 9yr-old Child
Swindon Advertiser (Wiltshire), Letter, via gunpolicy.org
09-Oct-07

Teacher Shot, Killed Herself Accidentally During Argument, Says Husband
Tempo (Manila), via gunpolicy.org
09-Oct-07

Youth/Rage/Gender/Gun Not Enough Cause: Wisconsin Trawls for 'Madness'
San Francisco Chronicle / AP, via gunpolicy.org
08-Oct-07

US School Teacher Sues for 'Right' to Carry Hidden Handgun in Classroom
Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org
08-Oct-07

Wisconsin Mass Killing: Handy Assault Weapon Made it Easy, Quick for Cop
CNN / AP, via gunpolicy.org
08-Oct-07

Louisiana Man Shoots 5, Kills 2, Then Dies, All in Divorce Settlement Protest
China Post (Taiwan) / AP, via gunpolicy.org
08-Oct-07

Wisconsin Policeman Kills 6 in Love Triangle Shooting Spree, Falls to Sniper
Sydney Morning Herald / AP, via gunpolicy.org
08-Oct-07

Wife Gets 20yrs for Shooting Kentucky Gun Collector: Auction Opportunity
Kentucky Post, via gunpolicy.org
06-Oct-07

Florida Mom Pulls Gun on Kids to Stop Son Being Bullied at School Bus Stop
Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org
05-Oct-07

Wyoming Fights US Law, Insists on Returning Guns to Domestic Abusers
San Diego Union-Tribune (California) / AP, via gunpolicy.org
05-Oct-07

London Woman Walking Home, 'Phoning Sister,' Killed in Youth Gun Battle
BBC News, via gunpolicy.org
04-Oct-07

Nursing Home Worker Killed by Stray Bullet in London Gang Shooting
Independent (UK), via gunpolicy.org
04-Oct-07

Parents, 7yr-old Girl Shot Dead in California Home, No Suspect Sought
Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org
03-Oct-07

Woman Passerby Killed in Crossfire of South London Gun Battle
Guardian (UK), via gunpolicy.org
03-Oct-07

US Gun Lobby Backs Oregon Teacher's Lawsuit to Carry Handgun in Class
Oregonian, via gunpolicy.org
02-Oct-07

Mothers, Victims Lead Second Demonstration Against Gun Violence in Belize
Amandala (Belize), via gunpolicy.org
02-Oct-07

American Amish Mass Shootings 'Taught the Nation That No One is Safe'
Los Angeles Times, Opinion, via gunpolicy.org
02-Oct-07

Manchester Boy, 17, Killed His 12yr-old Sister With Mother's Illegal Handgun
BBC News, via gunpolicy.org
02-Oct-07

'Lie In' Campaign Brings New Impetus, Trafficking Focus to US Gun Control
Redbook (USA), via gunpolicy.org
01-Oct-07

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