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International Women’s Day 2004 : Women and Global Small Arms Proliferation Control Efforts |
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Just prior to International Women’s Day, activists and researchers from around the world gathered in Cape Town for a seminar of gender, gun violence and the arms trade. This is part of a long term process to gather recommendations for governments about how they should include women in the measures they take to reduce the lethal impact of gun violence.
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International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
2 April 2004
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US: Mother of Massacre Victim Shares Memories |
The 13 students gunned down at Columbine High School five years ago were remembered by one of the victim's mothers at a candlelight vigil not far from the school.
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Associated Press
21 April 2004
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| South Africa: Cars or guns - Gender differences in external death |
Firearms cause more total deaths than road traffic accidents, according to a new study by the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System. But the gender breakdown is revealing: women were five times more likely to die of traffic injuries than murder, whereas men were seven times more likely to die of murder than traffic injuries.
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Independent Online
19 March 2004 |
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| Kenya: Women Urge Action on Illegal Firearms |
Women from Kenyan and Ugandan pastoralist communities have attributed increasing cases of cattle rustling among their communities to illegal firearms.
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East African Standard (Payment required)
1 April 2004
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| Sri Lanka: Two Teenage Girl Soldiers Killed in Fighting |
Two teenage girls who had been recruited as child soldiers in Sri Lanka were killed 9 April 2004 in factional fighting
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UN Wire
16 April 2004
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| World: Rehabilitation Programs Failing War-Affected Girls and Women |
| Aid programs designed to rehabilitate war-affected populations fail to address the needs of children, particularly girls, who often receive no support at all, experts said at a conference University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 1-3 April 2004]. Among other findings, experts noted that Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs overwhelmingly focus on men. For example, in Sierra Leone, men and boys made up 92 percent of those participating in DDR programs.
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U.N. Wire
5 April 2004
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| Moms march in Washington, DC to halt the assault |
This Mother’s Day, thousands of mothers and others marched in Washington, DC (USA) to demand that President Bush and Congress act up to renew the assualt weapons ban. The Moms call on the US Congress to Halt the Assault on families by:
- renewing and strengthening the Assault Weapons Ban;
- holding gun manufacturers accountable for their products;
- requiring background checks on all gun purchases;
- reinstating the 5-day waiting period for all gun purchases;
- incorporating safety standards into gun design.
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Million Mom March
9 May 2004 |
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