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Getting informed about women and gun violence

The Women’s Network at The UN Biennial Meeting of States. New York 7-11 July 2003

 

 
Women at Work: Preventing Gun Violence
IANSA Women’s Network Bulletin No. 2 (June,2004)
Winad Women Writing Their Messages
Women at the Laventille forum writing their messages Photo: WINAD
News and information on women’s work in the international movement to prevent small arms violence. To receive this update by email, write to women@iansa.org
Contents:
I.
IANSA Women’s Network Audit – Have you responded?
II.
NGO Profile: Women’s Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD), Trinidad and Tobago

The Women of Laventille held a forum to discuss the gender implications of gun violence in their community.
III.
News Clips

Central African Republic: Focus on disarmed women
Uganda: Girls Wielding Guns Against LRA Rebels
Liberia: NCDDRR Lauds Women's Role in DDRR Resumption
United States: More Women Taking Up Firearms
Mexico: Report on women's killings in Juarez
Philippines: From student to guerrilla
IV.
New Resources

From Protection to Empowerment: Civilians as Stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gender perspectives on D, D and R
Where Are The Girls?: Girls in fighting forces in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique: Their lives during and after war
National study of Female Homicides in South Africa
V.
Recent and Upcoming Events


Bulletin No. 1
 
 
Current Issues
Women's groups from across Canada call on political leaders to stand firm on gun control
Help us assess gender and small arms work within IANSA. Fill out this quick questionnaire
Mother's Day Rally for Assault Weapons Ban
New York Times
10 May 2004
Boletín de Prensa sobre la tragedia en Madrid
Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres
Marzo 2004
Amnesty International
International Women's Day - Speaking up and out against gun violence

International Women's Day:Gun Free South Africa press release
(Word Document)

International Women's Day: NDPEHRD press release (Nigeria - Word Document)

International Women's Day: Affection for Human Rights, Nigeria

International Women's Day: Hujra Meetings in Pakistan

Special Issue of Women's Review of Books:
Women, War & Peace

14th Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
Solomons Women Asked to Spread Gun-Amnesty Message
International Women’s Voices Heard Loud and Clear at UN Gun Violence Meeting
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