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The IANSA Women's Network during the 16 days of activism, 2007

The IANSA Women's Network during the Global Week

of Action Against Gun Violence, 2007

July 2008

IANSA Women at the

Third Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms
14-18 July 2008: UN Headquarters, USA

The BMS is the major event on the small arms calendar this year. Governments will send their representatives to the UN in New York to deliver their progress reports on the implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA). This is also a chance for governments and civil society to share information, exchange ideas and make plans for the next two years.

The BMS creates a lot of opportunities for IANSA members, whether in New York or around the world. Civil society can make significant contributions to each country’s national progress report, as well as raising local media awareness.

IANSA is the official coordinator of civil society involvement in the BMS. We will help to develop policy positions, information, media contacts and other resources to maximise the effectiveness of our members’ participation in this important event. The main themes for this year's BMS are:

1) The International Tracing Instrument.
2) Illicit brokering.
3) Stockpile management and surplus destruction/disposal.

4) International cooperation, assistance and capacity building.

The IANSA Women's Network will be at the BMS and will talk to States about domestic violence and firearms possession, to increase awareness of laws and policies that separate perpetrators from guns.

IANSA women will also develop a Clothesline Exhibition - a visual display of clothing with messages or illustrations that represent women affected by gun violence. The clothes will form a mobile exhibition as testimony to the problem of gun violence against women.

For further information, visit the UN conference webpage at: http://disarmament.un.org/cab/bms3/1thirdBMS.html

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Association Femme Action Developpement (AFAD)
3 July 2008

International: Rape in War: Will the United Nations Walk Its Talk?

Human Rights Watch

2 July 2008

Pacific: fem'TALK monthly enews bulletin
femLINKPACIFIC
1 July 2008

International: Peacewomen e-news #102: SCR 1820 - protection and participation
WILPF
1 July 2008

Statement to the UN meeting on gun violence, 18 July 2008

Déclaration du Réseau des Femmes d’IANSA

Preventing armed domestic violence

Women's Network position paper for BMS 2008

Prévention de la violence armée envers les femmes dans les foyers

Prevenir la violencia armada contra las mujeres en el hogar

Now available

Bulletin 14, April 2008

Le Bulletin 14 en français

El Boletín 14 en español

Gun Policy News - Gender News Feed

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

Do Idahoans Believe the Answer to Deranged Gun Violence is More Guns?
Boise Weekly (Idaho), via gunpolicy.org
16-Jul-08

US Woman Shot Herself Trying to Kill Mice with .44 Magnum: No Charges
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat (California), via gunpolicy.org
12-Jul-08

Stray Bullet Kills Housewife Working in Kitchen in Philippines
Philippine Daily Inquirer, via gunpolicy.org
12-Jul-08

New Jersey Husband/Wife Shooting Brings Call for Handgun Sales Limit
Star-Ledger (New Jersey), via gunpolicy.org
09-Jul-08

Stray Bullet Kills 17-year-old Texan Woman in City Street
Dallas Morning News (Texas), via gunpolicy.org
04-Jul-08

Mother Behind a Movement: Abby Spangler Leads US Gun Control Push
Washington Post, via gunpolicy.org
03-Jul-08

Gun Violence Spurred Two Wisconsin Mothers to Lead Local Campaigns
Capital Times (Wisconsin), via gunpolicy.org
02-Jul-08

Gun Control Campaigner Lives With Ohio 'Firearm Fanatics' for Reality TV
Boston Herald, via gunpolicy.org
31-Jul-07

Serbian Villagers Killed with Hunting Rifle in Domestic Fight: 9 Dead, 2 Hurt
SEESAC (Belgrade) / VIP News Service, via gunpolicy.org
30-Jul-07

Bereaved Chicago Cop Joins National Victims' Campaign for Gun Control
State Journal-Register (Illinois) / Gatehouse News Service, via gunpolicy.org
30-Jul-07

Man Charged with Killing 9, Automatic Rifle Used in Serbian Mass Shooting
Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org
29-Jul-07

Families of Bronx Shooting Victims Organise New York Gun Control Rallies
Daily News (New York), via gunpolicy.org
29-Jul-07

Swiss Mull Gun Control to Curb High Rates of Gun Suicide, Family Shootings
Deutsche Welle, via gunpolicy.org
29-Jul-07

Ohio Man Shoots Woman, Self on Beach as Officer Questions Them
Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org
28-Jul-07

Prohibit Domestic Abusers from Owning Guns, Say Canadian Lawyers
Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick), via gunpolicy.org
27-Jul-07

Guns Used in a Third of Domestic Violence Cases in South African Province
Cape Times (Capetown), via gunpolicy.org
26-Jul-07

US Gun Lobby's YouTube Hero Shows Off His 'Baby' - An Assault Weapon
Detroit Free Press (Michigan), via gunpolicy.org
25-Jul-07

Taxpayers Fund Australian MPs' Spouses on Pistol Shooting Travel Jaunt
Herald Sun (Melbourne), via gunpolicy.org
24-Jul-07

Retired Atlanta Man Shoots, Wounds 2 Family Members, Kills 3, Then Self
San Francisco Chronicle / AP, via gunpolicy.org
23-Jul-07

Chicago Buy-back Trashes 6,705 Guns, Assault Weapons: 5,960 Handguns
Chicago Sun-Times, via gunpolicy.org
22-Jul-07

Neighbour's Random Bullet Wounds Missouri Teen at Backyard Campout
WDAF-TV News (Kansas City), via gunpolicy.org
21-Jul-07

Lost Indiana Girls Pull Into Driveway, Homeowner Shoots Up Their Car
WISC-TV News (Wisconsin), via gunpolicy.org
20-Jul-07

Californian Couple Fight Over Handgun, 5yr-old in Next Room Shot in Head
KGET-TV News (California), via gunpolicy.org
18-Jul-07

US Army Sniper, Keen Gun Owner Found Injured; Wife Shot While Singing
Guardian (UK) / AP, via gunpolicy.org
18-Jul-07

Gay Gun Advocates Draw Bead on US TV Host Bill O'Reilly, Extract Apology
Congressional Quarterly (USA), via gunpolicy.org
16-Jul-07

Woman Shoots 3 Cops, Officers Kill Woman in Chicago Apartment Shootout
WBBM-TV CBS News (Chicago), via gunpolicy.org
16-Jul-07

French Policeman Shoots 11yr-old Twins, Colleague, Self with Service Pistol
Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org
13-Jul-07

Giant US Firm Says Sorry for Sesame Place/Gun Lobby Kids' Promotion
Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org
13-Jul-07

US Gun Lobby's Use of Sesame Place Tickets Draws Gun Control Fire
Philadelphia Daily News (Pennsylvania), via gunpolicy.org
13-Jul-07

Gun-control Rally Targets US Presidential Hopefuls at Detroit NAACP Forum
Detroit News (Michigan), via gunpolicy.org
13-Jul-07

Atlanta Woman Gets Bullet in Backside While Posing with Boys, AK-47s
Associated Press, via gunpolicy.org
12-Jul-07

US Freeway Road Rage Woman Gets 2½ Years for Firing Gun at Tailgater
Detroit Free Press (Michigan), via gunpolicy.org
10-Jul-07

Tennessee Tourist, Loaded Gun in Purse, Arrested at Sears Tower, Chicago
Chicago Tribune, via gunpolicy.org
05-Jul-07

More Americans Lobby to Carry Guns in Schools, Churches and Streets
BBC News / Radio 4 'Crossing Continents', Transcript, via gunpolicy.org
05-Jul-07

US Ambassador Rejects Bolivian Demands to Investigate Bullets in Luggage
Boston Herald / AP, via gunpolicy.org
03-Jul-07

With Cousins, 12year-old Florida Boy Plays with Family Revolver, Dies
WTVT-TV News (Florida), via gunpolicy.org
02-Jul-07

Celebratory Gun Shots Kill Two More Young Women in Turkey
Hurriyet (Turkey), via gunpolicy.org
27-Jul-06

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