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The Women's Network during the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence
11-17 June 2007

August 2007

West African Women's Network Activism

Mimidoo puts IANSA pin on Brownie Samukai, Jr. Minister, the Ministry of National Defence of Liberia. Photo by Valerie Yankey

Women's Network member Mimidoo Achakpa of the Nigeria Action Network on Small Arms attended the ECOWAS Heads of State Summit in Abuja, Nigeria. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, called on West African states to support the global move towards an Arms Trade Treaty.

West Africa has suffered from gun proliferation and misuse for too many years. The ECOWAS Commission fully endorses the Global Week of Action and urges Member States to submit their views on an Arms Trade Treaty to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, calling for a strong and effective treaty," said Dr Chambas at a conference held jointly by the ECOWAS Secretariat and IANSA.

Earlier at the ECOWAS Summit, Mimidoo had the honour of meeting President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, Africa’s first elected female head of state. Mimidoo gave WN materials and an IANSA pin to President Johnson-Sirleaf.

From the 20-21 August, the first sub-regional civil society consultative forum on the implementation of the Economic Community of West African States Small Arms Control Programme (ECOSAP) took place in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The forum was jointly organised by WAANSA (West African Action Network on Small Arms) and ECOSAP.

Around 100 members of civil society and delegates from 13 ECOWAS member states participated. WN members were also present, including Pamela Cole from the West African Network for Peace-building (WANEP) in The Gambia and Christiane Agboton-Johnson of the Mouvement contre les Armes Légères en Afrique de l'Ouest (MALAO) in Senegal.

Small arms are West Africa's weapons of mass destruction. Governments in the sub-region must now follow strong words with strong action, especially in promoting a global Arms Trade Treaty that prevents weapons being used to commit atrocities and undermine sustainable development.” Mimidoo Achakpa

West Africa Regional Control Arms Programme Update - number 3

Now available - including a report on Control Arms in Mali and WAANSA’s promotion of the ECOWAS Convention.
http://www.iansa.org/regions/wafrica/wafrica.htm


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1 August 2007



 
 

Now available!
Bulletin 11, July 2007

Bulletin 11 - français

Boletín 11 - 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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