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International Action Network on Small Arms

International Action Network on Small Arms

The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) is the global movement against gun violence - a network of 800 civil society organisations working in over 120 countries to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons

IANSA seeks to make people safer from gun violence by securing stronger regulation on guns in society and better controls on arms exports. It represents the voices of civil society on the international stage and in the UN process on small arms, drawing on the practical experience of its members to campaign for policies that will protect human security.

IANSA is composed of a wide range of organiaations concerned with small arms, including policy development organisations, national gun control groups, women’s groups, research institutes, aid agencies, faith groups, survivors, human rights and community action organisations.

Members of the IANSA Women’s Network are working to stop gun violence in the home, on the streets and on the battlefield. They are using UN Security Council Resolution 1325 to increase women’s participation in disarmament processes and in the development of small arms policy and practice. They ensure that women’s interests are served by these policies and campaign to break the link between violence and masculinity. The network produces a quarterly bulletin called Women at Work: Preventing Gun Violence.

Contact:
Sarah Masters, Women’s Network Coordinator Development House

Address:
IANSA Secretariat
56-64 Leonard Street
London EC2A 4LT, United Kingdom

Telephone:
+ 44 207 065 0870

Fax:
+ 44 207 065 0871

Email:
sarah.masters at iansa.org

Website:
http://www.iansa.org

Publications

IANSA Women’s Network, Ella Page, Men, masculinity and guns: can we break the link?, 2009.

Control Arms, The Impact of Guns on Women’s Lives, 2005.

‘Survivors - Women affected by gun violence speak out’, 2006

IANSA Women’s Network, BMS Policy Paper, July 2008.

Statement of the IANSA Women’s Network to the Third Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms, July 2008.

Women in the Crossfire: UN SCR 1325 and Small Arms, 2006.

Information Kit on Women and Armed Violence, March 2006.

IANSA Women’s Network Resource Paper: Gender-specific action to prevent small arms violence, 2006.

WN Bulletin Women at Work: Resisting Gun Violence No. 19 – The danger within: guns in the home, July 2009.

WN Bulletin Women at Work: Resisting Gun Violence No.18 – Haiti: CEDAW Shadow Report highlights gun violence, April 2009.

WN Bulletin Women at Work: Resisting Gun Violence No. 17 – HIV/AIDS and small arms: Challenges for the CSW, January 2009.