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: Mark Marge, UN Liaison Officer
IANSA UN Office, c/o Hague Appeal for Peace
777 United Nations Plaza, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (646) 257-41308 • Fax: (866) 261-2174
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Website: http://www.iansa.org
Contact: Sarah Masters, Women’s Network Coordinator Development House
IANSA Secretariat
56-64 Leonard Street
London EC2A 4LT, United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 207 065 0870 • Fax: + 44 207 065 0871
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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.
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.
Member Organizations
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