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Short
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| Title |
Gender Perspectives on Small Arms and Light
Weapons: Regional and International Concerns |
| Author |
Farr, V. A., Cukier, W., Bakoko Bakoru,
Hon. Z., Sanyu Mpagi, J., El Jack, A., Ojambo Ochieng, R., Kobusingye,
Kiflemariam Gebre-Wold, K. |
| Publication
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July 2002 |
| Publisher |
Bonn International Center for Conversion
(BICC) |
| Volume |
Brief |
| Series |
24 |
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Short Summary |
The particular dangers to women and girls
of the proliferation and abuse of small arms are a global problem.
Moreover women experience gender-based violence at the point
of a gun in times of peace as well as in times of war. To reflect
this complex reality, this publication features a variety of
articles looking at how local ideas of gender not only determine
attitudes to small arms but underpin social and political practices
which make women more vulnerable to violence everywhere. The
easy availability of small arms and light weapons (SALW) has
profound implications in the struggle against gender based abuses.
This is explored in an article in this publication by Wendy
Cukier and in an article by Ruth Ojambo Ochieng. Other articles
assess the gender blindness of policies on SALW and offer suggestions
on how strategies can be made more gender-aware, for example,
linking disarmament polices with polices concerning women"s
empowerment. |
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