National Action Plans as Tools for Effective Small Arms Control: Lessons from West Africa Guidance provided at the Fourth Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in June 2024 underscored the importance of aligning national action plans (NAPs) with…

#NAPs help foster diverse, meaningful participation in national and local #smallarmscontrol processes, deepen understanding of the root causes of violence, and address small arms control from a #development perspective. More in this paper from 2025: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/nat...

We are pleased to announce our new partnership with @npaid.bsky.social and CENSS, which aims to help efforts by local authorities in #Ukraine to strengthen #smallarmscontrol and risk-reduction capabilities through providing needs assessments and capacity support

New memorandum of understanding between the Survey and RECSA!

On the sidelines of #CSP11 today we signed an MoU that underlines joint efforts to give greater support to the #NairobiProtocol and tackle obstacles to #smallarmscontrol across the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa.

Developing Gender-responsive National Action Plans on Small Arms At the Fourth Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in 2024, member states expressed concern that the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons impedes th...

At the joint #UNREC @ecowas.bsky.social @africanunion.bsky.social on Abuja event on gender maintstreaming in #smallarmscontrol, Callum Watson discussed our How-to Guide on how to make national small arms policies & plans more #inclusive and #gender responsive: www.smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/ne...

Today we joined RECSA in marking 20 years of regional cooperation on #smallarmscontrol. The destruction of #illicit and obsolete #firearms —presided over by H.E. President William Ruto—reaffirmed #Kenya’s and the region’s commitment to #PeaceAndSecurity

Great exchange with #Ambassador Kanu of #SierraLeone 🇸🇱 on shared priorities.

Congrats on the #ArriaFormula meeting on #SmallArmsControl— INTERPOL was glad to contribute.

Looking forward to continued cooperation and Sierra Leone’s #SecurityCouncil presidency in #November!

Developing Gender-responsive National Action Plans on Small Arms At the Fourth Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in 2024, member states expressed concern that the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons impedes th...

With the aim to strengthen diverse, #meaningfulparticipation in local and national #smallarmscontrol processes, our new how-to guide provides guidance on how to make national small arms policies and practices more inclusive and #gender responsive: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/dev...

Assessing Gender Responsiveness in the Implementation of Small Arms Control Action Plans At the Fourth Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons in 2024, member states expressed concern that the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons impedes th...

Designed to support NatComs in assessing in mid-term or final evaluations, our new how-to guide is an innovative tool that can assist #smallarmscontrol stakeholders to assess #gender responsiveness in the implementation of their countries’ action plans: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/ass...

Small Arms Survey Podcast #54: The EU-LAS project and small arms-related challenges in the Arab region In this episode of the Small Arms Survey podcast, the EU-LAS project implementing partners—INTERPOL, the WCO, and the Small Arms Survey—as well as the League of Arab States, reflect on the challenges ...

In our October 2024 #podcast, Survey experts together with @interpol.int, WCO and the League of Arab States reflected on the challenges to #SmallArmsControl in the #Arab region, progress made, and the work that still needed: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/sma...

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A Critical Intersection: Private Security Companies, Gender-based Violence, and the Arms Trade 'The globalization and expansion of the private security industry has led to concerns about whether the industry has adequate safeguards to prevent sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and other h...

Our #blog post on #PrivateSecurity and #GBV draws attention to this often overlooked aspect of #SmallArmsControl, and offers ways for the international community to address this issue: www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/cri...