We are pleased at the growing acknowledgement of the need to address the nega...

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We are pleased at the growing acknowledgement of the need to address the negative impact of armed violence on women and the need to integrate gender perspectives into disarmament policy and practice, particularly with regard to small arms and light weapons. For most of us, those arms are indeed the real weapons of mass destruction, killing over half a million people each and every year.

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Disarmament