WUNRN
Why Women? Effective Engagement for
Small Arms Control (2011)
26 October 2011
Given the ongoing
questions and challenges to women’s participation in peace and security, this
publication aims to show why it is important to include women in small arms control
and disarmament initiatives by consolidating information and opinions from
experts on gender and security issues. It is based on interviews with 17
practitioners from around the world as well as a review of relevant materials
and documents. It first presents a number of reasons for and examples why
women’s participation is important in the field of small arms control and
disarmament. It then highlights some of the challenges to women’s participation
and provides some suggestions for overcoming them.
Author:
Corey Barr with Sarah Masters
Publisher:
IANSA Women's Network
Original document:
iansa_why_women_2011.pdf (1561074 bytes)
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