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Gender Equality and the Arms Trade Treaty — Is a Seat at the Table the Key to Success?

Gender Equality and the Arms Trade Treaty — Is a Seat at the Table the Key to Success?

The draft decision of the Fifth Conference of State Parties (CSP5) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), published last July, outlines how state…
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Roisin Putti
How The Rohingya’s Origins Were Erased

How The Rohingya’s Origins Were Erased

The Rohingya are an ethnic Muslim minority persecuted in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). They are denied citizenship by the government…
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Samin Huq

Sexual Violence Against Women in Prisons: A silent injustice.

Njomeza Blakcori

Starting at Home: Ending GBV in NYC

alison skilton

Can Women Correct Peacekeeping?

Samin Huq

Advocating Humane Alternatives to Detention

Samin Huq

Using Entrepreneurship to Empower the Marginalized

Pamela Guerrero

Women and Disarmament

Dana Maria Tohme
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The Psychological Effects of Naturalizing Violence in Television

The Psychological Effects of Naturalizing Violence in Television

Gun violence in the entertainment industry is becoming increasingly common and available, especially to young children, and influencing…
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Harita Vyas
Would you trust a loved one with bullets in their drawer? Statistics on Gun Violence.

Would you trust a loved one with bullets in their drawer? Statistics on Gun Violence.

The reality of our world can be horrifying; headlines of ongoing armed conflict, famine and mass displacement are being seen regularly on…
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Nadeen Yousef
Gender Perspectives and the Disarmament Regime

Gender Perspectives and the Disarmament Regime

The Secretary-General has prioritized gender parity as “a moral duty and an operational necessity”
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Freya Tulloch
The Trauma of War (Part Two): Surviving an Explosion

The Trauma of War (Part Two): Surviving an Explosion

This article is part two of a series focusing on the physical impact of war and conflict on soldiers.
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Sakshi Agarwal
The Trauma of War (Part 1): What A Bullet Does To The Body

The Trauma of War (Part 1): What A Bullet Does To The Body

This article is part one of a series focusing on the physical impact of war and conflict on soldiers.
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Sakshi Agarwal
Armed Drones a dangerous precursor to Autonomous Weapon Systems

Armed Drones a dangerous precursor to Autonomous Weapon Systems

Heather Linebaugh served as an imagery and geospatial analyst for the US drone program during the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan from…
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Freya Tulloch
Toxic Masculinity — Part 1: origin, concept and relation to gun violence in the USA

Toxic Masculinity — Part 1: origin, concept and relation to gun violence in the USA

Since antiquity, masculinity (or so called manhood) has been shaped by historical and ideological processes. There is no one concept of…
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Kaja Grabińska
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