Traded Without Restraint? Transfers of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Gender Awareness in Research on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Zusammenfassung/Résumé ______________________ 1 1 Preface __________________________________________ 2 2 Introduction ______________________________________ 3 2.1 Methodological Challenges 3 2.2 Gender Difference in the Formation of Identities: Some Findings 4 2.3 Key Findings in Research on Gender Perspectives on SALW 5 2.4 Key Policy Recommendations Related to Gender Perspectives on SALW 6 3 ...

Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Public Health Approach

The World Health Organization has identified violence as pandemic.1 “Weapons are bad for people’s health ... Yet health professionals have been slow to recognize that the effects of weapons are, by design, a health issue, and moreover constitute a global epidemic mostly affecting civilians.”2 While the specific effects of small arms in the context of conflict and violence are still being invest...

Regional Cooperation and Third World Security: The Case of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Health implications of small arms and light weapons in eastern Uganda.

Injuries due to small arms and light weapons (SALW) are common in developing countries with ongoing collective violence, or those that exist in a post-conflict state. Uganda has a long history of armed conflict, but little quantitative evidence is available about the extent of the problem of SALW. We performed a review of all injuries due to SALW at Mbale Regional Hospital in eastern Uganda for...

The Authorized Global Small Arms and Light Weapons Trade: Annual Update