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Gender Perspectives on Small Arms and Light Weapons:
Regional and International Concerns

Vanessa A. Farr, Wendy Cukier, Hon. Zoë Bakoko Bakoru, Jane Sanyu Mpagi, Amani El Jack, Ruth Ojambo Ochieng, Olive C. Kobusingye, Kiflemariam Gebre-Wold

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Contents

Vorwort
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul,
Bundesministerin für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung

Foreword
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul,
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Einleitung
Kiflemariam Gebre-Wold and Vanessa A. Farr

Introduction
Kiflemariam Gebre-Wold and Vanessa A. Farr

Part I: How Is Gun Proliferation and Misuse Gendered?

• A Gendered Analysis of International Agreements on Small Arms and Light Weapons
  Vanessa A. Farr
• Gendered Perspectives on Small Arms Proliferation and Misuse: Effects and Policies
  Wendy Cukier

Part II: The Politics of Small Arms and Light Weapons: Mainstreaming Gender in Policy-Making

• Personal Reflections on Small Arms and Light Weapons
  Hon. Zoë Bakoko Bakoru
• Creating Gender-aware Policies on Small Arms and Light Weapons
  Jane Sanyu Mpagi
• Gender Perspectives on the Management of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Sudan
  Amani El Jack

Part III: Small Arms and Light Weapons and Gender-based Violence

• A Gendered Reading of the Problems and Dynamics of SALW in Uganda
  Ruth Ojambo Ochieng
• The Effects of SALW Proliferation and Abuse in Gulu District, Uganda: A Public Health Approach
  Olive C. Kobusingye

Part IV: Lessons Learned & Outlook

• Security Dilemmas in the Horn of Africa: Reflections from the SALIGAD Project
  Kiflemariam Gebre-Wold
• Small Arms and Light Weapons Proliferation:
  A Genderaware Call for Action produced
  at Jinja, Uganda, 16 April 2002
  Gender Caucus, Jinja Workshop

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