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Mar 8

Tackling Armed Domestic Violence in the Caribbean and Central America/La lutte contre la violence domestique armée dans les Caraïbes et en Amérique centrale

By: Charline Perdrix, student lawyer and Small Arms Survey intern (August 2022 to February 2023) Version française également disponible ci-dessous. Almost one in three women across the globe — some 736 million women in total — have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime…

Domestic Violence

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Tackling Armed Domestic Violence in the Caribbean and Central America/La lutte contre la violence…
Tackling Armed Domestic Violence in the Caribbean and Central America/La lutte contre la violence…
Domestic Violence

11 min read


Feb 13

Gender-based Violence in Numbers: Data from Argentina’s National Agency of Controlled Materials (ANMaC) / La violencia de género en números: la producción de estadística por parte de la Agencia Nacional de Materiales Controlados (ANMaC) de Argentina

By: Dr. Marco Iazzetta Data art designer: Melina Carla D’Auria Versión en español a continuación Every 35 hours, a woman is assassinated in Argentina just for being a woman. This dire situation unleashed a wave of protests, beginning on 3 June 2015 with a march under the slogan ‘Ni una…

Femicide

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Gender-based Violence in Numbers: Data from Argentina’s National Agency of Controlled Materials…
Gender-based Violence in Numbers: Data from Argentina’s National Agency of Controlled Materials…
Femicide

13 min read


Dec 5, 2022

Violent Extremism Could Beckon in North-western Nigeria if Local Dynamics Are Ignored

By: Nicolas Florquin, Alaa Tartir, and Anthony Obayi Onyishi

Violent Extremism

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Violent Extremism Could Beckon in
North-western Nigeria if Local Dynamics Are Ignored
Violent Extremism Could Beckon in
North-western Nigeria if Local Dynamics Are Ignored
Violent Extremism

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Jul 7, 2022

The Calm Before the Storm: Global Violent Deaths Update 2019–2020

By: Gergely Hideg and Gianluca Boo Though difficult to fathom as war rages in Ukraine, the years preceding the Russian invasion actually saw a reduction in global lethal violence. According to the latest update of the Small Arms Survey’s Global Violent Deaths (GVD) database, loss of life resulting from interpersonal…

Conflict

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The calm before the storm: Global Violent Deaths update 2019–2020
The calm before the storm: Global Violent Deaths update 2019–2020
Conflict

6 min read


Jun 10, 2022

The Illicit Possession and Transfer of MANPADS: A Global Assessment

By: Matt Schroeder Introduction Despite an unprecedented global campaign to curtail the illicit proliferation of man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), armed groups continue to acquire and use these weapons at an alarming rate. The Small Arms Survey has identified reports of illicit MANPADS in 32 countries and territories on five continents…

Small Arms Survey

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The Illicit Possession and Transfer of MANPADS: A Global Assessment
The Illicit Possession and Transfer of MANPADS: A Global Assessment
Small Arms Survey

10 min read


May 18, 2022

Towards more Tenacious Teamwork: On the Collaboration between the WPS and Small Arms Control Communities / Le contrôle des armes légères et le programme femmes, paix et sécurité : vers une collaboration renforcée

By: Kheira Djouhri, with Emilia Dungel and Callum Watson Version française également disponible ci-dessous. The Security Council has stated that: the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation, and misuse of small arms and light weapons fuel armed conflicts and have a wide range of […] consequences […], including the disproportionate impact on…

Women Peace And Security

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Towards more Tenacious Teamwork: On the Collaboration between the WPS and Small Arms Control…
Towards more Tenacious Teamwork: On the Collaboration between the WPS and Small Arms Control…
Women Peace And Security

16 min read


Mar 31, 2022

Footnotes: Takeaways from Previous Small Arms Survey Research on Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine is raising concerns about arms proliferation risks in the country and broader region, present and future. Our previous research on Ukraine provides insight into how these dynamics played out following the 2014–15 conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some examples: After the beginning of the conflict in 2014…

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Footnotes: Takeaways from Previous Small Arms Survey Research on Ukraine
Footnotes: Takeaways from Previous Small Arms Survey Research on Ukraine

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Feb 9, 2022

The Arms Trade to Africa Can Be Opaque: Why This Is Dangerous

By: Nicolas Florquin and Alaa Tartir

Trafficking

5 min read

The Arms Trade to Africa Can Be Opaque: Why This Is Dangerous
The Arms Trade to Africa Can Be Opaque: Why This Is Dangerous
Trafficking

5 min read


Dec 2, 2021

A Primer: IEDs in the Sahel and West Africa

Version française également disponible ci-dessous. By: Elodie Hainard and David Lochhead Agence France Presse estimates that in Burkina Faso alone, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have killed nearly 300 civilians and soldiers since 2018. The Small Arms Survey documents the trafficking of IED components in the Sahel and West Africa, having…

West Africa

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A Primer: IEDs in the Sahel and West Africa
A Primer: IEDs in the Sahel and West Africa
West Africa

12 min read


Oct 18, 2021

Keeping Current: The SADC Firearms Protocol Update

By: Gian Giezendanner and Miles Lovell Though the causes and factors driving conflicts in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region have varied over the past 20 years, illicit firearms and ammunition have continued to remain a common feature. …

Sadc

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Keeping Current: The SADC Firearms Protocol Update
Keeping Current: The SADC Firearms Protocol Update
Sadc

8 min read

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