Using our recent Top 100 lists as a starting point (The 100 most influential people in armed violence reduction and 100 of the most influential journalists), AOAV has compiled a handy list of notable Twitter accounts sharing interesting stories, research and analyses surrounding armed violence and armed violence reduction.
Please support the members of this list: follow their accounts, share their work, start a conversation.
“Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.” – Ai Weiwei
Do you think you should be on the list? Do you know anyone who deserves to be added? Tweet your suggestions @AOAV, or email them to info@aoav.org.uk.
UN officials
| Baroness Valerie Amos | Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator | @ValerieAmos |
| Joan Clos | Executive Director of UN-HABITAT | @joanclos |
| Theresa Hitchens | Director of the Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) | @genevaexpat |
Representatives of intergovernmental organisations
| Alexander Butchart | Co-ordinator, Violence Prevention at the World Health Organization | @butcharta |
Nobel Peace Prize laureates
| 14th Dalia Lama | Religious leader | @dalailama |
| Jody Williams | Ambassador for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines | @jodywilliams97 |
| Kofi Annan | Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations | @kofiannan |
| Leymah Gbowee | Liberian peace activist | @leymahrgbowee |
NGO and not-for-profit leaders
| Anna MacDonald | Head of Arms control at Oxfam | @annamac33 |
| Binalakshmi Nepram | Co-founder of Control Arms Foundation India | @binanepram |
| Jan Gruiters | Managing Director of IKV Pax Christi | @jangruiters |
| Jared Cohen | Director of Google Ideas | @jaredcohen |
| Jessica Montell | Executive Director of B’Tselelm | @jessicamontell |
| Juliana Rotich | Executive Director and co-founder of Ushahidi | @afromusing |
| Ken Banks | Founder of Frontline SMS | @kiwanja |
| Sarah Holewinski | Executive Director of the Center for Civilians in Conflict | @sarahatcivic |
| Steve Goose | Head of Human Rights Watch Arms Division | @stevedgoose |
| Unni Karunakara | International President of Médecins Sans Frontières | @unnikarunakara |
Academics & think tank members
| Brandon Hamber | Professor of Peace and Conflict and Director of International Conflict Research Institute | @brandonhamber |
| Jakkie Cilliers | Executive Director of the African Institute for Security Studies | @jakkiecilliers |
| Keith Krause | Programme Director of the Small Arms Survey | @keithkrauseSAS |
| Louise Arbour | CEO and President of the International Crisis Group | @louise_arbour |
| Paul Rogers | Academic at the University of Bradford and a Professor at the Peace Studies Department | @profprogers |
| Robin Coupland | Advisor to the International Committee of the Red Cross | @robinmcoupland |
Donors
| George Soros | Philanthropist | @georgesoros |
| Jeff Skoll | Founder of the Skoll Foundation and the Skoll Global Threats Fund | @jeffskoll |
| Luis Alberto Moreno | President of the Inter-American Development Bank | @morenobid |
Survivors
| Gabrielle Giffords | American Congresswoman and advocate for gun control | @gabbygiffords |
Photographers
| Paul Conroy | Photojournalist | @reflextv |
| Ron Haviv | Photojournalist | @ronhaviv |
| Steve McCurry | Photojournalist | @mccurrystudios |
Celebrities
| Angélique Kidjo | Musician and activist from Benin | @angeliquekidjo |
| Calle 13 | Puerto Rican band | @calle13oficial |
| Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez | Colombian musician and activist | @juanes |
Journalists, bloggers & writers
| Alex Crawford | Journalist | @AlexCrawfordSky |
| Alex Thomson | Journalist | @alextomo |
| Andrew Feinstein | Journalist | @andrewfeinstein |
| Aris Roussinos | Journalist | @arisroussinos |
| Ayub Nuri | Journalist | @ayubnuri |
| Bill Neely | Journalist | @billneelyitv |
| Carlos Dada | Journalist | @CarlosDada |
| Charles Enderlin | Journalist | @Charles1045 |
| Charles Glass | Journalist | @CGlassArticles |
| Charlotte Aagaard | Journalist | @AagaardC |
| Chris Woods | Journalist | @chrisjwoods |
| Christiane Amanpour | Journalist | @camanpour |
| Christina Lamb | Journalist | @christinalamb |
| CJ Chivers | Journalist | @cjchivers |
| Damien Spleeters | Journalist | @damspleet |
| Dan Rather | Journalist | @DanRatherReport |
| David Rohde | Journalist | @RohdeD |
| David Wood | Journalist | @woodwriter |
| Deborah Amos | Journalist | @deborahamos |
| Dexter Filkins | Journalist | @newyorker |
| Ed Caesar | Journalist | @edcaesar |
| Ed Vulliamy | Journalist | @edvulliamy |
| Eliot Higgins | Journalist | @brown_moses |
| Giuliana Sgrena | Journalist | @GiulianaSgrena |
| Hala Jaber | Journalist | @HalaJaber |
| Hoda Abdel-Hamid | Journalist | @HodaAH |
| Ian Pannell | Journalist | @BBCiPannell |
| James Brabazon | Journalist | @james_brabazon |
| Janine di Giovanni | Journalist | @janinedigi |
| Jason Burke | Journalist | @burke_jason |
| Javier Espinosa | Journalist | @javierespinosa2 |
| Jenan Moussa | Journalist | @jenanmoussa |
| Jeremy Bowen | Journalist | @BowenBBC |
| Jeremy Scahill | Journalist | @jeremyscahill |
| Jineth Bedoya Lima | Journalist | @jbedoyalima |
| John Pilger | Journalist | @johnpilger |
| Jon Lee Anderson | Journalist | @jonleeanderson |
| Jonathan Miller | Journalist | @millerc4 |
| Joseph, R Chenelly | Journalist | @jchenelly |
| Karen Maron | Journalist | @KarenMaron |
| Kevin Sites | Journalist | @kevinsites |
| Lauren Wolfe | Journalist | @Wolfe321 |
| Leila Fadel | Journalist | @LeilaFadel |
| Lindsey Hilsum | Journalist | @lindseyhilsum |
| Lourdes Garcia-Navarro | Journalist | @lourdesgnavarro |
| Lyse Doucet | Journalist | @bbclysedoucet |
| Marcela Turati | Journalist | @marcelaturati |
| Mark Willacy | Journalist | @markwillacy |
| Michael Ware | Journalist | @MickWareDotCom |
| Mohammed Adow | Journalist | @Moadow |
| Mustafa Haji Abdinur | Journalist | @mustafaxaaji |
| Nadezhda Kevorkova | Journalist | @KevorkovaNadia |
| Natalia Springer | Journalist | @nataliaspringer |
| Nima Elbagir | Journalist | @NimaCNN |
| Nir Rosen | Journalist | @nirrosen |
| Olly Lambert | Journalist | @ollylambert |
| Peter Tinti | Journalist | @petertinti |
| Piers Morgan | Journalist | @piersmorgan |
| Ramita Navai | Journalist | @ramitanavai |
| Remy Ourdan | Journalist | @RemyOurdan |
| Richard Engel | Journalist | @RichardEngel |
| Rima Maktabi | Journalist | @rimamaktabi |
| Robert Fisk | Journalist | @TheRobertFisk |
| Sami Zubeiri | Journalist | @szubeiri |
| Scott Peterson | Journalist | @peterson__scott |
| Sebastian Junger | Journalist | @sebastianjunger |
| Seymour Hersh | Journalist | @seymourhersh |
| Stephen Farrell | Journalist | @Farrelltimes |
| Sue Lloyd-Roberts | Journalist | @suellr |
| Teresa Bo | Journalist | @TeresaBo |
| Tim Franks | Journalist | @BBCTimFranks |
| Tony Birtley | Journalist | @tonybirtley |
| Zeina Khodr | Journalist | @ZeinakhodrAljaz |
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