Victor Amisi, is a survivor of gun violence and the head of Project GRAM which works in the Democratic Republic of Congo to promote human rights in defending the rights of children and women, speak to AOAV.  These are his words.   Experience growing up Since 1996,  I have worked on the promotion and protection of the […]

Today is the final day of the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS5) in New York. States have been discussing implementation of the UN Programme of Action (PoA) to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. Coinciding with this event is the Global Week of […]

Today is day four of the BMS5 of the Programme of Action for Small Arms and Light Weapons. States are scheduled to continue discussing several points on the agenda, including stockpile management and the implementation of the international tracing instrument. AOAV tackles weapons proliferation in Sierra Leone by helping the Government improve stockpile management, supporting […]

This week sees the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS5) take place in New York, from the 16th-22nd June, to consider implementation of the UN Programme of Action (PoA) to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. It has been 13 years since UN member […]

Nearly half a million people were murdered worldwide in 2012, according to a survey just released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Global Study on Homicide 2013, released on April 10, is a fascinating worldwide picture of murders. Notably, the data here refers to intentional unlawful killings outside of conflict […]

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Geoffrey Duke works for the South Sudan Action Network on Small Arms. He lives in Juba, South Sudan. AOAV: What does the network do? Geoffrey Duke: The network works to reduce gun violence in South Sudan. Gun violence is an enormous problem here, even after the hostilities between the North and the South. Violence has […]

Baffour Amoa is the President of the West African Action Network on Small Arms and Chair of the International Action Network on Small Arms‘ International Advisory Council. AOAV: What is your main job in this role? Baffour Amoa: Primarily to make sure that, in West Africa, we fight against gun violence and the proliferation of small arms and light […]

Binalakshmi Nepram Co-founder of Control Arms Foundation India and Founder of the Manipuri Women Gun Survivors Network Binalakshmi Nepram co-founded India’s first civil society organisation dedicated to conventional disarmament issues, Control Arms Foundation India. In 2007 she founded the Manipur Women Gun Survivor Network to support women who are affected by gun violence. The group […]

Michael Bloomberg Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg is the current mayor of New York and a successful businessman. He is a prominent supporter of gun control in the US and is co-chair of the coalition Mayors Against Illegal Guns along with 850 mayors from 44 states. The group seeks to impose tighter gun controls […]

Calle 13 Puerto Rican band Calle 13 is a Puerto Rican band featuring step brothers Rene Joglar, Eduardo Martinez, and their half-sister IIeana Joglar. Hugely popular across Latin America, their song “La Bala” (the bullet) deals with the domino effect of violence and was part of a joint venture with UNICEF to raise awareness of […]

Last year saw a series of brutal mass shootings in affluent white suburbs like Aurora, Colorado, and Newtown, Connecticut. The same year marked a growing divide in violence in urban centers that continue to suffer the majority of fatal gun violence. At the same time that homicides soared in Chicago and Detroit in 2012, they reached decades-long or near-record lows in New […]