Advancing Gender and Inclusivity in Small Arms Control: Key Takeaways from RevCon4
This briefing paper outlines the provisions related to gender, inclusivity, and small arms of the adopted outcome document from the Fourth Review Conference (RevCon4) for the UN Programme of Action (UNPoA) on the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and its International Tracing Instrument (ITI).
From 17–28 June 2024, the UN convened RevCon4 in New York. Advancing Gender and Inclusivity in Small Arms Control: Key Takeaways from RevCon4 outlines the provisions of the adopted outcome document that relate to gender, inclusivity, and small arms and contextualises the language included therein. It also offers suggestions to advance this work in upcoming meetings of the UNPoA and ITI.
This paper was written by Emma Bjertén, of Reaching Critical Will (RCW), the disarmament programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and Natalie Briggs, of the Gender Equality Network for Small Arms Control (GENSAC). The authors thank Ray Acheson from RCW/WILPF, Daniel Friedman from GENSAC, Luisa Portugal from GENSAC, and Callum Watson from Small Arms Survey for reviewing this paper and for providing valuable comments and editorial support. Thank you also to Ray Acheson and Laura Varella (RCW/ WILPF) for layout and design.
Published in December 2024 by Reaching Critical Will, a programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and the Gender Equality Network for Small Arms Control, an initiative hosted and managed by the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies at the Center on International Cooperation (New York University).