By Balsa Lubarda, UNDP Montenegro The culture of ‘bearing arms’ has long stood beside the traditional definition of manhood, dignity: physical proof of the ability to defend your loved ones. ...
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Diffusing the powder keg
By Christopher Barber, SEESAC Junior Firearms Incidents Research Consultant In early July 2015, two Czech tourists were gunned down in the hauntingly beautiful mountains of northern Albania. ...
Constructive Destructions – Or, that time I philosophized over a manhole cover
By Emilia Dungel, SEESAC Junior Project Officer Sparks are flying. A distinct smell fills the air. Twisted metal, slowly metamorphosing into liquid. Wheelbarrows of marked guns, the ID tags on them ...
The Use of Firearms in Serbia in the First Ten Months of 2014
by Srdjan Hercigonja, SEESAC Intern Through the Targeting Weapons project, UNDP’s SEESAC initiative has been monitoring the use of firearms in the Republic of Serbia. The interactive online platform ...
Gender-Based Violence Awareness Raising Starts at Home
by Emilia Dungel, SEESAC Junior Communications and Research Consultant 25 November is the International End Violence Against Women Day. This day also markes the start of an annual 16-day campaign of ...
Remember to Remember the Women
by Emilia Dungel, SEESAC Junior Communications and Research Consultant The armistice between the Allies of World War I and Germany took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the ...
International Gun Destruction Day: Reflections from the Western Balkans
by Dr. Ivan Zverzhanovski, SEESAC Coordinator In the Balkans, small arms are widely available. Celebratory fire is a common occurrence, from weddings to New Years celebrations. ...
War Wounds - #TimeToAct
by Emilia Dungel, SEESAC Researcher We attended a Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict last week. To be honest, I’m struggling a bit with summarizing my thoughts and impressions ...
SEESAC participates in Viking 14!
Photo credit: Richard Kjaergaard, Swedish Armed Forces by Emilia Dungel, SEESAC Researcher and Slobodan Boskovic, Project Officer/Advisor Viking 14 is a joint training exercise for ...
Making Armed Forces Gender Sensitive
by Dr. Ivan Zverzhanovski, SEESAC Coordinator November was a busy month for the SEESAC Team. The tempo of our work on advancing gender equality in the defence systems of four countries in ...