Gender analysis of SALW control legislation and policies in the Western Balkans - reports
UNDP SEESAC, in cooperation with Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Commissions in the Western Balkans, conducted a large-scale gender analysis of small arms control legislation and policies. A total of 101 laws, 113 bylaws, and 39 strategies and action plans were screened to assess their gender responsiveness and propose hands-on recommendations to adequately address the risks women and men face with regard to firearms. The gender responsiveness of the legislation and policies was assessed against the main gender concerns related to small arms, such as legislative and policy preconditions for the integration of the gender perspective into small arms control; the participation and representation of women in arms control policy/legislation development and implementation; links between firearms and domestic violence and violence against women; responses to gendered aspects of firearms demand, use and misuse – including connections between specific forms of masculinity and firearms; gender-sensitive record-keeping practices; and linkages between the arms trade and the risks of gender-based violence and violence against women.
Report on the Gender Analysis of Small Arms Control Legal and Policy Frameworks in Albania
Report on the Gender Analysis of Small Arms Control Legal and Policy Frameworks in North Macedonia
Report on the Gender Analysis of Small Arms Control Legal and Policy Frameworks in Montenegro
Report on the Gender Analysis of Small Arms Control Legal and Policy Frameworks in Kosovo*
*For the United Nations Development Programme, references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). For the European Union, this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.