Upcoming Webinar: New Pathways for Prevention in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence - The Role of Arms Control

Monday, 24 November 2025, 9:00 – 10:30 EST, online via Microsoft Teams.

To mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), United Nations Action, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) are organising an online webinar on new research, tools, and good practices for gender-responsive approaches to arms control aimed at preventing GBV in both conflict and non-conflict settings.

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Women and girls make up the majority of victims and survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), which often involves the use or threat of weapons. Yet, GBV remains severely underreported, limiting the effectiveness of efforts to prevent it. In conflict settings, such violence frequently escalates into more severe, and weaponized forms as conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV).

Recongnizing these risks multilateral arms control and disarmament frameworks, accompanied by growing calls for consistent and holistic integration of gender perspective in small arms and light weapons control.
 

Focusing on experiences from the Western Balkans and Haiti, this event seeks to facilitate cross-geographical learning. Experts and practitioners will share and discuss emerging initiatives and good practices for integrating gender-responsive arms control measures into broader efforts to prevent GBV and CRSV.
 

Speakers
 

Andrei Nicolenco, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations
 

Panelists
 

Letitia Anderson, UN Action Coordinator

Hana Salama, Researcher, Integrated Approaches Programme, UNIDIR

Catherine Moore, United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti

Dragan Bozanic, UNDP South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC)

Lara Wilkinson, UNODA
 

Moderated by: Bojana Balon, Head of UNDP SEESAC

More speakers will be announced in due course.
 

Please register to participate online and receive the detail for the Microsoft Teams link.