Small Arms Survey

Latin America Resets Its Strategy against Femicides

By Fabiana Frayssinet
Several initiatives are seeking to strengthen the fight against femicides in Latin America, a region which, despite growing popular mobilisation and pioneering legislation against gender-based murders, still has the world's worst rates in what has been described as a "silent genocide," says U.N. Women.

UN-Backed Findings Reveal Startling Small Arms Trade Increase

By Aruna Dutt
A report released by The Small Arms Survey here Monday shows the alarming rate at which the trade of small arms and light weapons has been increasing.

Small Arms Proliferation a Trigger for Rising Wildlife Crimes

By Thalif Deen
The ongoing military conflicts in the Middle East and Africa continue to be fuelled by the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW), primarily assault rifles, sub machine guns, hand grenades, portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, rockets and self-loading pistols.