Webinar series on gender and small arms control for Cambodian officials Conducted by UNRCPD in partnership with the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia.

08/07/2021
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20/07/2021
Activity description

From 8 to 20 July 2021, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) in partnership with the Ministry of Interior of Cambodia and with funding from the European Union, organized a series of webinars on gender and small arms control for Cambodian officials. The webinar series aimed at enhancing the understanding of key government officials of the relevance of gender considerations and gender responsive approaches to small arms control and equipping them with the tools to translate into practice the commitments member states have made under SALW global instruments such as the UN PoA and ATT. The series comprised four webinars via zoom and reached thirty government officials (12 women, 18 men) presenting the following agencies: the National Committee Against Torture, the National Committee for Counter Trafficking, the General Commissariat of National Police / Department of Fire Arms and Explosive Management, the Ministry of Interior (MoI), the General Department of Prison, the members of the Senior Officials Meeting on Transactional Crime (SOMTC) of the ASEAN, Ministry of Interior.

Project description

The webinar series was conducted as part of a global project in support of gender mainstreamed policies, programmes and actions in the fight against small arms trafficking and misuse, in line with the Women, Peace and Security agenda, implemented by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs globally.  

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Focus of Activity
Gender based violence (GBV)
International instruments
National action plan (NAP)
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Partners
Cambodia
Implementers
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD)
Cambodia
Donors
European Union (EU)
Budget
1100.00
USD
Contact Details
Contact Person
Ida Scarpino, Regional Project Coordinator, Gender & Small Arms and Light Weapons
Organization
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD)
Address
KSK Building, 4th Floor - Ward No. 5, Lagankhel, LalitpurP.O. Box 107 - Nepal
Phone
+9771 554858