One of the objectives of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is to provide tools and guidelines for effective implementation of the ATT and the UN PoA on SALW provisions related to gender-based violence. For example, on 6 June 2016, the WILPF’s Disarmament programme, Reaching Critical Will, launched a report, "Preventing gender-based violence through arms control", considered an assistance tool, at a side event to the Sixth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS6). This report discusses the complete and effective implementation of the ATT and UN 2001 PoA by: (i) providing an introduction to the concepts of gender and GBV, placing them in the context of conventional weapons, the ATT and the PoA; (ii) overviewing current practices in export licensing, including applications and documentations, risk assessments, information sharing, monitoring and transparency; (iii) offering guidelines for assessing the risk of GBV; (iv) covering items, intended end users, destination countries, criteria and indicators relevant for assessing whether or not an arms transfer could result in GBV; (v) providing informative guidelines for preventing GBV through arms control measures, such as legislation, national commissions, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes, data collection and international aid; and (vi) offering recommendations and resources to guide export officials in their responsibilities.