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1 Fact Sheet on Gender in the ATT [1] (2019)

handle is hein.unl/fctgatt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~arms GENDER IN THE ARMS TRADE TREATY The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is the first legally binding multilateral instrument to recognize the connection between the international arms trade and gender-based violence (GBV), and to create obligations upon States Parties in this regard. In 2018, Latvia announced 'gender and arms related gender-based violence' as the priority theme for its ATT Presidency. This presents the opportunity for a deeper analysis of the links between the conventional arms categories covered by the ATT and GBV, and on how gender perspectives can be incorporated in treaty implementation and the review process. SALW victims by sex and Women Girls Boys Men age (201.215)1 16% 84% Small Arms and A small arm is used in almost half of all violent deaths globally and in approximately one-third of all Femicide3 femicides. In countries with the highest rates of femicide, more than half of these killings are perpetrated with small arms. Most perpetrators of femicide are male and are frequently known to the victim; often their current or former intimate partners, family members or friends. States Parties could mainstream gender in their national and local, criminal and public health policies, to enable the collection of sex-disaggregated data on the impacts of armed violence, GBV and conflict. I States Parties could support research that promotes a better understanding of the gendered impacts of illicit arms flows and trade, and of conflict and violence. GBV is an umbrella term for any harmful act that is perpetrated against a person's will and that is based on socially ascribed gender differences, including homophobic and transphobic violence against those who defy gender norms. Statistics show that the majority of GBV victims are women,4 although challenges in data-collection remain. GBV against women and men is often underreported due to social stigma, and there is particularly insufficient data on the prevalence, and the circumstances under which GBV is perpetrated against men and boys. Article 7(4) of the ATT requires that States Parties in their export assessments 'take into account the risk' of the arms covered by the treaty 'being used to commit or facilitate serious acts of gender-based violence or serious acts of violence against women and children.' 1Small ArmsSurvey (2016), A Gendered Analysis of Violent Deaths Available at: htt2 p// lwwsmallar ssu-org/fileadmin/docs/ H_-..r.h N /sSAS -Rsarch Not e63df 2MOSAIC Module Women, men and the gendered nature of small arms and light weapons Available at: https://s3,amazonawscom /tunoda web/wp content/uploads/2019/01/MOSAIC 06,10 2017EVi,0,pdf; Reaching Critical Will 2014) Women and Explosive Weapons Available at: ht2 o/ /www reachingcriticalwill o g/limage,/d~cuments/Publicatios/W W1df 3 Idem, SWhat is gender based violence?, European Institute for Gender Equality Available at: htt12,//ie eurolpa eu /en der-based violen /what-is-gend -based vi olence

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