“How Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) can help Silence the Guns, End all forms of Gender Based Violence and Promote other Aspirations of African Union (AU) Agenda!”– Presentation by Josephine Alabi, Executive Director, Keen and Care Initiative (KCI), Nigeria / Member of AU ECOSOCC on  30th August , 2020

It’s Indeed a great honour for me to be invited and to speak on“How Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) can help Silence the Guns, End all forms of Gender Based Violence and Promote other Aspirations of African Union (AU) Agenda!”

Interactive Structure

—  Definitions

–          Small Arms and Light weapons (SALW)

–          Small Arms

–          Light Weapons

—  What Does it Mean to “Silence the Guns”?

—  What help can we get from the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)?

—  Gendered impact of armed violence and conflict, and gender-based violence

—  The African Union (AU) agenda for Silencing the Guns

—  Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on 2020 Aspirations and the Need to be More Strategic on Post-Covid -19 Actions (Way Forward);

—  Conclusion

—  Imaging the positive effect in Africa!

—  The End

For  more details please contact us at: Keen and Care Initiative (KCI), thank you.