2024 Africa Amnesty Month (AAM) Report The 2024 Africa Amnesty Month (AAM), jointly implemented by the African Union (AU), UNODA, and RECSA, supported three beneficiary countries—Central African Republic, Djibouti, and Rwanda—in advancing efforts to curb the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW). The initiative contributes to the AU’s “Silencing the Guns by2024 Africa Amnesty Month (AAM) Report
Regional Action Plan (RAP) on Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) in Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Contexts. This vital document provides a strategic framework for Member States to enhance peace and security by integrating effective arms management into peace processes. Background and Vision For the past two decades, the Great Lakes Region and the HornRegional Action Plan on WAM in DDR Contexts
Preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW), in all its aspects, as well as addressing the impact of misuse of legally owned weapons, requires examining the human factors behind the supply, demand and misuse of such weapons. In doing so, all the spheres of society at all levelsRECSA GENDER POLICY
GTA BOOK (MERGED)_230928_172507 Executive Summary Small arms and light weapons (SALW) proliferation and misuse have devastating effects on human security, particularly on women and girls who are disproportionately affected. The armed conflicts in the region illustrate how SALW and their illicit circulation contribute to rapid fragility situations leading to violent shifts of political regimes, instability,GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES