Division 2 OBJECTIVES

The overall objective of this Decision is to contribute to international peace, security, gender equality and sustainable development by enhancing the effectiveness of small arms control measures through the promotion of approaches based upon systematic gender analysis and the integration of gender perspectives. The results of the actions supported by this Decision will contribute to the broader international policy agenda on gender equality and women's empowerment.

This Decision will support the full and effective implementation of the PoA and the implementation of gender-relevant outcomes of the 2018 Third United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the PoA (RevCon3).

This Decision will also contribute to implementation of the United Nations Secretary General's Agenda for Disarmament^f1, which calls for greater efforts to be made towards achieving equal, full and effective participation of women in all decision-making processes related to disarmament, recognises that there is a need to overcome the link between ownership and use of arms and specific expressions of masculinity related to control, power, domination and strength which underpins both structural and physical violence against women, and calls for gender-responsive arms control to reduce violence against women and girls in both public and private spheres. This Decision will also contribute to the Agenda's call for strengthened partnerships with civil society and youth in order to advance the disarmament and arms control agenda.

To achieve this, this Decision will support actions to:

• operationalise the Modular Small-arms-control Implementation Compendium (MOSAIC)^f2 modules on ‘Women, men and the gendered nature of small arms and light weapons’ and on ‘Children, adolescents, youth and small arms and light weapons’;

• develop a training manual to serve as a guidance document and ensure that all actions are executed in accordance with current UN standards;

• train staff and trainers of UN regional centres and secretariat staff of regional and sub-regional organisations on integrating gender perspectives into small arms policies and frameworks to ensure a systematic approach to the issue;

• train national officials in 18 countries on gender-mainstreaming and small arms control;

• promote gender perspectives, gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment in regional initiatives;

• strengthen the small arms control component in the WPS framework as well as the framework itself;

• contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, in particular Goals 16 and 5, as well as converging international policy agendas on gender equality;

• strengthen civil society engagement on gender-mainstreaming small arms control in partnership with the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and IANSA Women's Network;

• generate sustained impact through effective awareness-raising, advocacy, outreach and partnerships.