Women, weapons and war: A gendered critique of multilateral instruments

Women, weapons and war: A gendered critique of multilateral instruments

This new briefing paper from Reaching Critical Will considers synergies—and contradictions—related to gender and women in a number of multilateral resolutions, treaties, and commitments on conventional weapons and women's rights and participation, including the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the UN Programme of Action on trade in small arms and light weapons (UNPoA), and resolutions from UN Security Council, UN Human Rights Council, and UN General Assembly.
Challenges to Indian Democracy: Nuclearisation, Militarisation and State Violence

Challenges to Indian Democracy: Nuclearisation, Militarisation and State Violence

Prominent activists, journalists and intellectuals like P.Sainath, Medha Patkar, Admiral Ramdas, Praful Bidwai, Jean Dreze, S.P. Udayakumar and other concerned citizens and movements from all over the country converged in New Delhi to raise their voice for justice and peace, and discuss the ways ahead to confront the intensifying assaults on the basic tenets of India's hard-fought democracy. The convention focused on nuclearisation, militarisation and state violence which are the most immediate and dangerous challenges to Indian democracy.
PEACE NOW – Special Issue

PEACE NOW – Special Issue

This special issue of PEACE NOW was brought out on the occasion of the National Conference on ‘Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Relevance for South Asia and the World’.
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013

Two years after the Fukushima disaster started unfolding on 11 March 2011, its impact on the global nuclear industry has become increasingly visible. Global electricity generation from nuclear plants dropped by a historic 7 percent in 2012, adding to the record drop of 4 percent in 2011. This World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013 (WNISR) provides a global overview of the history, the current status and the trends of nuclear power programs worldwide.