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Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima (APAV), Portugal
http://www.apav.pt/portal_eng/
The Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima (Portuguese Association for Victim Support) is an institution of social solidarity, established in 1990, whose objective is to promote information, protection and support to crime victims, through free and confidential services.
Blog "Disarming Domestic Violence in Portugal"
http://advocacynet.org/wordpress-mu/afuchs/
Blog created by Aaron Fuchs, Advocacy International fellow 2009, who, partnering with IANSA, worked with the Disarming Domestic Violence campaign in OGIVA, Portugal. His blog aggregates data and analysis collected during his internship as well as profiles of a series of survivors and stakeholders in the country.
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
http://www.hdcentre.org
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue is an international organisation registered under Swiss law and based in Geneva. It is an independent and impartial organisation working for the promotion of humanitarian dialogue. It facilitates dialogue among the principal humanitarian actors, stakeholders and aid recipients to enhance understanding of acute and future humanitarian problems. It also promotes efforts to design more effective operational approaches to humanitarian assistance.
Comunidade Segura
http://www.comunidadesegura.org
This internet platform and database, coordinated by Viva Rio, aims to systematise production on public security and human rights. It contains thematic dossiers on youth and violence, small arms control and gender.
IANSA
http://www.iansa.org
The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) is the global movement against gun violence - a network of 800 civil society organisations working in 120 countries to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW). IANSA seeks to make people safer from gun violence by securing stronger regulation on guns in society and better controls on arms exports. It represents the voices of civil society on the international stage, for example in the UN process on small arms, and draws on the practical experience of its members to campaign for policies that will protect human security.
NGO Working Group (NGO WG) on Women, Peace and Security
http://www.womenpeacesecurity.org
The NGO WG was formed in May 2000 to advocate for a United Nations Security Council resolution on women, peace and security. Following the unanimous adoption of SCR 1325 in October 2000, the group began the work of pressing for its full implementation.
PeaceWomen Project
http://www.peacewomen.org
The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nation Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. It is a Project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Small Arms Survey
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org
The Small Arms Survey is the principal source of public information on all aspects of small arms. It serves to monitor national and international (governmental and non-governmental) initiatives, and acts as a clearing house for the dissemination of best practices in the field.
Violence Policy Center (VPC), United States of America
http://www.vpc.org
The Violence Policy Center (VPC) approaches gun violence as a public health issue, advocating that firearms be subject to health and safety standards like those that apply to virtually all other consumer products. Guns and tobacco are the only two consumer products for which there is no federal health and safety oversight.
Viva Rio
http://www.vivario.org.br
Viva Rio is a non governmental organisation, based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its main mission is to research and design public policies aimed at promoting a peace culture and social development.
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