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Strengthening mine action through synergies with the women, peace and security agenda: Recommendation brief for national mine action authorities and national mine action centres
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and the mine action sector share certain common goals: peace, recovery, and the act of advancing human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings. However, the strategic and...
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GICHD insights | Integrating mine action into the women, peace and security agenda: recommendation brief for governments in explosive ordnance-affected contexts
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and the mine action sector share common goals: peace, recovery, and advancing human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings. However, the strategic and operational alignment between...
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Improving Protection, Reducing Civilian Vulnerabilities
Explosive remnants of war (ERW), mines, small arms and light weapons (SALW) and their ammunition often threaten civilians in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Their simultaneous presence suggests that effective protection for...
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2016 Annual Report
In 2016, GICHD staff visited and supported 57 countries to improve mine action globally and locally. Over the 40 training sessions and workshops that were delivered, we had the opportunity to reach out to 870 course participants....
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Leaving no one Behind: Mine Action and the Sustainable Development Goals
This joint GICHD-UNDP study explores the links between mine action and the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs and it reflects upon the current understanding of the contribution and impact that mine action is having on achieving the 2030...
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Seeking more coherent implementation in post-conflict security: Can we better align SSR, DDR, SALW and Mine Action?
Post-conflict peacebuilding is now characterised by an established range of targeted security programmes: Security sector reform (SSR), disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR), small arms and light weapons (SALW)...
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Global mapping and analysis of anti-vehicle mines incidents in 2016
This report presents and analyses AVM incident data from 2016. It follows up on and compares findings with a first report of its kind: “Global Mapping and Analysis of Anti- Vehicle Mine Incidents in 2015”, released in April 2016. ...
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GICHD Brochure | German
A general brochure introducing Who We Are, What We Do and the four divisions that make up the GICHD.
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Gender and Diversity Annual Report 2016
In its 2015-2018 Strategy, the GICHD has reaffirmed its commitment to gender & diversity, and 2016 has cer-tainly been a year of accomplishments. In January 2016, the GICHD joined the International Gender Champions Network. In...
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Study Linking Mine Action and SDGs Preliminary Findings
This brief provides the early results and preliminary recommendations of a joint GICHD-UNDP study exploring the links between mine action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and its Sustainable...
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Explosive Weapon Effects
Motivated by its strategic goal to improve human security and equipped with subject expertise in explosive hazards, the GICHD launched a research project to characterise explosive weapons. The GICHD perceives the debate on...
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An Initial Study Into Mine Action and Improvised Explosive Devices
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) present significant risks to mine action (MA) operators and the programmes within which they work. Such risks can be managed through well-informed risk identification and assessment, the...
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