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ENDNOTES
1 See, for example, UN (1997), Report of the UN Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms in
pursuance of GA Resolution 50/70B, A/52/298, 27 August, p. 2
2 WHO (2002), World Report on Violence and Health, p. 25
3 In terms of gender, this trend is generally reflective of other forms of interpersonal violence as well.
For example, studies show that boys are more likely than girls to carry guns to school, to have
been in a fight, and to have witnessed violence outside the home. See WHO (2002), World Report
on Violence and Health
4 WHO (2002), pp. 274–275
5 Jackman, Geoffrey et al. (2001), ‘Seeing is believing: What do boys do when they find a real gun?’,
Pediatrics, Vol. 107, June, pp. 1247–1250
6 Small Arms Survey 2004, p. 178
7 Mathews, S. et al. (2004), ‘Every six hours a woman is killed by her intimate partner’: A National
Study of Female Homicide in South Africa, Medical Research Council Policy Brief, Medical Research
Council, Cape Town, pp. 1–4
8 Mathews, S. et al. (2004), ‘Every six hours a woman is killed by her intimate partner’ ; See also
‘South African spouse killings epidemic,’ May 24, 2005. Available at: www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/
africa/05/24/wife.killings.reut/?section=cnn_world)
9 See, for example, Hemenway, David et al (2002), ‘Firearm availability and female homicide victimization
rates across 25 populous high-income countries’, Journal of the American Medical
Women’s Association, Vol. 57, pp. 100–104; See also the WHO Multi-Country Study on Women’s
Health and Domestic Violence against Women. Available at: www.who.int/gender/violence/
multicountry/en/
10 Amnesty International (2004), Lives blown away: Crimes against women in times of conflict.
Amnesty International Publications, London, p. 1. Available at: web.amnesty.org/library/Index/
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