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1 results foundAuthor: Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) Title: A Human Security Concern: The Traffick, Use and Misuse of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Caribbean Summary: This paper looks at the place of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) as a threat to Human Security with specific reference to the Caribbean context. The concept of Human Security for the purpose of this paper is not limited to a State centric realist definition of the concept. Human Security is interpreted and interrogated within a more people centred approach to the concept. The intent of this paper is to outline the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weight weapons within the framework of a compromised Human Security and as a hinderance to development. It further explores the major consideration of Human Security for the Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean region, investigating the political and economic development path as a contributor to and facilitator of this compromised security. Additionally, the unique geopolitics and economics of regional development and the space created for the proliferation of SALW is also looked at in terms of providing as holistic as possible an understanding of the factors which determine the mis-use of SALW within the region. In conclusion, the remedial work undertaken, both at the level of the State and non-State actors, specific to the social and economic fallout consistent with the proliferation and mis-use of SALW will be explored. The initiatives which seek to address the issue of SALW as a threat to human security at the national, regional and international levels. The overarching concerns of the paper are the place of gender within the Human Security and SALW dialogue and the place or impacts on the development agenda for these issues. Details: Trinidad and Tobago: Women's Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD), 2010. 30p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 8, 2012 at http://www.cries.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Documentos-8.pdf Year: 2010 Country: International URL: http://www.cries.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Documentos-8.pdf Shelf Number: 125202 Keywords: Human Security (Caribbean)Illegal GunsIllegal WeaponsSmall Arms Trafficking (Caribbean) |