Rebecca Peters is the Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), the global movement against gun violence. IANSA is a network of over 900 civil society organisations working in 120 countries against the proliferation and misuse of guns. IANSA is the official coordinator of civil society participation in the UN small arms process, and one of the core members of the campaign for an Arms Trade Treaty. Through research, advocacy and campaigning, IANSA members are promoting local, national, regional and global measures to strengthen human security. Rebecca Peters, an Australian lawyer and journalist, has been an activist for human rights and public health for 20 years. Before joining IANSA she worked for the Open Society Institute, the foundation created by financier George Soros.