Member Network
GENSAC members, partners and friends are leading experts on small arms control, disarmament, gender, conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Explore their profiles and expertise below.
Regional Focal Points
A Regional Focal Point (RFP) is the person, organization or institution designated by the GENSAC Secretariat to represent the Network in three target regions which would benefit from increased regional presence, visibility, and accelerated actions on small arms control.
Latin America Regional Focal Point
Ms. María Pía Devoto
María Pía Devoto is the Director of the Argentinean organization Association for Public Policies (Asociación para Políticas Públicas – APP), coordinator of the Human Security Network in Latin American and Caribbean Region (SEHLAC), and a specialist in international security and non-proliferation issues, disarmament, arms control and gender; conducting advocacy activities, analysis, as well as an active member of various civil society networks.
Francophone Africa Regional Focal Point
Ms. Armelle Tsafack
Ms. Armelle NDONGO is a gender expert and the disarmament program coordinator at Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Cameroon section. She began working in civil society in 2004 and has held various positions, including programme officer, security policy officer and, since 2017, disarmament programme coordinator. This position has earned it a place in the select circle of founding members of GENSAC in May 2019, at the network’s inaugural meeting in Addis Ababa. With her extensive experience in the field of disarmament, she has made a major contribution to the network’s visibility in Africa and beyond. Since becoming GENSAC’s Regional Focal Point for Africa in August 2023, she has been working to unite her African sisters around a common ideal: to be key players in the arms control process in their various countries and to work towards creating more peaceful societies.
Member Spotlight
Miembro destacado de GENSAC: Ana Yancy Espinoza
Interview with Ana Yancy Espinoza, Academic Director of Costa Rican-based organization, Fundación Arias para la Paz.
GENSAC Member Spotlight: Ana Yancy Espinoza
Interview with Ana Yancy Espinoza, Academic Director of Costa Rican-based organization, Fundación Arias para la Paz.
GENSAC Predstavlja Članicu: Sanja Sumonja
Intervju sa inspektorkom Sanjom Šumonjom, inspektorkom kriminalističke policije iz Republike Srpske u Bosni i Hercegovini
GENSAC Member Spotlight: Sanja Sumonja
Interview with Inspector Sanja Sumonja, a criminal police inspector from the Republic of Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mise en lumière d’un membre du GENSAC : Armelle Ndongo
Interview with Cameroon civil society leader on her career combating the illicit proliferation of small arms, reducing gender-based and conflict-related violence, and promoting peace and sustainable development in Cameroon and across Africa.
GENSAC Member Spotlight: Armelle Ndongo
Interview with Cameroon civil society leader on her career combating the illicit proliferation of small arms, reducing gender-based and conflict-related violence, and promoting peace and sustainable development in Cameroon and across Africa.