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Natália Pollachi

Natália Pollachi

Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Latin America
Gender
Arms Trafficking
Project Director | Instituto Sou da Paz (Brasil)
Languages:
Spanish
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Email:
natalia@soudapaz.org

Natália Pollachi is a project manager working at the Brazilian NGO Instituto Sou da Paz. She has worked on arms control since 2013, focusing mainly on small arms and ammunition, studying their lifecycle, origin, and effects on public security - including differential impacts regarding gender and race. Since 2018, she has managed pilot projects to implement new public policies in direct cooperation with police departments. She also takes part in advocacy efforts, producing technical material, speaking with the press, and conducting meetings with decision-makers.

She was listed twice in the publication "Forces of Change" by UNLIREC, has a trainer certificate from the ATT Secretary and currently also serves on the ATT Monitor Editorial Advisory Committee.

Pollachi holds a master's degree in International Relations from Universidade de São Paulo (USP) with research on political coalitions and peace negotiations. She speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Featured Publications

Pela Vida das Mulheres: O Papel da Arma de Fogo na Violência de Gênero

(the role of firearms in violence against women in Brazil) | March 8, 2025.
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4 ações que os governadores eleitos deveriam tomar para conter a violência

ECOA | August 29, 2023.
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Arma de Fogo é questão de Gênero

Catarinas | December 10, 2022.
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Publications

  • Pela Vida das Mulheres: O Papel da Arma de Fogo na Violência de Gênero
    (the role of firearms in violence against women in Brazil) | March 8, 2025.
  • 4 ações que os governadores eleitos deveriam tomar para conter a violência
    ECOA | August 29, 2023.
  • Arma de Fogo é questão de Gênero
    Catarinas | December 10, 2022.
  • De olhos vendados para o mercado ilegal de armas
    JOTA | November 8, 2022.
  • Armas Apontadas Para Elas
    Piauí | September 23, 2022.
  • Integrated Firearms Control Model
    Instituto Sou da Paz | 2022
  • Integrated Firearms Control Model
    Instituto Sou da Paz | 2022
  • Violência armada, violência policial e comércio de armas
    Sou da Paz | 2021
  • Armed violence, police violence and the arms trade in brazil
    Sao da Paz and others | 2021
  • Rio’s Arsenal: An analysis of ammunition seizures in the state of Rio de Janeiro (2014-2017)
    Instituto Sou da Paz | 2014
  • Segurança sem mulheres é ineficiente para todos
    Folha de S. Paolo | June 27, 2020.