Anna Alvazzi del Frate is a criminologist with vast experience in international comparative studies on crime and violence, with a special focus on armed violence and gender-related matters, which she developed during her career as a UN official at the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (Rome/Turin) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (Vienna) and as an academic at the Small Arms Survey (IHEID, Geneva). She is a founding director of Kennis: Knowledge for Safety and Good Governance and the 2019–2023 Chair of the Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.