Statement on the UK Government’s Rwanda Plan and Deportation Flight
GAPS released a statement on the UK Government's Rwanda Plan and first deportation flight on 14th June 2022.
APPG on Women, Peace and Security: Women’s Voices at the Heart of Efforts for Peace – Focus on the Black Sea Region and East Europe
On 8th June, the APPG on Women, Peace and Security (APPG WPS) hosted an event at the House of Lords in coordination with Embassy of Georgia and Women in Diplomacy Network London (WDN). The event gave an opportunity to hear…
GAPS Newsletter: May 2022
Welcome to our May wrap up. On 16th May, the FCDO released the anticipated International Development Strategy (IDS). The Strategy outlines the Government's key priorities in its approach to International Development. GAPS has written a response to the IDS, examining how…
GAPS’s Response to the International Development Strategy
GAPS has written a response to the FCDO's International Development Strategy (IDS) that was released last week outlining concerns that the Government’s ‘three E’s’ of education, empowerment, and ending violence silos efforts to tackle gender inequality under a ‘women and…
APPG on Women, Peace and Security: WPS in the Philippines – Examining the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for the Bangsamoro
Tuesday 26th April 2022– 2.30-3.45pm (UK summer time) Baroness Fiona Hodgson introduced the event including the APPG. She welcomed the focus on the comprehensive peace agreement for Bansamoro particularly as the Philippines is not an area the APPG have looked…
APPG on Women, Peace and Security: 2022 Annual General Meeting
On Tuesday 26th April, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) held its annual general meeting. The meeting was chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson of Abinger CBE, Co-Chair of the APPG-WPS. Election of Officers Mrs Flick Drummond…
GAPS Newsletter: April 2022
Welcome to our April wrap up. This month, the GAPS team has been finalising the Shadow Report ahead of the Government's Annual Report to Parliament where where they will present an update on their progress on Women, Peace and Security,…
GAPS is hiring a Director
Apply by May 15th 2022, GAPS Director (Open Contract). Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) is the UK’s Women, Peace and Security civil society network. It is a membership organisation of 19 multi-mandate international NGOs, peacebuilding organisations, women’s rights…
APPG on Women, Peace and Security: Generation Equality Forum
On 9th June 2021, the APPG held a joint event with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Goals to discuss the interconnectedness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. The event linked the…
APPG on Women, Peace and Security: Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding in Yemen
On Tuesday 29th March 2022, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with the APPG on Yemen, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) titled "Women in Yemen: Participation…