Statement on COP27
GAPS released a statement with a call to action for Governments attending COP27 in Egypt on Monday 7th November 2022.
GAPS Newsletter: October 2022
Welcome to our October wrap-up. This month, the GAPS Director headed to Berlin for the W7 conference, and to New York for Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Week at the United Nations. Ahead of the Open Debate, GAPS signed onto…
APPG on Women, Peace and Security: How the UK can help to ensure Women’s Rights in Iraq
On Monday 10th October, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with Gender Action for Peace and Security and the University of Sheffield to launch a report titled Listening to Women’s Rights…
Women, Peace and Security: Pillars for Peace Summary Report
Following the UN Security Council’s 2022 Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, GAPS, as part of LEAP4Peace Consortium, has published a summary report titled Pillars for Peace. This summary report follows a report of the same title that was…
APPG on Women, Peace and Security: Ensuring the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) is Successful and Survivor-Centred
Report of an Event on Ensuring the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) is Successful and Survivor-Centred, held on Wednesday 13th July Briefing Background On Wednesday 13th July 2022 the APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) for Women, Peace and Security…
Listening to Women’s Rights Organisations: The UK’s Gender and Women Peace and Security Practice in Iraq
This joint policy report written by Dr Zeynep Kaya at the University of Sheffield, Dr Ilham Makki, and Gender Action for Peace and Security will be officially launched in Parliament on 10th October 2022 at an event of the All-Party…
GAPS Newsletter: September 2022
Welcome to our September wrap-up. This month, GAPS launched our 2021 Shadow Report at an event that brought together GAPS members, civil society, parliamentarians and other stakeholders to discuss the UK Government's implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda…
Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2021: GAPS Shadow Report
In this shadow report, GAPS assesses the 2021 Annual Report to Parliament by the UK Government and focuses on how the UK Government has used, and could have used, the penultimate year of implementation for this National Action Plan (NAP) to…
GAPS is Hiring a Policy, Advocacy and Communications Manager – Maternity Cover, 1 year
GAPS POLICY ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER (Maternity Cover, 1 year). The GAPS Policy Advocacy and Communications Manager will support the coordination and development of the GAPS network, and the development and delivery of the GAPS strategy. The role works closely…
GAPS Newsletter: August 2022
Welcome to our August wrap-up. This month, GAPS joined human rights and women's rights organisations across the UK and Afghanistan as they marked one year since the handover of Afghanistan to the Taliban, where many were forced to flee. Women…