Welcome to our September Wrap-Up! As you may have seen this month, the cabinet reshuffle saw the appointment of a new Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss. GAPS, along with other organisations, met with the new Foreign Secretary and Minister Wendy Morton,…
On 23rd September 2021, GAPS sent a follow up letter to the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State for the Home Department, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and Defence on the need for continued urgent action to support the evacuation…
On Monday 19th July 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event titled “Women and Girls’ Rights in Afghanistan”, chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson, Co-chair of the APPG-WPS, along with other Co-chair Flick Drummond…
Updates Response to the Crisis in Afghanistan On Monday 17th August, GAPS wrote to the Prime Minister, and the Secretaries of State for the Home Department, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and Defence about the life-threatening situation facing women and…
On 17 August 2021, GAPS sent a letter to the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State for the Home Department, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and Defence on the urgent and life-threatening situation in Afghanistan and the serious risk of…
Updates Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPSHA) Compact GAPS has been a vocal part of the global push for the WPSHA Compact and is proud to be both a signatory and a catalytic member in the movement for…
On Tuesday 6th July, Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) held a panel event titled Climate justice & conflict: Gender, peace and environmental rights. The event explored the links between women’s rights and environmental peace, with brilliant speakers including…
Updates Feminist Peace Series Magazine. The first edition of the Feminist Peace Series from Women’s International Peace Centre provides various understanding of Feminist Peace with perspectives from practitioners, partners and colleagues in the field of peace building. Feminist Peace is…
We are delighted to invite you to join us at GAPS's upcoming event Climate justice & conflict: Gender, peace and environmental rights. The event will take place virtually on Zoom, on Tuesday 6th July at 13.00 – 14.00 BST. The…
On Thursday 29 April 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted the UK Government’s oral Report to Parliament in 2020 on the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security with Gender Action for Peace…