Welcome to GAPS March wrap up. March 2024 marks one year of implementation for the National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security. To recognise this, GAPS has developed an assessment of UK Government progress on WPS in 2023.…
Welcome to GAPS February wrap up. In February, with the continuation of the genocide, GAPS continued through its feminist mandate to call for an immediate and full ceasefire in Gaza and end to the occupation in Palestine. The UK Government…
GAPS calls for an immediate and full ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Occupied Palestinian Territories, which have been subjected to Israel's violent occupation since the forced expulsion of Palestinians in 1948. GAPS stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people…
Welcome to the GAPS September wrap-up. On the 16th of September it was one year since the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini, which sparked widespread protests and continued resistance across Iran. The strict system of gender-based segregation, which a group…
Welcome to the GAPS August wrap-up. August marks two years since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan. The human rights violations faced by women and girls, as well as other targeted communities based on ethnicity, religion, disability and sexual orientation,…
Welcome to GAPS July wrap-up. Earlier this year, in March 2023, the ‘Illegal Migration Bill’ was introduced to Parliament, with the aim of preventing people from crossing the Channel in small boats. The Bill ensures that asylum claims will be…
Welcome to GAPS June wrap-up. This month, the GAPS team was in the Hague for LEAP4Peace, of which we are a proud member. Alongside organisations from Burundi, Colombia, Myanmar, and the Netherlands, we work nationally and globally to support the…
Welcome to GAPS May wrap-up. GAPS attended the 2023 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development organised by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This year's theme focused on ‘Seeking Solutions for Turbulent Times’ and explored lessons and experiences from past…
GAPS April Newsletter Welcome to GAPS April wrap-up. On Tuesday 25th April, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and GAPS hosted the UK Government’s Oral Report to Parliament in 2022 on the UK National Action Plan…
GAPS March Newsletter Welcome to GAPS March wrap up. It was a very busy month for GAPS! The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) took place in New York this month, which saw women-led civil…