GAPS January Newsletter Welcome to our January Newsletter. We hope you have had a good start to the year. January has been an opportunity for GAPS to prepare and plan for the year ahead, with key national and global moments upcoming, including…
Welcome to our December and 2022 wrap-up. It has been an eventful and busy year for the GAPS Team, and as we draw an end to 2022, GAPS is looking forward to celebrating the holidays with friends and family, and…
Welcome to our November wrap-up. November has been a busy month as COP27 in Egypt came to a close, and GAPS took part in the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) Global Conference happening in London. Ahead of COP27, GAPS released a…
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…
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…
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…
Welcome to our July wrap up. This month, the UK Government released its 2021 Annual Report to Parliament on the UK National Action Plan. The Report documents the UK Government's progress in meeting its commitments to the Women, Peace and…
Welcome to our June wrap up. This month, GAPS met with its members to discuss Women, Peace and Security priorities for the first time in-person before the pandemic. GAPS also have been continuing to attend meetings with the UK Government…
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…
Welcome to GAPS March wrap up. As we witness the devastating developments in Ukraine, GAPS has written a response outlining priorities that the UK Government and the international community must fully consider to ensure the protection of women and girls in…