Updates

New GAPS Briefings!

GAPS’ Now and the Future – Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing follows the earlier launched Now and the Future – Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond, a multi-country report with country specific reports that assess the impact of COVID-19 on peace, security and gender inequality and is based on consultation with over 200 organisations in 10 countries.

Now and the Future – Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing consists of a multi-country briefing available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish, and country briefings for Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Uganda and Ukraine.

Generation Equality Forum

This week, the Generation Equality Forum kicked off virtually in Mexico City and will run from 29-31 March. The Generation Equality Forum is a civil society centred global gathering for gender equality convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with civil society and youth. This forum will culminate in Paris, France in June where the Action Coalitions will be launched. GAPS is a catalytic member of the Generation Equality Forum’s Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Compact. Stay up to date here!

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Research & Resources

Time for a Better Bargain: How the Aid  System Short-changes Women and Girls in Crisis

This report by CARE International provides a framework for donors and agencies to transparently track progress and ensure that women and girls are not short-changed. They do this by assessing the top 11 and 5 UN agencies against benchmarks and indicators on UNSCR1325 and Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.

Women, Peace and Security and the Generation Equality Action Coalitions

WILPF released six policy briefs which connect the Action Coalitions and the Compact with Women, Peace, and Security concerns. These briefs inform and guide the work of the Action Coalitions and the Compact for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action from a feminist peace perspective.

Leave No One Behind: How to include Crisis-Affected Populations in the Generation Equality Action Coalition on Gender-Based Violence

International Rescue Committee’s position paper discusses “why” and “how” to include women and girls living in fragile and conflict affected states in the work of the Gender-Based Violence Action Coalition. This position paper specifically calls on the Action Coalition to establish meaningful links with the WPS-HA Compact.

NGOWG-WPS Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council

The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security has released the March 2021 edition of their Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security for the UN Security Council. For February, in which the US has the presidency of the UN Security Council, the NGOWG-WPS’ MAP provides recommendations on Afghanistan, DRC, Libya and South Sudan. Read in full here.

‘We will not be silenced:’ Online Violence Against Women in Libya

This report by Lawyers for Justice in Libya looks at online violence against women (OVAW) and how it affects women and girls in Libya. Here they examine the scale and impact of OVAW in Libya and investigate attitudes towards social media and OVAW in Libyan society, whilst also looking at this in the broader context of Libya’s international legal obligations.

COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker

This COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors responses taken by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights those that have integrated a gender lens. This tracker looks specifically at women’s participation in COVID-19 task forces and national policy measures taken by governments.

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Events

Addressing Unmet Needs in Women’s Mental Health

Hosted by the International Women’s Peace Group

When: 14:00-15:30, Saturday 17 April

For more information, click here.

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Opportunities

Plan International UK

Young Change Maker grants, apply by Friday 16 April

For more information and to apply, click here.

CARE International UK

Climate Advocacy Learning Journey, apply by Monday 5 April

For more information and to apply, click here.

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Jobs & Volunteering

ActionAid UK

Deputy Director Advocacy (London), apply by Monday 5 April

Paralegal (London), apply by Sunday 18 April

Senior Web Analyst (London), apply by Monday 5 April

Amnesty International UK

Racial Justice Lead (London), apply by Monday 5 April

Conciliation Resources

Project Manager – South Asia (London), Thursday 1 April

International Alert

Country Representative – Myanmar (Yangon), apply by Sunday 18 April

International Rescue Committee

Advocacy Director (London), apply by Monday 5 April

Policy, Advocacy & Communications Officer (Geneva), apply by Thursday 1 April

Supporter Journeys Manager (London), apply Sunday 11 April

Head of Trust and Foundations (London), apply Monday 12 April

Mercy Corps

Deputy Chief of Party, Advancing Women’s Agency and Leadership (Amman)

Senior Advisor (Edinburgh or London)

Senior Policy Advisor (Washington DC)

Senior Researcher for Climate Change (Washington DC)

Gender, Youth and Social Dynamics Lead (Port Au Prince)

Resilience and Sustainability Senior Advisor (Port Au Prince)

Oxfam GB

Research and Advocacy Officer (Amman), apply by Sunday 4 April

Rights, Resilience and Response Programme Lead (Flexible), apply by Thursday 8 April

Advocacy, Campaigns and Media Manager (Sana’a)

Digital Marketing Manager (Oxford), apply by Monday 12 April

Plan International UK

Social Media Officer (London), apply by Tuesday 6 April

Brand Planner (London), apply by Monday 12 April

Digital Retention Officer (London), apply by Friday 16 April

Saferworld

Programme Development Manager (London), apply by Thursday 1 April

Analysis and Outreach Manager (Khartoum), apply by Thursday 8 April

Better Aid and Learning Adviser (Khartoum), apply by Monday 5 April

Regional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Adviser (Central Asia), apply by Sunday 11 April