Bridging the GAPS invites thinkers and leaders across the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) sector to explore a more critical lens on gender, peace and security globally. With a constantly changing political landscape and shrinking civic space, it is more important than ever for WPS practitioners to have our views and norms examined and challenged. We hope to provide a platform for intersectional, anti-racist and feminist voices, inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people, disabled persons, displaced persons, Black, Indigenous and Brown communities to push us further in our thinking and make WPS stronger and more effective.
This is a blog hosted by Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), with contributions from GAPS’s secretariat, network members, partners and the wider WPS community. It looks to approach WPS holistically and considers how the agenda intersects with other factors, such as economic insecurity, access to healthcare, education, queerness and migration.
Disclaimer: the views of the articles are that of the author, not the network or secretariat.
The new UK government must examine its role in fuelling anti-gender movements at the United Nations
Chiara Capraro- Gender Justice Programme Director (Amnesty International UK)
The UK has traditionally been a champion for gender equality in multilateral spaces. However, as the anti-gender movement spreads moral panic and influences policy, media and elections, the new UK government must reorient its actions to successfully strengthen multilateral consensus on human rights protections for women and LGBTI+ people. Read the full blog post.