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,…
GAPS Policy, Advocacy, and Communications Officer (PAC), apply by 23:59 on Friday 18th August 2023. Shortlisting and interviews for the role will be done on a rolling basis. The GAPS PAC Officer will work within the GAPS team to support…
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…
On Tuesday July 11th 2023, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) organised a collaborative event with Oxfam GB titled "Women's Leadership in Yemen's Peace Process." The event was chaired by Baroness Hodgson of Abinger, co-chair of…
On Monday 10th July, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event titled “The future of Women, Peace and Security in Afghanistan- supporting women’s participation in the socio-political and humanitarian processes” in partnership with the…
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…
On Wednesday 24th May, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event titled “The effect of Innovation and Technological Change on Women, Peace and Security”. The event was chaired by Baroness Hodgson, co-chair of the…
GAPS released a response to the 2023 G7 Leaders Communique on Friday 26th May 2023. GAPS is a W7 advisor, whose communique on feminist demands for building an equal, just and peaceful future can be found here.
On Wednesday 17th May 2023, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with DROPS, SOAS University of London, ODI & SOAS ICOP titled “BISHNAW Report Launch: Bringing Afghan Women’s Voices to the…
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…
On Tuesday 25th April 2023, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted the UK Government’s 2022 oral Report to Parliament on the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security with Gender Action for Peace and…
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…
In February 2023 GAPS welcomed the UK Government’s latest, fifth, National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. GAPS is launching the GAPS Response to the UK's 5th NAP, our response to the 2023-2027 UK NAP. The response outlines GAPS'…
GAPS welcomes the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) publication of the International Women and Girls strategy on the 8th March 2023 . This strategy is an opportunity to meaningfully implement commitments to women’s rights and gender equality across the…
On Tuesday 7th of February, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event titled “Women in Diplomacy”. The event was co-chaired by Baroness Hodgson, co-chair of the APPG -WPS, and MP Flick Drummond, focusing on the current…
GAPS Policy, Advocacy, and Communications Officer (PAC), apply by 23:59 on Tuesday 31st January 2023. The GAPS PAC Officer, will work closely with the GAPS team that consists of the Director, the Network Assistant and the Policy, Advocacy and Communications…
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…
On Wednesday 23rd November, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Afghanistan and the British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG) titled “The situation facing women…
GAPS Network Assistant, apply by 23:59 on Wednesday 21st December 2022 The GAPS Network Assistant will work closely with the GAPS Director, GAPS Policy, Advocacy and Communications Manager, GAPS member agencies, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace 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…
On Thursday 27th October, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted the fourth Roundtable on WPS with leads from Embassies and High Commissions. The event, organised in collaboration with the Canadian High Commission and held under…
GAPS released a statement with a call to action for Governments attending COP27 in Egypt on Monday 7th November 2022.
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…
On Monday 10th October, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with Gender Action for Peace and Security and the University of Sheffield to launch a report titled Listening to Women’s Rights…
Following the UN Security Council’s 2022 Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, GAPS, as part of LEAP4Peace Consortium, has published a summary report titled Pillars for Peace. This summary report follows a report of the same title that was…
Report of an Event on Ensuring the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) is Successful and Survivor-Centred, held on Wednesday 13th July Briefing Background On Wednesday 13th July 2022 the APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) for Women, Peace and Security…
This joint policy report written by Dr Zeynep Kaya at the University of Sheffield, Dr Ilham Makki, and Gender Action for Peace and Security will be officially launched in Parliament on 10th October 2022 at an event of the All-Party…
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…
In this shadow report, GAPS assesses the 2021 Annual Report to Parliament by the UK Government and focuses on how the UK Government has used, and could have used, the penultimate year of implementation for this National Action Plan (NAP) to…
GAPS POLICY ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER (Maternity Cover, 1 year). The GAPS Policy Advocacy and Communications Manager will support the coordination and development of the GAPS network, and the development and delivery of the GAPS strategy. The role works closely…
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…
On Tuesday 14th June 2022, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace, and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with the LEAP4Peace consortium titled “Pillars for Peace: Women Parliamentarians and their role in peace processes”. The event was chaired…
Our sister organisation, The Gender and Development Network (GADN) are recruiting for a Network Co-ordinator! GADN brings together expert NGOs, consultants, academics and individuals committed to working on gender, development and women’s rights issues. This post lies at the heart…
On 8th June the APPG on Women, Peace and Security (APPG WPS) hosted an event at the House of Lords in coordination with Embassy of Georgia and Women in Diplomacy Network London (WDN). The event gave an opportunity to hear…
GAPS released a statement on the UK Government's Rwanda Plan and first deportation flight on 14th June 2022.
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…
GAPS has written a response to the FCDO's International Development Strategy (IDS) that was released last week outlining concerns that the Government’s ‘three E’s’ of education, empowerment, and ending violence silos efforts to tackle gender inequality under a ‘women and…
Welcome to our April wrap up. This month, the GAPS team has been finalising the Shadow Report ahead of the Government's Annual Report to Parliament where where they will present an update on their progress on Women, Peace and Security,…
On Tuesday 29th March 2022, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with the APPG on Yemen, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) titled "Women in Yemen: Participation…
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…
Joint APPG Event to mark International Women’s Day and in Support of Afghan Women and Girls: “Help us hold on to hope”: Addressing the Impacts of the Taliban Take-over on Women’s Rights in Afghanistan 9 March, 3pm, Rm N/Online Organisers*:…
GAPS have written a response to reports of possible UK aid cuts to key areas such as conflict prevention, climate change and global health. While we welcome the Foreign Secretary's prioritisation of women and girls, our response outlines how all…
GAPS has developed a briefing in response to the conflict in Ukraine as we witness the devastating developments and the increase of violence towards women and girls. The briefing lays out five priorities that the UK Government and the international…
Welcome to the GAPS February wrap up. In February, GAPS continued to work alongside members including holding a meeting this month to discuss upcoming priorities. GAPS also met with the various teams within the FCDO and wider Government, will be…
GAPS released a statement of solidarity with BPOC collegues at ActionAidUK on 23rd February 2022.
Happy New Year to all our subscribers, and welcome to our January wrap-up! We are excited to start off 2022 by welcoming a new member into the GAPS network: Christian Aid. Christian Aid works primarily in countries affected by conflict…
On Tuesday 18th January 2022, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted the third Roundtable on WPS with leads from Embassies & High Commission. The event, organised in collaboration with the Canadian High Commission and held…
On Wednesday 12th January 2022, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) co-hosted a joint meeting with APPG on Afghanistan with the Minister for Afghan Resettlement. The event was chaired by Flick Drummond MP and Baroness Fiona…
On Wednesday 12th January 2022, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted a special film event showing Leslie Thomas’ ‘The Prosecutors’ followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. The event was chaired by Flick Drummond MP…
Welcome to both our December newsletter and 2021 wrap up. It has been an eventful year for the GAPS Team, and as we come to the end of 2021, our team and members are looking forward to taking a break…
On Tuesday 30th November 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event in collaboration with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom titled “Reflections on Syria: Women’s Political Participation”, chaired by Baroness Fiona…
The Women, Peace and Security: Pillars for Peace paper has been published as part of The LEAP4Peace Consortium, a five-year project run by a consortium consisting of the Burundi Leadership Training Program (BLTP), the Gender Equality Network Myanmar (GEN), Gender…
On Wednesday 10th November, Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) and United Nations Association – United Kingdom (UNAUK) hosted an event titled “Climate Change and Women, Peace and Security: Defending the Future” chaired by Eva Tabbasam at GAPS. This…
As we mark the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, GAPS, the Women's International Peace Centre and the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security have published a policy brief titled Defending the Future: Gender, Conflict…
Welcome to our October wrap up! October was women, peace and security month at the UN. Ahead of the UN Open Debate on the 21st of the month, GAPS called on the international community to reaffirm its commitments to the women, peace and security agenda including but not limited to issues around; gender equality; women’s political…
We are delighted to invite you to join us at GAPS and UNA-UK's upcoming event Climate Change and Women, Peace and Security: Defending the Future. The event will take place virtually on Zoom, on Wednesday 10th November, 14:15 - 15:45…
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…
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…
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…
Updates UK Government’s Annual Report to Parliament in 2020 & GAPS Shadow Report Launch On Thursday 29th 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 2020…
In this shadow report, GAPS assesses the 2020 Annual Report to Parliament by the UK Government and focuses on how the UK Government has used, and could have used, the third year of implementation for this National Action Plan (NAP) to lay a…
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…
The Ukraine briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
The Uganda briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
The Somalia briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
The Palestine briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
The Nigeria briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
The Myanmar briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
The Lebanon briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
The Colombia briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
On Tuesday 2nd March 2021, the the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women Peace and Security hosted a closed roundtable event on 'New World post COVID-19, and funding the Women, Peace and Security agenda' Participants: Chair: Baroness Fiona Hodgson, Chair of the…
Updates from GAPS New GAPS Report! Our latest report Defending the Future: Gender, Conflict and Environmental Peace was written with the Women’s International Peace Centre and the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security. This report focuses on the gendered…
On Tuesday 2 February 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event titled “Peacebuilding and Women and Girls’ Rights in Libya”, chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson, Co-chair of the APPG-WPS. This event allowed us…
On Monday 18 January 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the APPG on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict (APPG-PSVI) hosted an event titled “COVID-19, Conflict and Sexual Violence”, co-chaired…
Apply by 23.59, Sunday 21st February 2021, GAPS POLICY ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER (12 month contract) The GAPS Policy Advocacy and Communications Manager will support the coordination and development of the GAPS network and delivery of the GAPS strategy. The role…
Defending the Future: Gender, Conflict and Environmental Peace by GAPS, the Women's International Peace Centre and the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security focuses on the gendered impact of climate change and how this intersects with women and girls’…
Updates from GAPS New GAPS report! Hope you have all had a great start to the new year! January 2021 started off busy for GAPS as we launched our latest research which examines COVID-19, gender equality, peace and security. Now…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
The impact of COVID-19 is deeply gendered. Gender-conflict analysis and women’s and girls’ human rights should therefore be at the centre of short- and long-term global responses and recoveries to COVID-19, future pandemics and crises. As a result, GAPS and…
Apply by 6pm, Thursday 7th January 2020, GAPS POLICY ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER (up to 12 month contract) The GAPS Policy Advocacy and Communications Manager will support the coordination and development of the GAPS network. The GAPS Policy Advocacy and Communications Manager…
Updates International Human Rights Day International Human Rights Day falls on the 10th December every year, it is the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. The UN's theme for 2020…
The Key to Change: Supporting Civil Society and Women’s Rights Organisations in Fragile and Conflict Affected Contexts is research undertaken by a consortium of organisations including Gender Action Peace and Security (GAPS), Somali Women Development Centre (SWDC), Saferworld, Women for…
As part of a consortium of organisations including Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), including Women for Women International, Women’s International Peace Centre, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Nigeria and Womankind Worldwide, Saferworld and the Somali Women…
As part of a consortium of organisations including Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), including Women for Women International, Women’s International Peace Centre, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Nigeria and Womankind Worldwide, Saferworld and the Somali Women…
As part of a consortium of organisations including Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), including Women for Women International, Women’s International Peace Centre, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Nigeria and Womankind Worldwide, Saferworld and the Somali Women…
On Monday 16 November 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), together with UNDP hosted an event titled ‘Women, Peace and Human Security: Parliamentary Engagement during and post COVID-19’. This event reflected on two monumental events…
Updates International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women The 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. On the 20th December…
On Tuesday 20 October 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), together with GAPS hosted an event titled “20th Anniversary of UNSCR 1325; the Past, Present and future of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”. To…
On Monday 13 July 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) co-hosted the UK Government’s oral Report to Parliament in 2019 on the UK National Action Plan on…
As the UK Government has resumed the Integrated Review on Security, Defence, Development and policy, GAPS and its members make the submission that this is a key moment for the UK Government to reaffirm its commitments to gender equality, the…
In this shadow report, GAPS assesses the 2019 Annual Report to Parliament by the UK Government and focuses on how the UK Government has used, and could have used, the second year of implementation for this National Action Plan (NAP)…
On Tuesday 23 March 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), together with GAPS hosted a virtual event titled ‘Call to Action: Now and the Future, COVID-19 and Gender Equality, Global Peace and Security’. This event…
On Tuesday 3 March 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), together with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights, Amnesty International UK (AIUK) and GAPS hosted an event titled ‘Brave women on the frontlines of…
The ‘Call to Action: Now and the Future, COVID-19 and Gender Equality, Global Peace and Security’ paper addresses the deeply gendered impact of COVID-19. The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to over a million confirmed cases, and tens of hundreds…
On Tuesday 4 February 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), together with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan, Oxfam and GAPS hosted an event titled “Feminist Leadership and Inclusive Peacebuilding”. This event…
In 2019, the UK Government funded GAPS and its partners to undertake consultations on Women, Peace and Security to mark the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2020. 245 organisations and individuals were consulted across 11…
On Tuesday 7 January 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) held its inaugural meeting. The meeting was chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson of Abinger CBE, Co-Chair of the APPG-WPS. Baroness Hodgson thanked Anne Milton MP,…
*APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION ARE NOW CLOSED* Apply by 6pm on Sunday 5 January to be the GAPS Policy, Advocacy and Communications Coordinator! The GAPS Policy Advocacy and Communications Coordinator will support the coordination and development of the GAPS network. The…
On Monday 21 October 2019, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) held its Annual General Meeting. The meeting was chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson of Abinger CBE, Co-Chair of the APPG-WPS. Baroness Hodgson thanked Helen Whately…
*APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION ARE NOW CLOSED* Apply by 6pm on Thursday 19 September to be the GAPS Network Assistant! The GAPS Network Assistant will support the coordination and development of the GAPS network. The role works closely with the…
This report was written by Poppy Kennedy, Policy, Advocacy and Research Assistant at Plan International UK. A full version of the report, including a summary of the Q&A, is available as a PDF here. On the week of World Refugee…
This report was authored by Yasmine Kherfi, Projects Assistant at the LSE Middle East Centre. Yasmine is interested in feminist theory and praxis, transnational solidarity movements, and development planning in (post-)conflict settings. Find Yasmine on Twitter @yasmine_kherfi. On Wednesday 10…
This article originally appeared on GAPS member UNA-UK's website, authored by Enyseh Teimory: "UN All-Party Parliamentary Group hosts UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs" On 23 April the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the United Nations held a joint meeting with…
On Monday 18 March 2019, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Yemen, the International Rescue Committee, Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women, Peace and Security co-hosted the event “Paying the Price: women and…
On Monday 21 January 2019 the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) co-hosted the UK government's oral Report to Parliament in 2018 on the UK National Action Plan on…
In this shadow report, GAPS assesses the 2018 Annual Report to Parliament by the UK Government and focuses on how the UK Government has used, and could have used, the first year of implementation for this National Action Plan (NAP) to…
On Wednesday 18 July 2018 the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Yemen and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security co-hosted the event "Women in Yemen's war". The panel discussion focused on the gendered impacts of the conflict with…
In January 2018 GAPS welcomed the UK Government’s latest, fourth National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security. Exactly six months on, GAPS is launching the GAPS NAP Six Month Check-In, our response to the 2018-2022 NAP. The response outlines GAPS’s reflections both…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), in collaboration with the Nigeria INGO Forum and the Somalia NGO Consortium, organised the panel discussion Sexual violence in conflict: Reclaiming women’s agency through law, policy and practice to mark…
There has been a shift in recent years where Women, Peace and Security is increasingly discussed in the context of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE). This new GAPS paper assesses the impacts of this, and makes recommendations to avoid…
Women for Women International UK, the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security and GAPS have released a new report: Displacement and Women's Economic Empowerment: Voices of Displaced Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This report examines, and makes concrete…
For International Women’s Day 2018, GAPS is celebrating diaspora women building peace through projects in the UK and across the world. Their work, from local initiatives to high-level peace processes, is at the forefront of change as they bring their…
On Tuesday 19 December 2017, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and GAPS co-hosted the Government’s 2017 annual report to Parliament for 2017. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for…
Implementation of the new UK NAP must support the work of women building peace Today the UK Government has released its fourth National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (UK NAP) which sets the direction for the UK's work…
In this new report GAPS assesses the 2017 Annual Report to Parliament by the UK Government, analyses progress in the UK’s Women, Peace and Security work over the past year and makes recommendations for building on this progress including for the new…
On Tuesday 31 October, Ambassador Melanne Verveer joined the APPG on Women, Peace and Security and GAPS for a discussion on her work on Women, Peace and Security, and her hopes for creating meaningful change for women’s rights. Baroness Hodgson,…
On Wednesday 11 October, the APPG Friends of Syria and APPG on Women, Peace and Security hosted an event with Families For Freedom – a women-led campaign for the rights of all detainees in Syria. They call for the issue…
In November 2016 the UK Government partnered with GAPS to consult with women's civil society organisations and women human rights defenders on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) priorities in their contexts. This video presents a summary of the findings from…
In November 2016 the UK Government partnered with GAPS to consult with women’s civil society organisations and women human rights defenders on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) priorities in their contexts. GAPS members Amnesty International UK and Women's International…
In November 2016 the UK Government partnered with GAPS to consult with women's civil society organisations and activists on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) priorities in their contexts. The aim is to bring these women's voices directly to the…
This submission provides GAPS' views on the current 2014-2017 NAP, and uses analysis and lessons learned to recommend strategic objectives for inclusion in the 2018-2021 NAP. It builds on previous GAPS documents which include analysis of and recommendations for the UK's…
One year after the conclusions of the UN’s High Level Review on Women, Peace and Security, we, along with the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security and Women for Women International (UK) held a series of roundtables on Sexual Violence…
In this new report GAPS welcomes the 2016 annual report to Parliament by the UK Government, analyses the UK’s Women, Peace and Security work over the past year and makes recommendations for the upcoming new UK National Action Plan (NAP).
As the civil war in South Sudan enters into its fourth year, the levels of displacement, insecurity and violence are reaching unprecedented levels. The majority of the displaced are women and girls, who continue to bear the brunt of thed…
Shaheen Chughtai reports back from a recent conversation at the UN Once in a while, the shroud of coded, diplomatic language that envelops discussions at the United Nations Security Council is ripped away by reality. On 25th October, it was…
GAPS is delighted to join our new host and long term member Women for Women International UK and their fantastic team. Together we hope to build on our strong foundation to make strides on the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Please…
GAPS has developed feedback on the UK's midline evaluation of its National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAP). This will feed into the UK's development of it's upcoming NAP: NAP 2018+. For the full document please click here.
New GAPS report: Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2015 Following the publication in December of the UK government’s annual Report to Parliament on its progress against the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and…
Welcome to the GAPS September Wrap-Up Israel strikes on Southern Lebanon The Lebanese health minister reported 569 people have been killed and 1,835 wounded since last Monday in Israeli strikes across Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah confirmed the death of its senior…
Chiara Capraro- Gender Justice Programme Director (Amnesty International UK) What is the anti-gender movement? 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…
Welcome to the GAPS August Wrap-Up 19 August marked International Humanitarian Day: Civil society demonstrated their support for the day, including aid workers in Gaza who paused for a moment of silence, in solidarity with fellow humanitarians and to honour the 289…
"The recent racist and Islamophobic riots in multiple cities across the UK, fuelled by far-right and fascist movements, are deeply distressing and should raise serious concerns for the UK Government. As a network committed to anti-racism, it is crucial that…
Welcome to the GAPS July Wrap-Up The UK Government has elected its new cabinet: The UK Government has been elected and new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed his new cabinet with David Lammy as Foreign Secretary and Anneliese Dodds…
The new Government has a mandate and opportunity to make the UK and the wider world more fair and secure. The UK's effective implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is an essential framework to achieve this. The…
With the release of the party manifestos over the past weeks and upcoming UK General Election, this month has been filled with anticipation and opportunity. As a penholder for UNSCR 1325, the incoming Government holds the responsibility to re-commit, reform…
As May marks eight months of heightened bombardment and dehumanisation against the Palestinian people, we are sharing yet another newsletter with our call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end to the brutal occupation in Palestine. Alongside many colleagues…
Yazidi Human Rights Advocates Address The UK Parliament Before The 10th Anniversary Of The Yazidi Genocide On 21 May 2024, Yazidi human rights defenders, Hewan Omer, Free Yezidi Foundation, Country Director, and Khalida Nawaf Ilyas, Free Yezidi Foundation, Livelihoods Manager, addressed…
Read our GAPS secretariat statement on the arrest warrants sought by ICC Chief Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan, here.