A couple of months ago I went back to my native Afghanistan after a year living in Britain. From the sedate surroundings of York University I've found myself back in bustling Kabul - back to the traffic jams, the construction…
UK National Action Plan Workshop 2 - Participation and Relief and Recovery
UK National Action Plan Workshop 1 - Prevention and Protection
GAPS response to the 2011-2013 UK National Action Plan review and the development of the 2014-2017 UK National Action Plan
These recommendations call for the UK Government to take the opportunity of developing its 3rd National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security to consolidate its existing work and to take bold steps to ensure that programmes, funding and ways…
No women, no peace. would like to inform you of a vigil that will be taking place next week. A message from the organisers: 'Vigil for Syria Tuesday 3rd of September Blackfriars bridge to Westminster Join us in support for…
After 4 months of campaigning, and 19,428 signatures later, No women, no peace. and Amnesty UK handed in your petition calling for strong UK action to tackle violence against women to Baroness Warsi at the end of last month. We…
Noorjahan Akbar, 22, is an Afghan women's rights activist and a prolific blogger. Although she is now studying in the United States, Noorjahan writes about the issues confronting women in Afghanistan for online magazines and blogs. Global Voices Online has…
We will be posting the responses of GAPS partners to the new United Nations Security Council Resolution 2106 on preventing sexual violence in conflict. Here is the response from Saferworld: The UN’s new resolution on sexual violence in conflict must…
Throughout the week, we will be posting the responses of GAPS partners to the new United Nations Security Council Resolution 2106 on preventing sexual violence in conflict. Here is the response from Womankind Worldwide: Time to act on sexual violence,…