In October, GAPS joined the LSE Centre for Women Peace and Security, ODI Global and the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security to host an expert roundtable to mark the anniversary of UNSCR 1325 and outline key steps for global policy makers to advance WPS over the next 25 years.

At a time of increasing global instability, the WPS agenda faces unprecedented threats. However, in an era marked by rising authoritarianism, geopolitical tension, rising militarism and rollback on rights, the WPS agenda can provide a rights-based framework to inform effective policy responses.

Activists, women’s rights organisations, policy makers, research and academics from the UK, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Ukraine highlighted the urgent need for renewed political commitment to WPS and outlined key recommendations so the agenda can be advanced.

Read the statement from the event, including recommendations, here: UNSCR 1325 revisited: what avenues for progress on Women, Peace and Security 25 years on? | ODI: Think change