“[United Nations Security Council resolution 1325] recognises that an understanding of the impact of armed conflict on women and girls and effective institutional arrangements to guarantee for their protection and full participation in the peace process can significantly contribute to the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security.” Resolution 1325, October 2000 GAPS logo

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Taking a gender and human rights perspective.

We take a gender perspective when working on peace and security issues and consider that gender relations and gendered identities impact on the processes of prevention and resolution of conflict, peacebuilding and reconstruction after violent conflict.

Using a gender perspective is a strategy for making women's, as well as men's, concerns and experiences integral to the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and societal spheres, so that women and men benefit equally.

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The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality and sustainable peace.

Whilst carrying out our work in the area of peace and security, we are guided by the following international human rights conventions:

  • UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security (2000)
  • European Parliament Resolution on the Participation of Women in Peaceful Conflict Resolution (2000/2025)
  • UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979)
  • The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995)
  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

We see the shift in policy discussion from national security to human security as a progressive step towards placing individuals at the centre of national, regional and international security agendas.

 
     

     
 

Research and Advocacy

We advocate and undertake research on gender and security matters in:

We use this research as the foundation of our advocacy to include of gender perspectives in UK policy and practice on peace and security.

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Current Research Project

We are developing a UNSCR 1325 monitoring matrix for Afghanistan, DRC, Nepal, Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka. The matrix has been designed using gender indicators developed from UNSCR 1325 and the UK National Action Plan.

The information to emerge from the countries will be used to produce shadow updates to monitor the UK's implementation of  its National Action Plan on women, peace and security.

 

Current Advocacy Activities 
  • Lobbying the UK government – Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development and Ministry of Defense – to effectively implement the UK National Action Plan and to develp gender sensitive security policies
  • Coordinating of the Associate Parliamentary Group on women, peace and security to facilitate an ongoing parliamentary forum and generate parliamentary questions on gender and security
 

 

  
     

     
 

Building Bridges

Through our members, we build networks and relations with grassroots organisations to share information and good practice at the local, national and international level.

By doing so, we are able to better promote and facilitate the meaningful inclusion of gender perspectives in peace and security policy and practice.

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We recognise the crucial role that grassroots organisations play in preventing and resolving conflict, building peace and also in reconstruction process after conflict. The development of international NGO networks are effective in providing a voice from the South by increasing their access to decision makers in the North.

 
     

 

 

 
     
 

Gender Action for Peace and Security is an expert working group of peace and development NGOs, academics and grassroots peace builders.

Building on UNSCR 1325, GAPS promotes, facilitates and monitors the meaningful inclusion of gender perspectives in all aspects of UK policy and practice on peace and security.

GAPS was formally established in 2006 and was registered in 2008.

The network currently has thirteen working members.

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