APPG-WPS Events.
The APPG-WPS holds meetings and events with civil society, INGOs, Parliamentarians and Governments.
Events by the APPG-WPS allow civil society, INGOs, Parliamentarians and Governments to have dialogue on Women, Peace and Security issues and open up access for collaborative efforts to eliminate gender inequality. Public events by the APPG-WPS are free to attend and there is always a Q&A section for the audience to ask questions.
An important event in the APPG-WPS calendar is the NAP Report to Parliament. At this annual event, the UK Government orally present their progress on the UK National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security to Parliament. This includes Ministers from the UK Departments who implement the UK NAP which is the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence. GAPS will review this Annual Report and present its own Shadow Report, written by civil society. Civil society use this event to ask questions to the UK Government and give feedback on its progress on the NAP, read the report from the latest Report to Parliament here.
Events by the APPG-WPS are chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson of Abinger CBE, co-chair of the APPG-WPS.
For any questions on events run by the APPG-WPS, or to request to be added to the database to receive event invitations, please contact the coordinator at appg-wps@gaps-uk.org.
For more information contact the APPG coordinator on appg-wps@gaps-uk.org
Disclaimer: The views expressed during APPG-WPS meetings are those of the speakers, not those of the APPG-WPS.
Events Report Archive.
WPS hosts the UK Government's annual report to Parliament in 2018
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 Women, Peace and Security.
Women in Yemen’s War
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”.
Sexual violence in conflict in Nigeria and Somalia
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 the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 June).
WPS hosts the UK Government's annual report to Parliament in 2017
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 International Development presented their progress in implementing the 2014-2017 UK National Action Plan (NAP), the final report for this NAP.
WPS in conversation with Ambassador Melanne Verveer
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,…
Families For Freedom event
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.
Meeting of APPG-WPS with the Free Yezidi Foundation
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), for which GAPS provides the secretariat, recently hosted the Free Yezidi Foundation at a meeting attended by Parliamentarians, NGOs and academics. Read a report of the meeting here.