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.

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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.

YEAR: 2021 Eva Tabbasam YEAR: 2021 Eva Tabbasam

COVID-19, Conflict and Sexual Violence

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 by Baroness Fiona Hodgson, Co-chair of the APPG-WPS and Anthony Mangnall MP, Chair of the APPG-PSVI.

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YEAR: 2020 Eva Tabbasam YEAR: 2020 Eva Tabbasam

Women, Peace and Human Security: Parliamentary Engagement During and Post COVID-19

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 of 2020, the 20th anniversary of UNSCR1325 and the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these two are linked.

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COUNTRY: Iraq, YEAR: 2020 Eva Tabbasam COUNTRY: Iraq, YEAR: 2020 Eva Tabbasam

The Past, Present and Future of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

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 mark the 20th anniversary of UNSCR 1325, the landmark resolution on the Women, Peace and Security agenda, this event was hosted to provide a valuable and important dialogue to explore challenges and opportunities as well as to identify the future of the agenda.

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YEAR: 2020, COUNTRY: Palestine Eva Tabbasam YEAR: 2020, COUNTRY: Palestine Eva Tabbasam

COVID-19 and Gender Equality, Global Peace and Security

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 builds on the GAPS paper, ‘Call to Action: Now and the Future, COVID-19 and Gender Equality, Global Peace and Security’ which addresses the deeply gendered impacts of COVID-19 and calls for a rights-based approach, gender-conflict analysis to be at the centre of global response and recovery.

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COUNTRY: Syria, YEAR: 2020 Eva Tabbasam COUNTRY: Syria, YEAR: 2020 Eva Tabbasam

“International Women’s Day 2020: Brave women on the frontlines of peace and rights”

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 peace and rights’ for International Women’s Day 2020. This event builds on AIUK’s global BRAVE campaign which calls for the urgent protection of human rights defenders (HRDs).

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YEAR: 2020 Eva Tabbasam YEAR: 2020 Eva Tabbasam

2020 Inaugural Meeting

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.

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YEAR: 2019 Eva Tabbasam YEAR: 2019 Eva Tabbasam

2019 Annual General Meeting

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 MP, the outgoing Chair of the APPG-WPS.

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COUNTRY: Sudan, COUNTRY: Nigeria, YEAR: 2019 Eva Tabbasam COUNTRY: Sudan, COUNTRY: Nigeria, YEAR: 2019 Eva Tabbasam

"Life in Limbo – adolescent girls in crisis and conflict"

On the week of World Refugee Day 2019, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women, Peace and Security partnered with Plan International UK, ActionAid UK, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), and Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) to host a panel discussion on meeting the needs of adolescent girls in emergencies.

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COUNTRY: Yemen, YEAR: 2019 Eva Tabbasam COUNTRY: Yemen, YEAR: 2019 Eva Tabbasam

"The Global Humanitarian Landscape – How the UN is addressing crises in Yemen and across the world"

On 23 April the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the United Nations held a joint meeting with the APPGs for Yemen, on Women, Peace and Security, and on Global Security and Non-Proliferation, entitled: “The Global Humanitarian Landscape: How the UN is addressing crises in Yemen and across the world.”

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COUNTRY: Nigeria, COUNTRY: Somalia, YEAR: 2018 Eva Tabbasam COUNTRY: Nigeria, COUNTRY: Somalia, YEAR: 2018 Eva Tabbasam

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).

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COUNTRY: Sudan, YEAR: 2018 Eva Tabbasam COUNTRY: Sudan, YEAR: 2018 Eva Tabbasam

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.

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