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.
Event: CCW, Peace and Security: Defending the Future
We are delighted to invite you to join us at GAPS and UNA-UK's upcoming event Climate Change and Women, Peace and Security: Defending the Future.
Women and Girls' Rights in Afghanistan
On Monday 19th July 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event titled “Women and Girls’ Rights in Afghanistan”, chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson, Co-chair of the APPG-WPS, along with other Co-chair Flick Drummond who chaired the Q&A session.
Post-Event Recording: Climate Justice & Conflict: Gender, Peace and Environmental Rights
On Tuesday 6th July, Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) held a panel event titled Climate justice & conflict: Gender, peace and environmental rights. The event explored the links between women’s rights and environmental peace, with brilliant speakers including local women’s rights organisations from the Global South, academics and government representatives from the Global North.
Event: Climate justice & conflict: Gender, peace and environmental rights
The event will be a panel event exploring the links between women’s rights and environmental peace, with brilliant speakers including local women’s rights organisations from the Global South, academics and government representatives from the Global North.
WPS hosts the UK Government’s Annual Report to Parliament in 2020
On Thursday 29 April 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted the UK Government’s oral Report to Parliament in 2020 on the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security with Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS).
2021 Annual General Meeting
On Wednesday 24 March 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) held its annual general meeting.
Roundtable on 'New World post COVID-19, and funding the WPS agenda'
On Tuesday, 2nd March 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security hosted a closed roundtable event on ‘New World post COVID-19, and funding the Women, Peace and Security agenda.’
Peacebuilding and Women and Girls’ Rights in Libya
On Tuesday 2 February 2021, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted an event titled “Peacebuilding and Women and Girls’ Rights in Libya”, chaired by Baroness Fiona Hodgson, Co-chair of the APPG-WPS. This event allowed us to discuss and hear about the challenges that women peacebuilders and women human rights defenders face in Libya, as well as the devastating impact that this had had on women and girls’ rights.
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.
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.
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.
WPS hosts the UK Government’s Annual Report to Parliament in 2019
On Monday 13 July 2020, 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 2019 on the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
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.
“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).
"Feminist Leadership and Inclusive Peacebuilding"
On Tuesday 4 February 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), together with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan, Oxfam and GAPS hosted an event titled “Feminist Leadership and Inclusive Peacebuilding”.
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.
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.
"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.
"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.”
“Paying the Price – women and girls in Yemen’s war”
On Monday, 18 March 2019, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Yemen, the International Rescue Committee, Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS), and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Women, Peace and Security co-hosted the event “Paying the Price: women and girls in Yemen’s war”.