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‘There can only be a political solution to this conflict’ – Beyond statements, tangible support to local peacebuilders must complement high level political dialogue and resolutions
Bénédicte Aboul-Nasr, Senior Programmes Officer, Great Lakes- Peace Direct The first two months of 2025 have been bleak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Following the resurgence of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23)/Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) in 2021,…
GAPS Newsletter: October 2024
The Security Council held its annual debate on women, peace and security in New York this month, titled: “Women Building Peace in a Changing Environment”. UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, spoke to the contexts of Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yemen, emphasising that we must 'reinforce our resolve to support women advocating for their rights, agency and inclusion at every opportunity'.
LEAP4PEACE Consortium Paper Series Launch
Women’s participation in peacebuilding is a crucial step in furthering gender equality, achieving women’s rights and reflecting the needs and perspectives of women directly impacted by the conflict- which are often ignored. But how can we ensure the participation, protection…
GAPS Newsletter: June 2023
This month, the GAPS team was in the Hague for LEAP4Peace, of which we are a proud member. Alongside organisations from Burundi, Colombia, Myanmar, and the Netherlands, we work nationally and globally to support the…
GAPS Newsletter: October 2022
Welcome to our October wrap-up. This month, the GAPS Director headed to Berlin for the W7 conference, and to New York for Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Week at the United Nations. Ahead of the Open Debate, GAPS signed onto…
Women, Peace and Security: Pillars for Peace Summary Report
Following the UN Security Council’s 2022 Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, GAPS, as part of LEAP4Peace Consortium, has published a summary report titled Pillars for Peace. This summary report follows a report of the same title that was…
GAPS Newsletter: January 2022
Happy New Year to all our subscribers, and welcome to our January wrap-up! We are excited to start off 2022 by welcoming a new member into the GAPS network: Christian Aid. Christian Aid works primarily in countries affected by conflict…
LEAP4PEACE Consortium Paper Launch - Women, Peace and Security: Pillars for Peace
The Women, Peace and Security: Pillars for Peace paper has been published as part of The LEAP4Peace Consortium, a five-year project run by a consortium consisting of the Burundi Leadership Training Program (BLTP), the Gender Equality Network Myanmar (GEN), Gender…
GAPS Newsletter June and July 2021
Updates Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPSHA) Compact GAPS has been a vocal part of the global push for the WPSHA Compact and is proud to be both a signatory and a catalytic member in the movement for…
GAPS Newsletter May 2021
Updates Feminist Peace Series Magazine. The first edition of the Feminist Peace Series from Women’s International Peace Centre provides various understanding of Feminist Peace with perspectives from practitioners, partners and colleagues in the field of peace building. Feminist Peace is…
GAPS Newsletter: April 2021
Updates UK Government’s Annual Report to Parliament in 2020 & GAPS Shadow Report Launch On Thursday 29th April, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and GAPS hosted the UK Government’s Oral Report to Parliament in 2020…
GAPS Newsletter: November 2019
Updates Analysis of the 2019 Women, Peace and Security Open Debate On 29 October 2019 the annual open debate on Women, Peace and Security was held at the UN Security Council under the presidency of South Africa on the theme…
GAPS Newsletter: July 2018
Events FiLiA Feminist Conference 2018 20-21 October 2018 Salford, Greater Manchester The FiLiA 2018 conference brings together sisters taking down patriarchy, fighting injustices across the world, fighting violence towards women, pay disparity, discrimination against refugees, racism, classism. What's feminism got…