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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,…
Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2023
Read our report: Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2023. One year on from the launch, GAPS analyses the UK Government’s implementation of the fifth National Action Plan (NAP) on Women Peace and Security (WPS) undertaken…
GAPS Newsletter: September 2023
Welcome to the GAPS September wrap-up. On the 16th of September it was one year since the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini, which sparked widespread protests and continued resistance across Iran. The strict system of gender-based segregation, which a group…
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…
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: 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…
Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing - Uganda
The Uganda briefing as part of the Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond: Briefing looks at any changes to the COVID-19, peace, security and gender equality situation…
GAPS Newsletter: January 2020
Updates 2020 - A big year for Women, Peace and Security 2020 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). The Generation Equality Forum, a civil society-led global gathering…
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: May 2019
Updates UN Women Campaign to mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action UN Women has announced a new multi-generational campaign "Generation Equality: Realising women's rights for an equal future". This campaign will mark the 25th…
Celebrating nine women campaigners for peace – Wangari Maathai
CELEBRATING NINE WOMEN CAMPAIGNERS FOR PEACE - NO.6 To celebrate International Peace Day 2014, we are celebrating nine women campaigners for peace from around the world. These women have been recognised by Noble Peace Prizes, National awards and appointments to…
WOMANKIND RESPONSE TO UNSCR 2106 - PREVENTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
Throughout the week, we will be posting the responses of GAPS partners to the new United Nations Security Council Resolution 2106 on preventing sexual violence in conflict. Here is the response from Womankind Worldwide: Time to act on sexual violence,…