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GAPS Response to the International Development Committee Report on Women, Peace and Security
GAPS Response to the International Development Committee Report on Women, Peace and Security
GAPS Statement on ODA Allocations: Commitment to women and girls welcome, but at risk amid cuts
GAPS Statement on ODA Allocations: Commitment to women and girls welcome, but at risk amid cuts
GAPS Network statement in response to the Home Secretary’s recent announcement on migration
GAPS Network statement in response to the Home Secretary’s recent announcement on migration

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GAPS Network Response to FCDO Equality Impact Assessment and Accounts
GAPS Network Response to FCDO Equality Impact Assessment and Accounts
GAPS Network statement in response to the Home Secretary’s announcement of new UK asylum and returns policy
GAPS Network statement in response to the Home Secretary’s announcement of new UK asylum and returns policy

GAPS is deeply concerned by last week's announcement of new UK asylum and returns policy by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. The proposals focus on restricting rights rather than ensuring safety and protection and mark an alarming shift in the UK's…

Call to Action: Reclaiming the WPS Agenda at 25
Call to Action: Reclaiming the WPS Agenda at 25

October 2025 marks 25 years since the signing of the landmark United Nations Resolution 1325. This milestone should have been a moment of reflection, recommitment and collective mobilisation to advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda; however, the current…

Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2024
Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2024

In this Shadow Report Assessing UK Government Action of Women Peace and Security in 2024, GAPS assesses the UK Government’s implementation of its fifth National Action Plan (NAP) on…

Case Studies: Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace, and Security 2024
Case Studies: Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace, and Security 2024

This set of Case Studies - Assessing UK Government Action on Women Peace and Security in 2024 complements GAPS’ 2024 Shadow Report by grounding its analysis in the lived experiences of women and girls in conflict-affected contexts. Focusing on Ukraine, the…

2025: A Year for Gender Equality - Not Cuts. The GAPS Network Responds to UK Deprioritisation of Gender
2025: A Year for Gender Equality - Not Cuts. The GAPS Network Responds to UK Deprioritisation of Gender

Statement from GAPS Network Members on the UK Government’s Deprioritisation of Gender Equality in Aid Spending Members of the GAPS Network have issued a joint statement expressing deep concern at the UK Government’s deprioritisation of gender equality and the rights…

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AUTHOR: GAPS, CONTENT TYPE: Statement, THEME: Global WPS Policy, REGION: UK, THEME: UK Policy, THEME: UK WPS National Action Plan, YEAR: 2023 Eva Tabbasam AUTHOR: GAPS, CONTENT TYPE: Statement, THEME: Global WPS Policy, REGION: UK, THEME: UK Policy, THEME: UK WPS National Action Plan, YEAR: 2023 Eva Tabbasam

GAPS response to the launch of the UK’s International Women and Girls Strategy

GAPS welcomes the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) publication of the International Women and Girls strategy on the 8th March 2023 . This strategy is an opportunity to meaningfully implement commitments to women’s rights and gender equality across the triple nexus of development, peacebuilding and humanitarian response.

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CONTENT TYPE: Statement, AUTHOR: GAPS, YEAR: 2022 Eva Tabbasam CONTENT TYPE: Statement, AUTHOR: GAPS, YEAR: 2022 Eva Tabbasam

GAPS’s Response to the International Development Strategy

GAPS has written a response to the FCDO's International Development Strategy (IDS) that was released last week outlining concerns that the Government’s ‘three E’s’ of education, empowerment, and ending violence silos efforts to tackle gender inequality under a ‘women and girls’ approach rather than addressing its root causes.

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