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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: August 2019
Updates All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security The APPG on Women, Peace and Security has published event reports for two recent public events: "Life in Limbo: adolescent girls in crisis and conflict" and "Gender and Conflict in the…
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…
GAPS Newsletter: April 2019
Updates UN Security Council Resolution 2467 On Tuesday 23 April 2019, under German presidency, the UN Security Council held the annual Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict and adopted a ninth UN Security Council Resolution as part of the…
GAPS Newsletter: December 2018
Updates Hannah Bond, GAPS Director is an Interruptor on Women, Peace and Security! Last month, GAPS Director Hannah Bond was included on Foreign Policy Interrupted's list of "Interruptors on Women, Peace and Security"! Foreign Policy Interrupted puts these lists together…
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…
UK launches new National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
Implementation of the new UK NAP must support the work of women building peace Today the UK Government has released its fourth National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (UK NAP) which sets the direction for the UK's work…
Women’s voices in the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security: Summary Report
In November 2016 the UK Government partnered with GAPS to consult with women's civil society organisations and activists on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) priorities in their contexts. The aim is to bring these women's voices directly to the…
Women in Syria
The conflict in Syria is now in its eighth year. The conflict is linked back to breakouts of mass protests demanding freedom and justice and the Syrian government’s response to such demands.
In February 2016 the United Nations announced the formation of the Syrian Women’s Advisory Board. This Board is a group of 12 Syrian women tasked with advising the United Nations special envoy overseeing the peace talks. UN Women called the formation of the group, which is the first-ever formal women’s advisory board to a United Nations envoy, a historic moment. Whilst the Board is welcome, it does not have a formal advisory role.
Parliamentarians debate tackling sexual violence in conflict
At a recent meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), for which GAPS hosts the secretariat, 40 representatives from Parliament, Whitehall and civil society participated in a discussion on tackling sexual violence in Iraq and Syria.…
At the Nato summit - where are the women?
The NATO Summit in Wales starts tomorrow against a background of instability in many parts of the world. Conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Ukraine and Libya will be on the Summit agenda as will the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan.…
Syria: Solidarity vigil
No women, no peace. would like to inform you of a vigil that will be taking place next week. A message from the organisers: 'Vigil for Syria Tuesday 3rd of September Blackfriars bridge to Westminster Join us in support for…