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 Read More The post Call to Action: Reclaiming the WPS Agenda at 25 appeared first on GAPS UK.| GAPS UK
On Wednesday 17 September 2025, the APPG on Women, Peace & Security attended a private tour of the Imperial War Museum exhibition Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict. The Curator of the Exhibition, discussed the research and design-process behind the Exhibition, Read More The post APPG on Women, Peace and Security: Visit to Imperial War Museum Exhibition – Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict appeared first on GAPS UK.| GAPS UK
On Tuesday 16th September 2025, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace & Security, together with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding hosted a roundtable at the House of Lords with Naglaa Elhag, Read More| GAPS UK
Statement from GAPS Network in response to the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Equality Impact Assessment of ODA for 2025-2026 The GAPS Network has released a statement regarding the recently published and updated Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Annual Read More The post GAPS Network Response to FCDO Equality Impact Assessment and Accounts appeared first on GAPS UK.| GAPS UK
On Monday, September 1st, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security organised an event in collaboration with the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Law, Justice, and Accountability Globally, and Bolaq Read More The post APPG on Women, Peace and Security: Genocide in Afghanistan: The Situation of the Hazaras appeared first on GAPS UK.| GAPS UK
On Wednesday 9th July, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) hosted a discussion and screening excerpt of the documentary The Sharp Edge of Peace chaired by Baroness Hodgson, co-chair of APPG-WPS. Directed by Roya Sadat, the Read More The post APPG on Women, Peace and Security: ‘The Sharp Edge of Peace’ Documentary Screening and Discussion appeared first on GAPS UK.| GAPS UK
Situation of Wiwa women who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia A Roundtable was held on Tuesday 19th November: The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, known as the “heart of the world”, has suffered a loss of Read More| GAPS UK
On Tuesday 14th January, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) co-sponsored a panel event on Maternal and Child Heath in South Darfur. The event welcomed Dame Rosalind Marsden, Chatham House Associate Read More| GAPS UK
Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) is the UK’s Women, Peace and Security civil society network. We are a membership organisation of 17 multi-mandate in| GAPS UK
Event Report: Supporting Women’s Networks in Crisis Response Tuesday 17 June, 14:15–15:45 (UK Time), House of Lords, Committee Room 3A The session, chaired by Baroness Hodgson of Abinger CBE, Co-Chair of the APPG on Women, Peace and Security, brought together Read More The post APPG on Women, Peace and Security: Supporting Women’s Networks in Crisis Response with ICAN appeared first on GAPS UK.| GAPS UK
APPG on Women, Peace and Security roundtable with the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security, Irene Fellin. 13th May, 2025 The meeting opened with discussion with the NATO SG SR on WPS on the United Kingdom’s Read More The post APPG on Women, Peace and Security roundtable with the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security, Irene Fellin. appeared first on GAPS UK.| GAPS UK
APPG on Women, Peace, and Security: SGBV in Sudan. 23rd April, 2025. In recognition of the two-year anniversary of the war in Sudan, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security organised an event titled “Sexual and Gender-based violence Read More| GAPS UK
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 Read More The post Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2024 appeared first on GAPS UK.| GAPS UK
On April 1st 2025, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security organised a screening of the award-winning documentary, Devi, about Nepali conflict related sexual violence campaigner, Devi Khadka. The film addresses Khadka’s battle for justice for thousands of Read More| GAPS UK
On Monday 10th February, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS) organised a briefing to Parliamentarians on advancing women’s rights in conflict through the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. The event welcomed Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor Read More| GAPS UK