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Gender Action for Peace and Security

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Gender Action for Peace and Security
AbbreviationGAPS
Formation2006
PurposeGAPS and its members promote gender equality, women and girls' rights, building peace and the prevention of conflict.
HeadquartersLondon
Region
Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Americas
Membership
Nineteen organisations
Director
Maysa Ismael
Websitewww.gaps-uk.org

Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) is an international non-governmental organisation which was founded In May 2006 to promote the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325..[1]

GAPS is a civil society network and membership organisation, made up of nineteen organisations which includes international non-governmental organisations, peacebuilding organisations, human rights organisations and women's rights organisations.[2] GAPS is based in London. It is legally hosted by Women for Women International.

Purpose and core work[edit]

GAPS's stated purpose is to progress the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda[3] in the UK and hold the Government to account on its WPS and gender equality commitments that they have made.[4][5]

GAPS works to review and monitor the UK Government's National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security[6] through consultations since 2006[7] and has supported the development of the present National Action Plan for 2018-2022.[8]

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS), which GAPS provides the secretariat for, hosts an annual event where the UK Government presents an Annual Report to Parliament[9] reviewing their progress on the NAP, which is presented at the parliamentary event.[10] At this event, GAPS also presents their annual Shadow Report which assesses the UK Government's report and the UK Government's progress on the NAP on Women, Peace and Security.[11]  

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security[edit]

GAPS provides the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS).[12] The APPG-WPS hosts the Annual Report to Parliament every year, and hosts other events on the theme of Women, Peace and Security.[13] The co-chairs of the APPG-WPS are Baroness Fiona Hodgson of Abinger CBE and Flick Drummond MP.

Engagement with the UK Government[edit]

In 2019, the UK Government funded GAPS to undertake consultations[14] with their NAP focus countries,[15] to mark the 20th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. GAPS consulted 245 organisations and individuals in eight countries: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and the UK. GAPS produced a joint report titled The 10 Steps: Turning Women, Peace and Security Commitments to Implementation.[16] GAPS continues to advocate on the importance of implementation of Women, Peace and Security commitments.[17]

In 2020, the UK Government provided a grant[18] to GAPS to undertake and lead research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in ten countries affected by conflict: Afghanistan, Colombia, Myanmar, Iraq, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Uganda and Ukraine. The research was conducted by grassroots and international women's rights organisations, overseen by GAPS. The resulting research paper Now and the Future – Pandemics and Crisis[19] was published in 2021.

In 2021, as part of the Women 7 (W7),[20][21] the official engagement group on gender equality for the G7, GAPS called for the G7 to recognise the recommendations made by the Gender Equality Advisory Council[22] saying:

"That women and girls around the world face disadvantage and discrimination as a result of their gender has been recognised at G7 Summits for years over many years. As the world continues to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and its ongoing disastrous impacts on women and girls, there is an urgent need for the UK to demonstrate global leadership in this area by putting tangible and resourced commitments on the table."[23]

Members[edit]

GAPS has nineteen member organisations.[24] All member organisations must have a focus on Women, Peace and Security issues or work in this field, experience and knowledge of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and related United Nations resolutions and the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security[25]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "GAPS UK". GAPS UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. ↑ "About GAPS UK (Gender Action for Peace and Security)". GAPS UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ↑ "What we do: Peace and security". UN Women. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  4. ↑ "GAPS UK". GAPS UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  5. ↑ Worley, William (26 October 2020). "NGOs names on FCDO merger consultation list kick back". Devex. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "UK national action plan on women, peace and security 2018 to 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  7. ↑ "Women, Peace and Security". GAPS UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  8. ↑ "United Kingdom – 1325 National Action Plans". Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  9. ↑ "UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  10. ↑ "APPG on Women, Peace and Security hosts the UK Government's Annual Report to Parliament in 2020". GAPS UK. 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  11. ↑ "Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2020". GAPS UK. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  12. ↑ "APPG on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS)". GAPS UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  13. ↑ "APPG on Women, Peace and Security (APPG-WPS)". GAPS UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  14. ↑ "Reflecting on the achievements and challenges of resolution 1325". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  15. ↑ "UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2018 to 2022: report to Parliament 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  16. ↑ "The 10 steps: Turning women, peace and security commitments to implementation: Global women, peace and security consultation findings - Iraq". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  17. ↑ "Russia makes bid to water down UN commitments on women's rights in conflict". the Guardian. 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  18. ↑ "UK warns that peace talks 'fail without women'". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  19. ↑ GAPS. "Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond". GAPS UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  20. ↑ "Women 7". G7 UK Presidency 2021. 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  21. ↑ "W7 Summit". Gender and Development Network. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  22. ↑ "Government launches G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council". G7 UK Presidency 2021. 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  23. ↑ "G7 summit: UK aid cuts will harm critical programmes for women and girls". inews.co.uk. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  24. ↑ "Members". GAPS UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  25. ↑ "UK national action plan on women, peace and security 2018 to 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-08-31.


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