Gender Action for Peace and Security
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The UK’s civil society network advancing Women, Peace, and Security and women & girls’ rights worldwide through collaborative advocacy, policy & research.
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On this anniversary, we stand in solidarity with all those advancing peace, equality, and justice in the most challenging contexts. #WPS25 #ReclaimWPS25
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
On this anniversary, we stand in solidarity with all those advancing peace, equality, and justice in the most challenging contexts. #WPS25 #ReclaimWPS25
This month we supported the #ReclaimWPS25 initiative, decentralising and bringing the agenda back to communities, gathering regionally with WROs and CSOs and reflecting on progress, challenges and strategising for the future.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This month we supported the #ReclaimWPS25 initiative, decentralising and bringing the agenda back to communities, gathering regionally with WROs and CSOs and reflecting on progress, challenges and strategising for the future.
🌐 We must heed this warning. The WPS agenda is a global framework and its implementation is a collective responsibility. As penholder for WPS at the Security Council, the UK plays a pivotal role. #WomenPeaceSecurity
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🌐 We must heed this warning. The WPS agenda is a global framework and its implementation is a collective responsibility. As penholder for WPS at the Security Council, the UK plays a pivotal role. #WomenPeaceSecurity
📢 The UN Secretary-General report offers a stark warning: “Amid record levels of armed conflict and violence, progress made over decades is vanishing before our eyes. Generational gains in women’s rights hang in the balance around the world".
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📢 The UN Secretary-General report offers a stark warning: “Amid record levels of armed conflict and violence, progress made over decades is vanishing before our eyes. Generational gains in women’s rights hang in the balance around the world".
We are witnessing a growing backlash against gender equality, rights, a shrinking of civic space, and detrimental cuts to funding that threaten the survival of the organisations, networks and institutions that uphold peace and security in their communities.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We are witnessing a growing backlash against gender equality, rights, a shrinking of civic space, and detrimental cuts to funding that threaten the survival of the organisations, networks and institutions that uphold peace and security in their communities.
🚨 Today is a moment to recognise and celebrate the efforts of all of those who pushed for, shaped, and have sustained this agenda. However, this anniversary comes at a time of escalating global crises.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🚨 Today is a moment to recognise and celebrate the efforts of all of those who pushed for, shaped, and have sustained this agenda. However, this anniversary comes at a time of escalating global crises.
The evidence is clear: women’s meaningful inclusion makes peace and security durable and societies more resilient. The WPS agenda goes beyond negotiations. Across the world women & marginalised groups drive peace, support survivors, lead crisis responses, work with displaced communities & beyond.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The evidence is clear: women’s meaningful inclusion makes peace and security durable and societies more resilient. The WPS agenda goes beyond negotiations. Across the world women & marginalised groups drive peace, support survivors, lead crisis responses, work with displaced communities & beyond.
UN Resolution 1325 was born from decades of activism by women’s rights advocates & activists, pracitioners and peacebuilders. It reshaped how we understand peace & security at the local, national and international levels.
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
UN Resolution 1325 was born from decades of activism by women’s rights advocates & activists, pracitioners and peacebuilders. It reshaped how we understand peace & security at the local, national and international levels.
We encourage you to explore, share within your networks, and join the collective efforts using #ReclaimWPS25+
@sihanetwork.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social @paxforpeace.nl @womenforwomen.bsky.social @genderplatform.bsky.social
@sihanetwork.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social @paxforpeace.nl @womenforwomen.bsky.social @genderplatform.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We encourage you to explore, share within your networks, and join the collective efforts using #ReclaimWPS25+
@sihanetwork.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social @paxforpeace.nl @womenforwomen.bsky.social @genderplatform.bsky.social
@sihanetwork.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social @paxforpeace.nl @womenforwomen.bsky.social @genderplatform.bsky.social
📍 All information can be found on the GAPS website: gaps-uk.org/call-to-acti...
🗓️A full overview and a list of upcoming events can be found here: wo-men.nl/en/wps-25-ev...
🗓️A full overview and a list of upcoming events can be found here: wo-men.nl/en/wps-25-ev...
Call to Action: Reclaiming the WPS Agenda at 25 - GAPS UK
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 advanc...
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September 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
📍 All information can be found on the GAPS website: gaps-uk.org/call-to-acti...
🗓️A full overview and a list of upcoming events can be found here: wo-men.nl/en/wps-25-ev...
🗓️A full overview and a list of upcoming events can be found here: wo-men.nl/en/wps-25-ev...
Over the past months, conversations and collective planning have taken place to shape these convening’s, which will be hosted in different parts of the world this Autumn. They will provide an important space for dialogue and mobilisation at a time of shrinking civic space and rollbacks on progress.
September 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Over the past months, conversations and collective planning have taken place to shape these convening’s, which will be hosted in different parts of the world this Autumn. They will provide an important space for dialogue and mobilisation at a time of shrinking civic space and rollbacks on progress.
In response, the WPS community is mobilising collectively to host regional convening’s that create space for individuals and organisations that have made the WPS agenda what it is today to continue advancing their efforts.
September 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In response, the WPS community is mobilising collectively to host regional convening’s that create space for individuals and organisations that have made the WPS agenda what it is today to continue advancing their efforts.
We are grateful for The Duchess of Edinburgh's ongoing leadership and support of the WPS agenda at this critical time @amnestyuk.bsky.social @careintuk.bsky.social @womenforwomen.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social @womankindworldwide.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We are grateful for The Duchess of Edinburgh's ongoing leadership and support of the WPS agenda at this critical time @amnestyuk.bsky.social @careintuk.bsky.social @womenforwomen.bsky.social @saferworld.bsky.social @womankindworldwide.bsky.social
Since 2019, The Duchess of Edinburgh has been publicly committed to WPS and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). This includes support to promote and protect women peacebuilders, mediators and activists, and support for all survivors of CRSV, including children born of CRSV.
September 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Since 2019, The Duchess of Edinburgh has been publicly committed to WPS and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). This includes support to promote and protect women peacebuilders, mediators and activists, and support for all survivors of CRSV, including children born of CRSV.
As we approach the 25th anniversary of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325, this timely meeting was a space for UK-based NGOs to discuss progress made, ongoing challenges and what needs done to progress the WPS agenda forward over the next 25 years
September 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
As we approach the 25th anniversary of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325, this timely meeting was a space for UK-based NGOs to discuss progress made, ongoing challenges and what needs done to progress the WPS agenda forward over the next 25 years
↪️To support women and girls in Gaza, the UK must act to stop genocide, end all arms sales to Israel and use its diplomatic levers to demand a lasting ceasefire agreement (4/4).
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
↪️To support women and girls in Gaza, the UK must act to stop genocide, end all arms sales to Israel and use its diplomatic levers to demand a lasting ceasefire agreement (4/4).
↪️UN Women reported in May 2025 that over 28,000 women and girls have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. While the UK provides humanitarian support, it also continues to supply arms to Israel (3/4)
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
↪️UN Women reported in May 2025 that over 28,000 women and girls have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. While the UK provides humanitarian support, it also continues to supply arms to Israel (3/4)
↪️But this support will not meet come close to meeting needs on the ground or addressing the violence that jeopardises women and girl's safety daily (2/4)
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
↪️But this support will not meet come close to meeting needs on the ground or addressing the violence that jeopardises women and girl's safety daily (2/4)
The UK is the Penholder for WPS at the UN. In the face of a global rollback on women’s rights and increasing gender backlash, the UK must show leadership and stand firm in its commitments to gender equality.
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The UK is the Penholder for WPS at the UN. In the face of a global rollback on women’s rights and increasing gender backlash, the UK must show leadership and stand firm in its commitments to gender equality.
⤵️ Aid cuts will have a significant impact on women and gender equality. Without this target, women’s rights organisations will risk losing crucial support.
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
⤵️ Aid cuts will have a significant impact on women and gender equality. Without this target, women’s rights organisations will risk losing crucial support.