🕊️ Easter is a season of renewal, hope, and new beginnings — values that drive us every day.
To all those celebrating, we wish you peace, rest, and moments of joy with loved ones.
Happy Easter from the GNWP family 🌸
#WomenPeaceSecurity #Easter2026
The report calls for a strengthened UK National Action Plan and long‑term investment. Cuts to development funding risk undermining progress on gender justice and peacebuilding.
What changes would you like to see in the UK’s WPS approach? #WomenPeaceSecurity #GenderEquality
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🕊️ Civilians cannot wait. Women cannot wait. Peace cannot wait.
GNWP calls for immediate protection of civilians in Lebanon, Palestine, Iran & across the Middle East, and for women peacebuilders to be supported in their vital work.
📣 Read the statement: gnwp.org/statement-mi...
#WomenPeaceSecurity
This paper by Gretchen Baldwin explores an often-overlooked dimension of the Women, Peace and Security ( #WPS ) agenda: the roles of men, boys, and masculinities in advancing sustainable peace.
Read it now ➡️ bit.ly/40tJzRm
#SIPRI #Peacebuilding #UNSCR1325 #WomenPeaceSecurity #GenderAndSecurity
What happens when women on the frontlines of conflict are supported to lead? This #ResourcingChange report shares powerful stories of transformation from Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, highlighting the impact of flexible funding in advancing the #WomenPeaceSecurity agenda.
#InternationalWomensDay
On #InternationalWomensDay, Portugal renews its commitment to gender equality, promoting the empowerment of women and girls and their full, equal, and meaningful participation in all spheres. Portugal will continue to promote the WPS Agenda.
#Portugal4UNSC #WomenPeaceSecurity
What happens when we invest in women? We gain stronger institutions, more resilient communities and better security.
Watch as our trainees and leaders share what it means to #GiveToGain.
#EUinSomalia | #IWD2026 | #WomenPeaceSecurity
💪 Strong women = strong society 🌍
🙋♀️ Warm greetings to women around the globe on the UN 🇺🇳 International Women’s Day!
💭 And what is the source of your strenght?
#WomenPeaceSecurity 🕊️
📌 A new position paper by #Myanmar women’s organizations, endorsed by 43 CSOs, calls on #ASEAN to overhaul its Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security to reflect Myanmar women's situation & aspirations.
📃 full paper: https://bit.ly/4b7k0dF
#WomenPeaceSecurity #WPS
Today at the Permanent Council, in the run up to #IWD2026, Sweden and 38 other @OSCE States highlighted that OSCE’s work on advancing gender equality, eliminating violence against women and implementing #WomenPeaceSecurity commitments is key for comprehensive security.
Published in today’s @hilltimes.com, Rachel Warden’s op-ed, “In a fractured world, women peacebuilders are essential.” Real security is built from the ground up - Canada must back #womenpeacebuilders with sustained, flexible support. kairoscanada.org/in-a-fractu...
#IWD2026 #WomenPeaceSecurity
Across many contexts, rising militarisation, hybrid threats and growing pushback on #genderequality are re deepening inequalities & shrinking civic space. This analysis shows how #WPS actors are adapting while keeping justice and inclusive #peace at the core.
#WomenPeaceSecurity #Peacebuilding
On Monday, we co-hosted a roundtable that brought together defence, research, and civil society actors to reflect on how we can collectively ensure that #WomenPeaceSecurity remains fit for purpose in a rapidly evolving security environment.
Stay tuned for the 'What We Heard' report back!
The GSS Lab is working on 2 MOWIP efforts in Fiji with the RFMF & Fiji Police force. We are so happy to see recent Gender Responsiveness Training opportunities to advance inclusive peacekeeping!
#InclusivePeacekeeping #GenderEquality #WomenPeaceSecurity
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Building peace, one bead at a time! 💮
Inspired by methodologies from South Africa and Northern Ireland, women from Larnaca Rural and Aysergi/Yeni Boğaziçi associations came together in Pyla/Pile for a powerful workshop on shared experiences and hope. #A4P #WomenPeaceSecurity
Join the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security’s 3-day intensive course to explore gender-based violence, civil society, and pathways to justice in conflict.
📅 3–5 Feb 2026 | 📍 LSE, London
🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/women-peace-...
#WomenPeaceSecurity #UNSCR1325
✨ New publication!
“Bridging the generational divide: youth inclusion in Canada’s women, peace and security commitments,” published in the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal examines how #YouthPeaceSecurity is integrated into 🇨🇦’s #WomenPeaceSecurity action plan.
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Reflecting on moments of hope: In February, USG Rosemary DiCarlo visited #Cyprus, reaffirming the United Nations' steadfast commitment to a peaceful future for the island. #UNCyprusTalks #YearInReview #WomenPeaceSecurity
Visiting two maritime refugee shelters in Rotterdam showed that reception is not only about capacity, but about quality, safety and gender-responsive support, especially for women and GBV survivors. #NAP1325 #WPS
#NAP1325 #WomenPeaceSecurity #GenderInclusiveAsylum
🏆 We are proud to announce that SIHA Network has been awarded the Distinguished Partners for Women, Peace and Security Award 2025
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#YesTo1325 #WPS #WomenPeaceSecurity
Peace lasts longer when women help build it. Global research shows agreements with women's participation are more durable and more community-focused. Kudumbashree proves what's possible when women lead locally and nationally.
#WomenPeaceSecurity #UNSCR1325 #SavingWaldensWorld
Key takeaway: The goal isn’t to merge WPS & YPS.
It’s to create synergies that reinforce each other—entry points for coherent, community-responsive peacebuilding & future CSO–UN agenda-setting.
#WPS #YPS #Peacebuilding #Youth4Peace #WomenPeaceSecurity #CSOUNDialogue
Bold white text on a yellow background says, Peace and security are not just about conflct prevention. They're about dignity, recognition, and justice. In lighter white text it says, Denise Koh.
More #16Days reading from Denise Koh: Peace Is Not Just the Absence of War: A Filipina Physician’s Reflection on Care, Power, and Exclusion
#WPS #WomenPeaceSecurity
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Bold white type on a yellow background reads: Climate change remains insufficiently integrated into WPS programming as an operational priority. This is the gap we must close if Canada, and its aid and peacebuilding partners, are to effectively tackle the climate crisis. In lighter white type it says, Chloé Silvestre and Rabab Rabbani.
Today's #16Days reading, Navigating the Perfect Storm: Leveraging Gender-Responsive Climate Justice for Peace and Security was written by Chloé Silvestre & Rabab Rabbani
#WPS #WomenPeaceSecurity
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Bold white text on a yellow background says: While Canada claims its firm commitment to the WPS agenda and broader human rights approaches, our domestic and foreign policy often invisibilizes the systemic inequities and historical legacies that continue to negatively impact racialized women. In lighter white text it says, Esra Bengizi.
More #16Days reading, today from Esra Bengizi on #WomenPeaceSecurity: What Resolution 1325 Means for Women of Colour in Canada and Beyond
#WPS
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Bold white text on a yellow background says: The challenge for Canada is not simply to consult women and young people, but to ensure that their engagement is detokenized, moving beyond symbolic representation and towards genuine power-sharing and decision-making, resource allocation, and accountability. In lighter white text it says, Shayne Wong.
Today's #16Days reading is from Shayne Wong: Detokenizing Civic Space: Leveraging #WPS – #YPS Synergies for Full Youth Engagement in #Canada
#WomenPeaceSecurity
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Bold white text on a yellow background says: Another critical obstacle to advancing the rights of women with disabilities within WPS is the paucity of disaggregated data. Without detailed information distinguishing women and girls with disabilities from other groups, policymakers lack a clear understanding of their specific challenges, needs, and contributions. In lighter white text it says, Anne Delorme and Sarah Keeler.
More #16Days reading from Anne Delorme and Sarah Keeler: Invisible No More: Women with Disabilities in the #WomenPeaceSecurity Agenda
#WPS
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Bold white text on a yellow background reads: CNAP3 presents an opportunity to move beyond tokenism and toward co-creation, embedding queer and trans voices in the heart of peace and security practice. In lighter white text it says, Alexandria Bohémier, Kim Vance-Mubanga, and Sarah Clifford.
Today's #16Days reading was co-written by Alexandria Bohémier, Kim Vance-Mubanga, and Sarah Clifford, From Reflection to Action: Queering Canada's #WPS Commitments at 25 Years
#WomenPeaceSecurity
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Bold white text on a yellow background says: To genuinely implement WPS, Canada must demilitarize its Indo-Pacific Strategy and ensure that it follows Resolution 1325 and fulfills the Beijing Platform for Action. A new IPS must aim to enhance the security, humans rights, and well-being of women and girls on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. In lighter white type it says: Tamara Lorincz.
More #16Days reading from @tamaralorincz.bsky.social: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy militarizes Asia and undermines #WomenPeaceSecurity #WPS wpsn-canada.org/2025/12/05/1...
Bold white text on a yellow background says: Since geopolitical powers are failing to work towards a genuine peace--starting with a complete ceasefire--it is the women of Sudan who carry the torch for Resolution 1325 today, holding space for its untapped potential. In lighter white type it says, Rita Morbia.
Today's #16Days reading is "The 25th Anniversary of Resolution 1325 & #Sudan: Promises, Realities & Potential" from Rita Morbia #WPS #WomenPeaceSecurity
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