9 December 2021 Katrina Leclerc[1] In August 2021, the peace and security community welcomed the first National Action Plan (NAP) on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) under Finnish leadership. The Finnish NAP (2021-2024) comes at a time when we are ...

15 June 2021 By Emem Bassey, Peacebuilding Program Intern for Africa, GNWP “To implement something well, you have to monitor it. Monitoring helps see the gaps. Reporting on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ...

April 27, 2021 by Mallika Iyer In August 2017, the southeastern Bangladesh coastal town of Cox’s Bazar was irreversibly changed when over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled the Myanmar military’s genocidal campaign in the Rakhine State. The majority of Rohingya refugees ...

February 23, 2021 by Wevyn Muganda “After this training [facilitated by GNWP and RWPL], I will retell the narrative of what women go through in conflicts – to show them as leaders, and not helpless victims.” – Evans Kipkura, Nation ...

December 4, 2020 by Jenaina Irani Between 2017-2019, over $1 billion US dollars was pledged by governments and other donors in support of gender equality commitments. This is more than ever before! However, a closer look at the figures reveals ...

November 30, 2020 By Beatriz Ciordia and Cecilia Lazara Edited by Agnieszka Fal-Dutra Santos “We will never be seen as changemakers if the public does not see, read or listen about the work that we, as women, do in our ...

November 26, 2020 by Nikou Salamat Edited by Agnieszka Fal-Dutra Santos The year 2020 marks numerous milestones for the international community’s dedication to building sustainable, inclusive and gender-equal peace. These include the 25th Anniversary of Beijing Declaration and Platform for ...

Sustainable peace requires transformative action! What do local women peacebuilders have to say ahead of the 20th Anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security agenda? October 12, 2020 by Agnieszka Fal-Dutra Santos[1] “Women are the future of sustaining peace! Their ...

Youth Leaders Demand Action: Analysis of the Third UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security July 17, 2020 by Katrina Leclerc “Coming from a community where youth continue to experience violence, discrimination, limited political inclusion, and are at ...

July 6, 2020 by Heela Yoon and Agnieszka Fal-Dutra Santos “Resolution 1325 is one of the most important international laws we have. It guarantees women’s participation in peace processes and decision-making. But in Georgia, women do not participate in the ...