A Network of People Building Peace
Inclusion of women and youth peacebuilders
We empower women and youth as agents of change. Inclusion isn't an afterthought; it's a guiding principle in everything we do.
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
What we do
As a member-led network connecting over 250+ civil society organisations worldwide, we champion a network approach to peacebuilding. Concretely, this means we support and empower each other to drive locally-led and locally-owned peacebuilding. We do so by creating vibrant and collaborative learning and exchange spaces.
Find out more and discover the three themes we work on-
Climate security and emerging threats
We put local leadership and knowledge at the forefront to effectively tackle the pressing challenges of climate change and other emerging threats.
Locally-led peacebuilding action
We ensure local ownership and leadership for sustainable peacebuilding.
Our Ways of Working
Local peacebuilders and experts from the GPPAC network share their experience and expertise to strengthen our peacebuilding practices around the world...
Our work in action
The latest developments and news from GPPAC
23 October 2024
Supporting Women’s Impactful Participation in Peace Processes: Learnings from Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, and Palestine
Our learning paper was launched during Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Week in New York at our event, “Making Global Policy Effective in Supporting...
14 October 2024Pacific Women Mediators Network’s Statement
Calling for the support of Women Mediators Networks
Dear Ambassadors,
We write to you ahead of this year’s annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and...
4 October 2024What happens in Lebanon today, happened yesterday in Gaza
Can you imagine that you hear on the radio or per sms or WhatsApp that you should leave your house within an hour or else you might die because a...
26 September 2024Apply for the 6-week online course: Protection from digital violence by using critical thinking
GPPAC’s Peace Education Working Group invites you to join this highly interactive 6-week online course from 22 October to 28 November. With space...
6 September 2024How to elevate women’s role in conflict resolution?
A conversation with Joyce Ayikoru on lessons learned from Uganda by Pupul Lama.
In Yumbe District, a region in northwestern Uganda with a history...
Impact of armed conflict worldwide
- 70.8 million refugees and displaced
people in 2018 - $ 14.1 trillion global economic impact
- 165 violent conflicts
in 2018 - 77392 conflict related
deaths
We prevent conflict
in 15 regions around the globe
Our members organise themselves in 15 regional networks that determine their own peacebuilding priorities responsive to the needs of their communities. This ensures that our peacebuilding efforts are contextually relevant and locally owned.
What we offer
To our members and partners worldwide.
For more information on our programs,
please contact us.
Cross-regional learning
GPPAC is a global network of locals: We connect for peace!
Partnerships
Conflict prevention is possible if we work together!
Our Expert Groups
Globally, we bring together experts on many different themes.
Expertise
We improve practice through learning exchanges on conflict prevention!
Our stories
Shared Security: A New Era in Peacebuilding?
Worldwide, people are separated in the name of ‘national security’. Many miles of walls and barbed wire, all meant to keep out 'the other'. But all this comes at a cost: not only trillions in steel and stone, but also at the cost of our shared humanity.
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