A Network of People Building Peace
6 September 2023The power of connecting local, regional and global levels of action: The story of the Pacific Women Mediators Network
The story you are about to read illustrates that the impact of peacebuilding does not happen overnight. It can take decades of building and nurturing...
6 March 2023GPPAC as an intermediary: Learnings from Palestine
Hilda Issa is the Executive Director of the feminist organisation Palestinian Center For Peace And Democracy (PCPD), based in Ramallah. In 2022, Hilda...
27 February 2023Developing National Action Plans on WPS: What role can civil society play?
National Action Plans (NAPs) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) are powerful instruments that allow states to implement the United Nations WPS Agenda...
21 December 2022Including women in peacebuilding and conflict prevention: concrete learnings from GPPAC Gender Experts
How do we meaningfully include women and girls in peacebuilding and conflict prevention? Our Gender Experts explored this question during GPPAC...
23 November 2022Implementing Women, Peace and Security in Georgia: Where do we stand?
In November 2022, I engaged with the Geneva International Discussions (GID) – the multilateral forum to address the security and humanitarian...
20 October 2022Women, Peace and Security in Palestine: Peace starts and lasts with women’s participation
The Palestinian Centre for Peace and Democracy works for an inclusive and peaceful future through projects that aim to include Palestinian youth and...
15 June 2022A Ukrainian plea for supporting local peacebuilding
On 26 April 2022, I felt heard. I, as a Ukrainian woman peacebuilder, spoke to the leaders of the world about feminist financing for peacebuilding...
15 December 2021Enhancing Women’s Participation: GPPAC Partners with the WPHFs Rapid Response Window
We are excited to share that we have entered a one-year partnership with the Rapid Response Window (RRW) of the United Nations Women’s Peace and...
7 December 2021When, If Not Now? Funding Local Women Peacebuilders
During my undergraduate studies, I was a member of a local student-based feminist organisation. I still recall vividly how challenging it was to...
4 November 2021Celebrating Women, Peace and Security at 21: Time to Invest in Local Women Peacebuilders
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Annual Open Debate on Women Peace and Security at the UN Security Council was a rallying point for our Gender...
18 June 2021PBC Blog: Advancing Women, Peace and Security through a Gender Strategy
The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda (WPS), initiated by UN Security Council resolution 1325, recognizes the crucial role that women play in creating...
23 March 2021New Publication: Women, Peace and Security in Northeast Asia
2020 marked a milestone for the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. The year was not only characterized by the 20th anniversary of the UN Security...