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- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- January 26, 2023
- WPSHA
196 signatories have joined the WPS-HA Compact’s bold, global movement for gender equality since its official launch at the Generation Equality Forum in Paris in July 2021. The Compact is multi-stakeholder and intergenerational and aims to reshape peace and security and humanitarian action processes to systematically include women in the decisions that impact their...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- January 26, 2023
- WPSHA
196 signatories have joined the WPS-HA Compact’s bold, global movement for gender equality since its official launch at the Generation Equality Forum in Paris in July 2021. The Compact is multi-stakeholder and intergenerational and aims to reshape peace and security and humanitarian action processes to systematically include women in the decisions that impact their...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- December 8, 2022
- WPSHA
On 8 December 2022, the Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Compact Board convened its first hybrid meeting in Pretoria, South Africa on the margins of the Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network Inter-Regional Meeting. The Board meeting was hosted by the Government of South Africa, a Compact signatory, followed by a working lunch hosted by...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- October 27, 2022
- WPSHA
During the UN Security Council’s Open Debate Week, Signatories for the Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA) unveiled a new monitoring framework which will drive forward accountability on the rights of women and girls in conflict and crisis. Accountability is needed more than ever, participants heard, as women have poured...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- July 26, 2022
- WPSHA
WPS-HA Compact Board Member – the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) and Catalytic Members – Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), along with Kvinna till Kvinna and MADRE supported by UN Women and Member States partnered...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- June 13, 2022
- WPSHA
More than two decades on from the adoption of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda — which affirmed the crucial role of women in conflict prevention and peacebuilding initiatives — women’s inclusion in recovery and relief efforts remains under-resourced and under-valued. Reversing this trend is a priority, and though advancing causes around gender...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- June 3, 2022
- WPSHA
In the wake of crisis, economic response and recovery plans often forget the needs of women and girls, hindering sustained peace and development. In Bangladesh, UN Women, which supports the Compact on Women Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA,) is working with local partners to put recovery back on track by increasing economic...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- December 8, 2022
- WPSHA
On 8 December 2022, the Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Compact Board convened its first hybrid meeting in Pretoria, South Africa on the margins...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- October 27, 2022
- WPSHA
During the UN Security Council’s Open Debate Week, Signatories for the Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA) unveiled a new...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- July 26, 2022
- WPSHA
WPS-HA Compact Board Member – the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) and Catalytic Members – Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict...
- WPSHA Compact Secretariat
- June 13, 2022
- WPSHA
More than two decades on from the adoption of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda — which affirmed the crucial role of women...