
In the News: Monday, 20 July 2020
Trump Administration’s Women, Peace and Security Plans: Blueprint for Action or Empty Promises? Source: Just Security / Ambassador Donald Steinberg The release of the plans of four U.S. government agencies

Trump Administration’s Women, Peace and Security Plans: Blueprint for Action or Empty Promises? Source: Just Security / Ambassador Donald Steinberg The release of the plans of four U.S. government agencies

Conflict Related Sexual Violence: Turning Commitments into Compliance – Security Council Source: United Nations The United Nations Security held an open debate on conflict-related sexual violence on 17, July 2020.

Sudan: Campaign Demands Women Governors Source: allAfrica Khartoum — Women groups in Sudan have launched the campaign No Excuse – We Want Our Full Rights to involve more women in

New Report: Gender Equality on the Ground: Feminist Findings and Recommendations for Achieving Agenda 2030 Source: WOMEN2030 This report is part of the WOMEN2030 programme that is funded by the

‘Women Rise for All’ to Shape Leadership in Pandemic Response and Recovery Source: UN News “Over the past months, people around the world have come to see what many of

Many women and girls still face threats to the realization of their basic rights and aspirations under COVID-19.

New Report: Assessing UK Government Action on Women, Peace and Security in 2019 Source: Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) UK In this shadow report, GAPS assesses the 2019

Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the Pandemic Derail Hard-Won Progress on Gender Equality? Source: UN Women / Ginette Azcona, Antra Bhatt, Sara Davies, Sophie Harman, Julia Smith,

Gender Inequality Exacerbates the COVID-19 Crisis in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings Source: Wold Bank Blogs / Caren Grown & Franck Bousquet The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has exposed and exacerbated many

The Women, Peace and Security Update Source: Australian Strategic Policy Institute / Tracy Beattie, Hal Crichton-Standish, Daria Impiombato, Alexandra Pascoe and Albert Zhang This article summarizes publications and other articles