Advancing gender, peace and security in the new UK National Action Plan  

Saferworld submission to the UK Government on the redevelopment of the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, September 2013

The UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAP) provides the UK Government with a framework to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 and subsequent resolutions, to reduce the impact of conflict on women and girls, and promote their inclusion in peacebuilding and conflict resolution. The redevelopment of the 2010–2013 NAP provides the UK Government with a valuable opportunity to strengthen its policy approach to this area, and its implementation. This submission highlights some of the gaps between policy and practice in the UK’s work on women, peace and security, and offers key recommendations for how the UK Government can fulfil its objective of ensuring the provisions of the UNSCRs are incorporated into all of its work on conflict issues.

“Saferworld believes the UK Government has a good foundation of policies that address global gender, peace and security issues, but more can be done to refine this foundation and to build on it by turning policies into actions.”

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