GENDER PEACE AND SECURITY (GPS) | The Runway

The issue of gender, peace, and security (GPS) focuses on the critical role of gender in building sustainable peace and security. GPS emphasizes addressing gender-based violence, which includes protecting human rights and integrating gender perspectives into all peace and security efforts. Yet, despite significant progress in advancing the GPS agenda, challenges persist, including the persistent exclusion of people from the processes and decision-making based on their gender, the underfunding of gender-responsive programming, and the ongoing prevalence of gender-based violence in conflict-affected contexts.

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Gender, Peace and Security at Defence

The aim of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is to incorporate a perspective of gender, peace, and security (GPS) throughout the entirety of planning, operations, and international engagement, taking into account their extensive scope and intricate nature.

Communication & Cognition

Address by Deputy Chief of Army, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, New York, USA, 10 March 2023

The Deputy Chief of the Australian Army, Natasha Fox, delivered a speech highlighting the Human Rights Commission Review in 2012, which revealed the discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct within the military that was damaging the people and undermining trust and respect among members.

Communication & Cognition

Getting serious about diversity in Australia’s security discourse

This ASPI article argues that the national security conversation in Australia needs to mature and become more informed and that gender and diversity are essential parts of the discourse.

Strategic Influences

Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention

The Human Rights Council has concluded its general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. Many speakers highlighted the repression being experienced by human rights defenders around the world, as well as the issue of State surveillance mechanisms used to silence dissent and crack down on protestors, lawyers, and defenders.

Strategic Influences

Afghan Women's Protest For Education Halted In Kabul By Taliban

20 Afghan women protested for women's education rights in Kabul, before being stopped by Taliban patrols. Taliban's strict rules have limited women's access to schools, jobs, media and more, sparking UN and international condemnation.

Strategic Influences

Male guardianship rules in north Yemen restrict women's aid work

Tackling one of the world's worst humanitarian crises has become even harder for female aid workers as tightening male guardianship rules by Houthi authorities restrict their movement.

Communication & Cognition

Have you been labelled at work by your gender, age or ethnicity? Here’s how those labels can delegitimize you

Labels might seem mundane, but they can be far from harmless as they imply a value judgement about the person labelled and can result in people being treated in a way that is both prejudical and fails to use their actual skills.

Where has New Zealand’s women, peace and security agenda gone?

New Zealand's women, peace and security agenda has stalled since the first National Action Plan expired in 2019. Despite positive progress, the lack of a new plan risks NZ falling behind other countries in the region and missing out on important opportunities.