The WPS generation

The WPS generation has come of age. It includes women who are leading human rights organisations in Sudan, commanding units in the Ukrainian armed forces and rebuilding communities from Bougainville to Bakhmut. But many of them are doing this work despite the system, not because of it.

A Pacific reflection on “Women, Peace and Security”

Pacific women have always been navigators, charting paths through complexity, building coalitions and sustaining communities. Now, the WPS agenda must rise to meet their leadership.

Taking stock of the WPS agenda

Women, Peace and Security (WPS) is at a critical juncture, facing significant challenges to its relevance but as we approach the agenda’s 25th anniversary, we should double down rather than step away from WPS commitments and issues.

Advancing the women, peace and security agenda in the Pacific

The WPS agenda aims to ‘prevent insecurity and violence by harnessing the potentials of both women and men, and addressing structural gender inequality and discriminatory gender norms that are barriers to sustainable peace’.