THE GLOBAL ACCELERATION INSTRUMENT

Since 2000 remarkable normative progress has been made at the global, regional and national arenas to advance and operationalise the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. There is also increasing recognition that placing women’s agency at the center of the transition from crisis to sustainable development offers enormous potential for leveraging transformative change.

Yet, despite the benefits that investing in women can bring, the contribution of women to prevention,  humanitarian response and peace consolidation continues to be under-utilised and under-resourced.

In 2015 the Global Study on UNSCR 1325 recommended the establishment of a dedicated fund to address the financing gap for women’s engagement in peace and security, particularly for women’s organisations.

As a result of a joint civil society advocacy, the Global Acceleration Instrument (GAI) on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action was officially launched in on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action in February 2016.

Now, it is time for civil society to leverage concrete actions!                                                                                             

2016

More details are available in the Global Acceleration Instrument (GAI) Annual Report here>> 

Features

  • What is the GAI?

    The GAI is a flexible tool meant to rapidly address financing gaps relating to Women, Peace and Security. 

  • Impact: Work in Burundi

    A look into the impact of the GAI, including highlights and key achievements in Burundi, including actions in key areas such as conflict prevention and resolution.  

  • Campaign: WPS Financing

    WPS Financing: Investing trillions in arms and only pennies for peace leads to violence and war. If the international community wants peace, it needs to invest more in gender equality and social justice policies and movements instead.

  • NAP Budgeting

    National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security (NAP) costing and budgeting workshop in Jordan. Bringing the NAP one step closer to effective implementation.