During the Intersessional Meetings to the APMBC being held in Geneva on 7 and 8 June, GMAP launched a new publication: Operational Guidance – Victim Assistance Responsive to Gender and Other Diversity Aspects. The number of mine and ERW casualties has been on the rise since 2013, and mine action funding dedicated to victim assistance […]
The team at the Gender and Mine Action Programme wishes you a happy New Year 2018! We are preparing for a busy and exciting year, and we are looking forward to deepening relationships with partners to continue promoting equality and inclusion in mine action. The last weeks of 2017 have been eventful, with […]
Earlier this month, GMAP came up with a challenge for the Gender Equality Hackathon, hosted by Think Tank Hub Geneva, foraus, the Impact Hub Geneva, and Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The SDG Accelerator #PolicyHack was held from November 17 to November 19 and aimed to create a space for developing new tools for equality. In total, 60 different […]
GMAP recently visited the HALO Trust’s humanitarian demining operation in Colombia. Since the initial gender and diversity assessment by GMAP in 2015, the programme has grown and new diverse and enthusiastic staff have joined. Most of these new team members are from the affected communities in which HALO has been tasked to work by the […]
Even in the most challenging contexts, there are many ways mine action can improve the lives of women. Those include listening to their concerns and opinions, and involving them as much as possible in the activities and the decision-making processes that impact on their lives. GMAP has recently visited the mine action programme in Afghanistan, one of […]
GMAP’s Programme Manager was in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, to conduct the monitoring of the resettlement process. GMAP has been welcomed by the HALO Trust to support their mine action programme in Sri Lanka. The HALO Trust programme puts special emphasis in engaging with war widows and those women heading single-headed households to give them and their […]