The African Union Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department (PAPS), through its Gender, Peace and Security Programme and the Office of the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of African Union Commission on Women, Peace and Security, has launched the Continental Network of Women, Peace and Security Focal Points. The Network was launched at the close of a four-day Training on Monitoring and Reporting of National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security Using the African Union Continental Results Framework.

The Network brings together the Women Peace and Security focal points of AU Member States, Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms who lead or support the implementation of National and Regional Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security.

Launching the Network, Ms Nadia Roguiai, Coordinator of the AU PAPS Gender, Peace and Security Programme, said: “This training has equipped you with tools. But tools alone do not produce results—networks do.”

The Network responds to a need raised repeatedly by participants: focal points often carry the Women, Peace and Security agenda alone within their institutions, while facing similar challenges in coordinating National Action Plans, collecting data and reporting on progress. The Network will be coordinated by the Office of the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the AU Commission on Women, Peace and Security in collaboration with AU-PAPS .

About the training

This training forms part of a wider effort to build a pool of African facilitators capable of delivering training on the monitoring and reporting of National Action Plans at regional level. Following the first cohort in Nairobi, September 2026, this second cohort brings the initiative a step closer to that goal. A Training of Trainers (ToT) will be conducted in 2027.

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For more information: Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security| Email: wpsa@africanunion.org | WangamatiS@africanunion.org | Nadiar@africanunion.org

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