Over the past three and a half years, the WPS Helpdesk has undertaken 91 tasks in support of the UK’s WPS objectives and gender equality commitments. In particular, several tasks exploring the links between transnational threats and WPS provided important learning on how to align with the current national action plan on WPS and its Objective 5.
These tasks have covered topics such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, climate change and serious and organised crime, among others. The intersection of these issues with WPS remains a relatively new areas of research, with significant gaps in evidence, analysis and programming. The WPS Helpdesk’s work contributes valuable knowledge that can help bridge this gap. This 2-page summary of WPS Helpdesk tasks evolving around transnational threats and WPS, presents main findings and recommendations on the intersection of these topics.