Queer Justice, Peace and Security Community of Practice

Mission and Structure

The Queer Justice, Peace, and Security (Queer JPS) Community of Practice connects activists and organizations working on women's and/or LGBTQIA+ rights, with a focus on Justice, accountability, humanitarian emergency response and peacebuilding in conflict-affected and post-conflict contexts.

The Queer JPS Community of Practice consists of members with diverse perspectives and  approaches to the field. Members commit to working respectfully and hate speech of any kind will not be tolerated. The Queer JPS Community of Practice is inclusive of trans and non-binary individuals and works to uplift marginalized voices and promote intersectional dialogue, ensuring that all gender identities and sexual orientations are respected.

The four aims of the community of practice are as follows.

1. Explore the intersections of feminist and queer understandings of conflict, peace and security as well as humanitarian emergency response and share this analysis to inform policy and programmes in conflict-affected contexts and at the global level. 

2. Influence the UN to integrate queer (and) feminist approaches across its organs, decision-making spaces, and agendas, including but not limited to work on WPS, YPS agenda, and the SDGs.

3. Facilitate knowledge exchange and build best practices for engagement between LGBTQ+ organisations and organisations working in the triple nexus (development, aid, peace and security). 

4. Guide best practice for inclusive feminist anti-carceral justice and accountability practices for responding to violence, discrimination and other harms impacting the LGBTQ+ community.

Contact for more information and to express interest in joining: queerjps@gmail.com