Events

Women, Peace, and Security - A Global Perspective

Mar 7, 2023 - Mar 7, 2023 | UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
online

Are you 18-30 years old and interested in learning the fundamentals of negotiation and peacebuilding, and about the women, peace and security agenda? Then come…

Book Launch: Weaponizing Water by Marcus King

Feb 28, 2023 | Georgetown University, Mortara Center for International Studies, Science, Technology & International Affairs, Walsh School of Foreign Service
Washington, DC

Join Dr. Marcus King and the Mortara Center for International Studies in discussing his upcoming book, Weaponizing Water: Water Stress and Islamic Extremist Violence in…

NERPS Conference 2023

Feb 28, 2023 - Mar 3, 2023 | Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability and Asian Institute of Technology
Khlong Nueng, Thailand

The Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) at Hiroshima University and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will jointly host the…

IPF ATID BOSTON – Assessing Women's Leadership in Israeli and Palestinian Track-Two Diplomacy

Feb 23, 2023 | IPF ATID
WPI Seaport at 303 Congress Street

Please join IPF Atid Boston for a briefing from Dr. Eileen Babbitt, who will discuss the history of track-two diplomacy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Dr.…

Munich Security Conference Breakfast Discussion – War, Oppression, and Strongmen: Rethinking the Role of Anti-Feminism in Autocratic Regimes

Feb 19, 2023 | The Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy
BMW Pavillon

We are delighted to invite you to our Munich Security Conference Side Event, organised in partnership with ICAN and DGAP. The breakfast will take place at the BMW…

Leading for Change: Women in Iran and the Journey to Freedom

Feb 16, 2023 | Wilson Center
Online

The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program is honored to host leading women’s rights advocate and former Minister for Women's Affairs in Iran Mahnaz Afkhami at…

Bringing Everyone Forward for Sustainable and Equitable Development

Feb 10, 2023 | Royal Academy of Science International Trust
UN Headquarters, New York

The Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT), and co-organizing
Member States are celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
(IDWGIS), on 10 February…

Water @ Wilson | Water and Conflict: Updates from the Russia-Ukraine War

Feb 7, 2023 | Wilson Center
online

Russia’s war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s water and sanitation infrastructure. Civilian water supply and treatment have been exposed to collateral damage, wielded as…

Webinar: Author Dr. Anne Dienelt Presents: "Armed Conflicts and the Environment: Complementing the Laws of Armed Conflict with Human Rights Law and International Environmental Law"

Feb 2, 2023 | EnPAx Law Interest Group, IUCN-WCEL Environmental Security and Conflict Law Specialist Group and Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki
online

The webinar will discuss Dr. Anne Dienelt’s book Armed Conflicts and the Environment: Complementing the Laws of Armed Conflict with Human Rights Law and International…

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jan 26, 2023 | Centre for Geopolitics
Audit Room, King's College, Cambridge

The promotion of the inclusion of women in peace processes has become more salient in international politics since the adoption of the United Nations (UN)…

Environmental Peacebuilding - The Year in Review and the Year Ahead

Jan 24, 2023 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association will host its annual year-in-review roundtable on “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review and the Year Ahead.” This roundtable will feature…

Humanitarian Crisis, Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Environment during Armed Conflicts and in Relation to Peacebuilding Measures: Legal Challenges of the 21st Century

Jan 19, 2023 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia

MFA Slovenia's Humanitarian crisis, protection of critical infrastructure and environment during armed conflicts and in relation to peacebuilding measures: legal challenges of the 21st century…

A Feminist Take on Nuclear Weapons in Germany

Jan 18, 2023 - Jan 18, 2023 | CFFP and ICAN
online

An estimated 20 US nuclear warheads remain at Büchel Air base in Germany. Hopes have been high among feminist civil society that with the new…

Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace -- Trust Building

Jan 18, 2023 | EnPAx Forest Interest Group
online

The Forest Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association is continuing the bi-monthly Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace. The upcoming session -- the…

Women Plus Water Lecture Series

Jan 12, 2023 - Apr 20, 2023 | Women Plus Water
online

Women Plus Water increases the visibility of women in water and engages people through the annual lecture series, expert list, and mentorship opportunities to learn about…

The Women in Water Diplomacy Network: 2022 Year-In-Review Open Online Event

Dec 19, 2022 | SIWI
online

The Women in Water Diplomacy Network consists of members of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network in the Nile (initiated in 2017), the Women in…

FP Summit: Food+ 2022, Managing Shocks & Strengthening Global Food Systems

Dec 14, 2022 | Foreign Policy
Washington, DC and online

Over the last year, shockwaves have reverberated throughout global food systems, as the Russian invasion in Ukraine and blockade of vital ports cut off grain,…

Beyond War Ecologies: Green Ways Forward for Ukraine

Dec 14, 2022 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
online

The Russian war in Ukraine constitutes a now well-acknowledged ecological, as well as geopolitical and humanitarian, catastrophe. Negative impacts to the environment include toxic remnants…

InfoPoint Conference: Women Land and Environmental Rights Defenders: Protection and Justice

Dec 13, 2022 - Dec 13, 2022 | International Partnerships InfoPoint
online

Women land and environmental rights defenders are at the forefront of the protection of human and environmental rights, in particular when it comes to defending…

Inaugural State Resilience Index Launch - Bend Not Break: Resilience in Unstable Times

Dec 7, 2022 | Fund for Peace
online

For the last 17 years, the Fund for Peace has published the Fragile States Index (FSI), measuring annual pressures and shocks across the globe. Every…

Water @ Wilson Series Launch: Water, Peace, & Security: New Tools for a New Climate

Dec 6, 2022 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Every day, the headlines make it clear: A rapidly changing climate and shifting demographics mean the future of water resource management may not look like…

Gender Equality in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Nov 30, 2022 | Global Institute for Women's Leadership ANU
The Australian National University

What does gender equality mean in international peace and security? What does the UN's WPS look like in the policy and practice?

Ecological Threat Report 2022 | Building Resilience: Climate, Ecology and Conflict

Nov 18, 2022 | Geneva Center for Security Policy
online

Join the Geneva Center for Security Policy and the Institute for Economics & Peace as we take a look at the links between climate change,…

COP27 Side Event: "The Climate for Peace Initiative - Towards Multilateral Inclusive Action"

Nov 17, 2022 | adelphi and the German Federal Foreign Office
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

The impacts of the climate and environment crises can be drivers of conflict and a risk to international peace and stability, with disproportionate impacts on…

The New Customary Land Rights Act in Sierra Leone: Bringing Informed Community Consent to Responsible Investment

Nov 17, 2022 | Advancing Land-Based Investment Governance
online

In September 2022, Sierra Leone enacted unprecedented laws related to land, climate, and sustainable development. This new law transforms communities’ ability to protect their land…

Responsible Business Conduct: Past, Present & Future (Continuing Education Course)

Nov 16, 2022 - Jan 18, 2023 | swisspeace
online

Are you confused about ESG, CSR, UNGPs, GRI, L2O, VPs, and all of that? In this introductory course, participants explore the responsibilities of businesses for…

Climate Security & Agriculture: Strategies for Inclusive Adaptation

Nov 11, 2022 | "CGIAR, The Rockefeller Foundation, Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), Government of Ireland"
Food Systems Pavillion

Women represent a large share of the world’s agricultural workers and face disproportionate climate impacts. But they are also at the forefront of climate change…

Feminist Foreign Policies: What’s Next? Perspectives from Canada, Scotland and Beyond

Nov 10, 2022 | Centre for International Policy Studies
FSS 4006 and Zoom

Since Sweden’s 2014 adoption of a feminist foreign policy, several other countries have since announced plans to introduce their own feminist foreign policies, including Spain,…

Afghanistan and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Women’s global agency and diplomacy

Nov 9, 2022 | The Gender Justice & Security Hub
Online

The systematic crack down by the Taliban in Afghanistan calls for an urgent and inclusive response to the crisis and a sharp look at UN…

Forestry, Livelihoods, and Peace: Webinar Launch of “Extended Dialogue and Peer Learning Workshop Series” Pt 2

Nov 9, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association's Forest Interest Group
online

              Part I  Roughly one-third of the world's population is closely dependent on forests and forest resources. This figure increases to 90 percent for those living on…