Events


Women and International Peace and Security in Afghanistan

Jun 24, 2021 | Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Online

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Centre for Gender, Peace and Security at Monash University are delighted to co-host a panel discussion…


Corporate Due Diligence and Gender Equality

Jun 24, 2021 | NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment
Online

The field of Business and Human Rights has attracted growing attention in recent years as many cases have sadly illustrated that companies can cause, contribute…


Climate, Environment, and the Rights of Women and Girls

Jun 23, 2021 | Population Connection
Online

Karen Gaia Pitts, Project Coordinator for Transition Earth and founder of the Maasai Harmonial Development and Sustainability project, will discuss how the program focuses on…


Beyond Men - Challenging Gendered Dynamics of Conflict Transformation

Jun 22, 2021 | Berghof Foundation
Online

Wars and conflicts are highly gendered phenomena. Men and boys are typically perceived as perpetrators, while women and girls are portrayed as victims. When it…


Webinar: Environmental Change & Human Security: Research Directions Report

Jun 21, 2021 | Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, National Science Foundation
online

The goal of this report is to lay out opportunities to promote research at the intersection of environmental science and security and identifies near-term opportunities…


Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID World: Next steps for Women's Freedom

Jun 19, 2021 | IWPG UK
Online

 Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World

Series Three: Taking the Next Steps for Women's Freedom

2020 brought unprecedented new challenges to all of us. But…


Women and Community Land Rights: Investing in Local Champions

Jun 16, 2021 | Land Portal; HakiMadini; ILC; Mokoro
Online

Women’s Land Tenure Security (WOLTS) is a practical action-research project on gender and land, led by development consultants Mokoro. For more than five years WOLTS…


Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon Basins through Science and Environmental Diplomacy (A Road to Geneva Event)

Jun 16, 2021 - Jun 30, 2021 | University of Vermont and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

This 3-part symposium will take place on June 8th, June 16th, and June 24th 2021, from 8:30am-10:30am ET. Participants in this Road to Geneva symposium…


Gender and Climate Justice Principles and Approaches: A Working Session

Jun 11, 2021 | Gendersmart Investing
Online

GenderSmart will be gathering key experts across the financial system to interrogate potential principles for defining climate and gender justice in finance, explore emerging case studies…


The Climate Crisis and Gender Inequality: An Intimate Relationship

Jun 10, 2021 | Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre
Online

We’ve destroyed the planet, insist major public figures like David Attenborough. But who, asks Professor Anne Karpf, is this ‘we’? We aren’t all equally to…


Untapped Potential: Women, Leadership, and Water Diplomacy in the Middle East

Jun 9, 2021 | Wilson Center
Online

Women play a critical role in water resource management and decision-making at the community level. Yet, they are often absent from high-level water-related negotiations and…


Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: Empowering Women

Jun 8, 2021 | The Global Policy Institute; Bay Atlantic University
Online

We are pleased to invite you for our third webinar in the Sustainable Agriculture in Africa series titled: “Empowering Women” on June 8th at 12:00pm (EST).

Over 50%…


Advancing the Role of Women in International Security

Jun 8, 2021 | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Online

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is pleased to invite you to participate in a by-invitation roundtable of the institute’s new research initiative: Advancing…


Women, Solidarity, and Ecology

Jun 2, 2021 - Jun 4, 2021 | Laudato Si' Research Institute
Online

Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ points toward the importance of solidarity with the earth and the most marginalized in society by urging us to listen…


Socio-Economic and Environmental Foundations for Peace: What Role for International Law?

Jun 2, 2021 | Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security
online

Contemporary armed conflicts have become protracted, complex and urbanised with far-reaching socio-economic and environmental consequences. In Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Syria,…


Human Rights, and the Vulnerabilities of Gender in a Climate Emergency

Jun 2, 2021 | University of Oxford
Online

How to inhabit our common home is an ethical question of great urgency. It impacts individuals and communities differently around the world, exposing the inequalities…


Ensuring Quality Education for Girls During COVID-19: An Elusive Priority?

Jun 1, 2021 | UNESCO
Online

In recent years, girls' education has been a top priority for governments, funders, and global bodies. And yet, during the COVID-19 pandemic, girls have lost…


Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon Basins through Science and Environmental Diplomacy (A Road to Geneva Series)

Jun 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2021 | University of Vermont and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

These events were recorded and can be viewed at the links below: 

Session 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIvK3Yn5gLw 

Session 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA3Ppf_mgSE&feature=youtu.be

Session 3: https://youtu.be/XsKvRirmU9c 

This 3-part symposium will take place on June 8th, June 16th, and…


“Environment, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice: An African Perspective." Session 3 of Environment, Peacebuilding, and Transitional Justice (A Road to Geneva Series)

May 27, 2021 | Bosch Alumni Network (BAN) in partnership with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Online

Session 3: “Environment, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice: An African Perspective." This webinar will introduce the aspect of transitional justice (TJ) and the African Union Transitional Justice…


Gender Data for Climate Solutions: New Cross-Sector Evidence and Strategies for Gender-Responsive Climate Action

May 27, 2021 | United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Online

Building climate resilience for all requires gender-responsive policy-making, programming, and practice that deeply understands and takes coordinated steps to address inequities and empowers diverse people…


Displaced Mothers

May 27, 2021 | UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration
Online

In this seventh edition of the UNESCO RILA Sofa Cafés, Professor Alison Phipps , holder of the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and…


Convención Internacional de Mujeres Líderes de Paz en Acción Emergente/ International Convention of Women Peace Leaders in Emerging Action

May 26, 2021 - May 30, 2021 | Successworld1
Online

Successworld1 con su Comité Organizador convoca a hombres y mujeres que conforman la sociedad civil a nivel global sin condiciones de raza, credo estrato social,…


"Environment and Peacebuilding in Africa", Session 2 of Environment, Peacebuilding, and Transitional Justice (A Road to Geneva Series)

May 26, 2021 | Bosch Alumni Network (BAN) in partnership with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Online

Session 2: “Environment and Peacebuilding in Africa". This webinar will discuss diverse themes relating to the environment and peacebuilding within the Africa region, including the development…


Do No Harm Approach as a Tool for Tailoring M&E Frameworks in Environmental Peacebuilding Interventions

May 26, 2021 | ELI and Environmental Peacebuilding Association Monitoring and Evalutation Interest Group
online

The integration of natural resource management and climate action into conflict prevention, resolution and recovery to support peace and environmental sustainability, Environmental Peacebuilding has the…


Protecting the Environment during Armed Conflict: What Are the Next Steps?

May 26, 2021 | Finnish Institute of International Affairs
online

Armed conflict always destroys and pollutes the environment. Left unattended, the environmental impact of warfare will extend far beyond the end of a conflict, harming…


Protecting the Environment Is Protecting Civilians: The Humanitarian Dimensions of the Environment, Peace and Security Agenda

May 26, 2021 | UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, and PAX
online

Please save the date for an upcoming PoC Week virtual side event co-hosted by the Governments of Belgium, Costa Rica, Niger, Switzerland, and Viet Nam,…


Gaps in Gender Inclusion and Climate Action

May 25, 2021 | Enrol Yourself; Friends of the Earth's Experiments Team
Online

Despite progress on inclusive leadership and the gender pay gap, when it comes to seeing change for financial inclusion for women, significant gaps still remain:

The…


Africa Day Women in Pan Africanism Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

May 25, 2021 | We Charge Colonialism
Online

Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various countries…


Launch of the OECD Report “Gender and the Environment: Building Evidence and Policies to Achieve the SDGs”

May 21, 2021 | OECD
Online

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to economic development, environmental sustainability and achieving the SDGs. Yet, evidence shows that gender inequalities have recently increased…


Beyond Borders: Women, Migration, and Pandemic

May 20, 2021 | UN Women
Online

UN Women USA NY will host Beyond Borders: Women, Migration & Pandemic, an open dialogue on the experience of women in migrant and refugee populations,…