Events


Championing Gender-Sensitive Security Sector Reform

Oct 13, 2020

The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, The United Nations Department of Peace Operations, and The Georgetown Institute for Women,…


Environment and Security: A Virtual Learning Journey

Oct 12, 2020 - Nov 13, 2020 | Geneva Centre for Security Policy
online

Natural resources such as water, soil and biodiversity are under increasing stress. Human activity is the main cause of this global crisis affecting everybody, but…


Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women: Climate Change and Gender

Oct 8, 2020 | Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women
Online

The 31st Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women (KCAW 2020) will focus on climate change and gender. It will consider how well to promote gender equality…


Women, Peace and Security: The Next 20 Years

Oct 8, 2020 | Foreign Policy; Our Secure Future
Online

Join FP in collaboration with Our Secure Future, as we convene exceptional leaders from across security, tech, and government for a forward-looking conversation illuminating the…


Australia’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (2012-19): Gender Equality, Human Security and Sustainable Development

Oct 8, 2020 | The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
Online

2020 will mark the  20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), 5th…


Recognizing Women Peacebuilders: Critical Actors in Effective Peacemaking

Oct 7, 2020 | ICAN
Online

We’re thrilled to bring you this timely analysis that explores the invaluable contributions of women peacebuilders from around the world. 

On Wednesday, October 7th, we will be…


Resilient Livelihoods of the Urban Poor during the Pandemic from a Gender Perspective

Oct 7, 2020 | UNITAR CIFAL Jeju
Online

According to the ‘UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19’ paper published in April 2020, women, older persons, children and youth, those working…


Confronting the Climate Crisis: Feminist Pathways Symposium

Oct 7, 2020 - Oct 9, 2020 | Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
Online

This symposium aims to call attention not only to the climate crisis, but also to what is at stake in the kinds of responses to…


Oslo Pax: Diversity Matters - Gender and Inclusion in Peace and War

Oct 7, 2020 | Nobel Peace Center; Designit
Online

Gender equality and inclusion must be a social norm if the world shall succeed in building peaceful, sustainable societies. The benefits of diversity should be unquestioned,…


US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: Collaboration with Native Nations and Tribal Consultation

Oct 6, 2020 - Oct 7, 2020 | Udall Foundation
Sacramento, CA

Participants experience training that is dynamic, problem-based, and highly interactive. Each course provides opportunities to practice new ECCR skills through exercises that simulate real-life situations,…


The Climate of Conflict

Oct 6, 2020 - Oct 8, 2020 | Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts at The University of Chicago
online

The climate of conflict is rapidly shifting around the world. The emergence of new conflicts is outpacing the ability of the international community to cope,…


CPeace's Fundamentals of Conservation Conflict Transformation

Oct 5, 2020 - Oct 9, 2020 | Center for Conservation Peacebuilding
Washington, DC

Do you have a complex conservation challenge? Is social conflict complicating or impeding your efforts to create positive change or achieve conservation goals? To understand…


The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality

Oct 2, 2020 | Centre for Global Health
Online

Join the Centre for Global Health, DLSPH, the Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health, DLSPH and Women’s College Hospital for a panel discussion on how COVID-19…


Indonesia’s Shifting Countering/Preventing Violent Extremism Policy Landscape and the Implications for Bilateral Security, Law and Justice Engagement

Oct 1, 2020 | University of Queensland and University of Indonesia
online

Focused on Indonesia’s shifting Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) policy landscape, this webinar will involve a panel of experts discussing how research is influencing policy formulation…


Accelerating the Realization of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls

Oct 1, 2020 | UN Women
Online

High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women.

This High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly is an opportunity…


Rule of Law & the Limits of the Rights of Nature in Post Conflict Colombia (A Road to Geneva Event)

Oct 1, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association, Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, the Global Green Growth Institute, the Environmental Law Institute, Duke Kunshan University and the International Master's of Environmental Policy.
online

Discussion on issues related to climate legislation and institutional building in the context of Environmental Peacebuilding in ColombiaThis second session of the series will cover…


Rule of Law & the Limits of the Rights of Nature in Post Conflict Colombia (A Road to Geneva Event, Colombia Arc)

Oct 1, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association, Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Law Institute, Duke Kunshan University, and International Master's of Environmental Policy.
online

 This event was held in Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation in English. We experienced technical difficulties and were unable to record the Spanish version of the…


Gender Integration into National Climate Actions. Regional Workshop, Sub-Saharan Africa

Sep 30, 2020 | UNFCCC
Online

Under the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan (Decision 3/CP.25); Parties and relevant organizations were requested to submit their inputs…


Confronting Conflict Pollution: Principles for Assisting Victims of Toxic Remnants of War Launch (A Road to Geneva Event)

Sep 30, 2020 | Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, Conflict and Environment Observatory, Environmental Peacebuilding Association Law Interest Group
online

Armed conflicts and military activities take a toll on the environment that significantly affects both people and ecosystems. Conflict-related pollution inflicts severe and long-term physical,…


Confronting Conflict Pollution: Principles for Assisting Victims of Toxic Remnants of War (A Road to Geneva Event)

Sep 30, 2020 | Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic, Conflict and Environment Observatory, Environmental Peacebuilding Association Law Interest Group
online

 This event was recorded and can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/RJhG911vrvs     Armed conflicts and military activities take a toll on the environment that significantly affects both people and…


(En) Gendering Transboundary Water Governance: Feminist Perspectives on Water Conflict and Cooperation

Sep 29, 2020 - Sep 30, 2020 | IHE Delft
Online

The workshop will be hosted on https://ocw.un-ihe.org, the online course environment of IHE Delft. We use BigBlueButton (BBB) on this same platform for the online sessions. As…


New Directions in Women, Peace and Security: Interactions with Civil Society

Sep 27, 2020 | School of Social and Political Science
Online

Soumita Basu, Paul Kirby and Laura J. Shepherd recently published the edited volume New Directions in Women, Peace and Security (Bristol University Press, 2020), which…


Women and Peace in the Era of COVID-19

Sep 26, 2020 | Manitoba Women for Women of South Sudan
Online

Welcome to Manitoba Women for Women of South Sudan’s upcoming fundraiser: Women and Peace in the Era of Covid-19! We are excited to invite two…


2020 Dalhousie International Humanitarian Law Conference – Armed Conflict & the Environment

Sep 25, 2020 | Canadian Red Cross in partnership with the John E. Read International Law Society at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (Halifax)
online

This conference will bring together experts from the field of IHL, environmental law, and environmental peacebuilding to discuss the protection of the environment before and…


GWA’s 2020 Conference on Water & Peace: Promoting Security through Equitable Policy, Governance and Technology

Sep 24, 2020 | Global Water Alliance
online

All people and every ecology share a stake in the proper management of water to safeguard supply quality, fair access, and peace. A history of…


El Rol de las Mujeres en la Gestión de los Bosques de Montaña: Una Mirada desde Lo Rural y lo Urbano/ The Role of Women in the Management of Mountain Forests: A View from the Rural and Urban Areas

Sep 23, 2020 | Bosques Andinos
online

En la región andina, específicamente en los bosques andinos, existen muchos aprendizajes y experiencias en torno a la equidad de género. El Programa Bosques Andinos…


Forest Data and Transparency: ‘Zoom in’ on the Experience of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sep 23, 2020 | Food and Agriculture Organizations of the UN
online

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as in many other African countries, the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation is a major…


Untangling the Impact of Illegal Fishing in North Korean Waters

Sep 22, 2020 | Stimson Center
online

In 2017, the UN Security Council banned North Korea from selling fishing permits, but new monitoring methods show that hundreds of vessels originating from China…


Ecological Threats to Peace

Sep 22, 2020 | US Institute of Peace
online

Global warming, extreme weather events, and rising sea levels are already adversely affecting food and water security throughout the world—leaving the least resilient countries with…


Equidad de Género y Derechos Humanos en Tiempos de Covid-19 y Cambio Climático/ Gender Equity and Human Rights in Times of Covid-19 and Climate Change

Sep 22, 2020 | La Alianza ACT
Online

Ha pasado menos de un año desde la COP25, pero la importancia simbólica y política del Plan de Acción de Género y la Plataforma de…