Events
International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations: Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Tree Plantations and Women-Led Resistance to Industrial Forestry
Sep 21, 2020
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Global Forest Coalition
Online
September 21st marks International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, a day to celebrate resistance against the establishment and expansion of harmful commercial monocultures.…
A Force to Reckon with: Women in the Climate Change Workforce
Sep 21, 2020
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Climate Action Reserve
Online
Largely due to gender inequalities around the world, women bear a disproportionate burden of climate change. As main providers of food and fuel, women are…
Transforming Power to Put Women at the Heart of Peacebuilding
Sep 21, 2020
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OXFAM; LSE; UKRI; IMatter
Online
This webinar launches a series of discussion papers from Sub Saharan Africa, MENA and the Pacific on what feminist peace and security is. As we…
Disasters, Gender, Peace & Conflict
Sep 21, 2020
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne
online
The number and intensity of disasters is increasing worldwide, while levels of armed conflict and gendered violence remain high. Regions with a history of armed…
Climate Change and Security: Integrating a Gender Lens
Sep 17, 2020
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Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2020; UNEP
Online
A growing body of evidence documents the interlinkages between gender inequality, climate change and peace and security. In many cases, the impacts of climate change…
Climate Security in Colombia
Sep 17, 2020
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CGIAR
online
Colombia is another case with complex linkages between agriculture, forests and conflict. Recently emerging from decades of conflict between The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia…
Gender Integration into National Climate Actions. Regional Workshop, Americas and the Caribbean
Sep 16, 2020
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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…
Beijing+25: Commemorating a Watershed Moment for Women’s Rights
Sep 10, 2020
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Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Online
The UN Fourth World Conference on Women, hosted in Beijing in 1995, electrified a generation of activists, catalyzed the creation of new women’s rights organizations,…
Women in Sustainability - Diversity and Inclusion: A Sustainability Crisis
Sep 9, 2020
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Women in Sustainability
Online
This fall, we explore the intersectionality of social issues and environmental issues in many different aspects. Our fall series begins with Women in Sustainability members…
Hydrodiplomacy
Sep 9, 2020
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Sustainable Water Partnership and USAID
online
“Water governance sets the “rules of the game” for the way water is managed. It determines how or even whether sustainable water resource management is…
"Queering Peacebuilding": Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Peacebuilding
Sep 9, 2020
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Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Online
Although the integration of gender perspectives has, at least on paper, been a prominent aspect of peacebuilding for several decades, there has often been little…
Burning Sand: MENA and Climate Change
Sep 8, 2020
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Center for Climate & Security
online
By the end of the century, the Persian Gulf could be too hot for human habitation. Water sources like the Golan Heights and the Nile…
Gender and Inclusion in the COVID-19 Response
Sep 7, 2020
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RedR UK
Online
This module examines how COVID-19 is impacting on women, girls, boys and men differently, limiting access to services and information, increasing women's work burden, eroding…
Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2020 - Part II
Sep 7, 2020
- Oct 2, 2020
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German Federal Foreign Office, adelphi, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
online
Building on the high-level political Part I of BCSC 2020 and the launch of the Global Climate Security Risk and Foresight Assessment during the event,…
The Business of Gender Equality
Sep 3, 2020
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The University of Sydney Business School
Online
Explore the impact COVID-19 has had on gender equality and join Janelle Weissman, Executive Director, UN Women Australia as she leads The Business of Gender Equality discussion with Professor…
CGIAR Webinar Series on Climate Security: Climate Security in the Sahel
Sep 3, 2020
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CGIAR
online
The Sahel is a particular case where the interaction between climate-conflict can be strongly observed. With a high-dependence on rain-fed agriculture and livestock, climate variability,…
Mobilizing Women’s Rights in Bangladesh: Lunch & Learn
Sep 2, 2020
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Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Online
Join the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation and special guest David Bruer of Inter Pares, for a discussion about rights-based work in Bangladesh. David will share how they…
Gender Integration into National Climate Actions. Regional Workshop, Europe and Central Asia
Sep 2, 2020
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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…
US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: Crafting Collaborative Solutions to Environmental Conflicts
Sep 1, 2020
- Sep 3, 2020
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Udall Foundation
Tucson, Arizona
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,…
Reconciling Race, Class, Gender, and Climate Change
Aug 29, 2020
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University of Toronto Environmental Action
Online
In responding to COVID-19, governments and civil society have been forced to address the inefficiencies and inequalities pervasive in our system. As such, we cannot…
WWWeek: Reducing the Risks of Climate-Related Water Conflicts (A Road to Geneva Event)
Aug 28, 2020
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association Water Interest Group, Pacific Institute, Global Water 2020, Geneva Water Hub, Nicholas School of the Environment and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy, and the Water, Peace, and Security Partnership
online
This event was recorded and can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/uGjpPp6SUJo
When: 11:00 EST
Evidence continues to accumulate that human-caused climate changes are influencing tensions and violence over water…
Covid-19, Gender and Human Rights
Aug 28, 2020
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Online
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), in collaboration with partners and researchers in Belarus, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Zimbabwe,…
Women on the Frontline of Covid-19: Interrogating Women’s Contribution from a Frontline Perspective.
Aug 27, 2020
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Embassy of Ireland in Pretoria
Online
Women are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic response, in the public and private sectors, and in their public and personal lives, and are…
Energy Access as a Driver of Gender Equality
Aug 27, 2020
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Clean Cooking Alliance
Online
The Clean Cooking Alliance invites you to participate in a live webinar with Duke University on Thursday, August 27th at 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time…
COVID-19 and Environmental Peacebuilding in Colombia (A Road to Geneva Event, Colombia Arc)
Aug 27, 2020
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Duke University Center for International and Global Studies/Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Law Institute, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association Disaster and Resilience Interest Group
online
This event was held in Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation in English. Recordings of the event can be accessed via the following links: Spanish recording: https://youtu.be/qKflGIMDfH4English recording: https://youtu.be/YWGXM4DOp2s When: 10:00-11:30…
The Behavioural Challenges of Post-Conflict Life
Aug 27, 2020
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Overseas Development Institute
online
It is often assumed that people’s lives will automatically improve after violent conflict. However, many people who have experienced conflict continue to experience fluctuating livelihoods…
Women for Forests and Future Generations: Defending Communities from Pandemics and Climate Chaos
Aug 27, 2020
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Women's Earth and Climate Action Network
Online
Global forests are on the brink of ecological catastrophe, and because of this, further driving the climate crisis and environmental degradation. Record setting fire seasons,…
Women Leaders in Water for Food: Improving Lives and Agriculture Productivity
Aug 27, 2020
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University of Nebraska
Online
Creating a supportive environment for women in agriculture and water leadership is important for ensuring future water food security around the globe. Water and agriculture…
Power and Water Diplomacy
Aug 26, 2020
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International Water Resources Association
online
This new IWRA webinar will focus on how power impacts water conflict. Increasingly, scholarship is discovering how power shapes the interplay between the actors, and frames conflicts,…
Gender and Climate Change in China
Aug 25, 2020
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Young China Watchers
Online
As climate change precipitates societal and geopolitical changes in China and beyond, YCW and NüVoices recognise the growing need to scrutinise both climate discourse and…