Events

Climate Change: What's Gender Got to Do with It? How Women Will Lead Us to a More Sustainable Future.

Jan 16, 2020 | Northern AZ Climate Change Alliance
Clarkdale, AZ

We will explore and discuss the many issues of social justice and gender inequity in a changing climate. The discussion will include opportunity for Q&A.…

Training on Gender-Based Violence

Jan 6, 2020 - Dec 10, 2019 | Devimpact Institute Training Centre
Nairobi, Kenya

The phenomenon of gender-based violence is pervasive around the world, experienced by some one in three women in their lifetimes. The elimination of such violence…

Inaugural Meeting of the AfP Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Issues

Dec 18, 2019 | Alliance for Peacebuilding and Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation
Washington, DC

As a community, we as peacebuilders are committed to the values of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We have recognized that DEI is not only…

Crafting Collaborative Solutions to Environmental Conflicts

Dec 10, 2019 - Dec 12, 2019 | Udall Foundation, US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
Silver Spring, MD

Course 2 of 2 in the Fundamentals of Environmental Collaboration & Conflict Resolution (ECCR) Series Participants in this interactive course will refine their understanding of…

Protection of Water in Armed Conflicts

Dec 10, 2019 | Geneva Water Hub, UNICEF, the Netherlands Red Cross and the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations in Geneva with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

This side-event at the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent jointly hosted by the Geneva Water Hub’s Platform for International Water…

Status of Women in Afghanistan: Findings From the 2019 Survey of the Afghan People

Dec 9, 2019 | The Asia Foundation
New York City, NY

Underrepresented in the peace process, Afghan women are concerned about potential outcomes and implications of a possible U.S. withdrawal. The 2019 Survey of the Afghan…

How to Build Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response in Your Operation

Dec 6, 2019 | the World Bank
Washington, DC

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most oppressive forms of gender inequality and stands as a fundamental barrier to equal participation…

Advancing Reporting on Responsible Minerals Sourcing

Dec 5, 2019 | Global Reporting Initiative and Responsible Minerals Initiative
webinar

For companies that have mineral sourcing in their supply chains and that would like to meet the reporting expectations of stakeholders which go beyond regulatory…

Gender Equality in Nordic Peace and Mediation Efforts: Norms and Practice

Dec 5, 2019 | Peace Research Institute Oslo
Oslo, Norway

This talk will focus on models for studying norm contestation in world society, and then illustrates the model's use with reference to three case studies including…

Webinar: Unintended Consequences and Trade-offs: Evaluating in the Nexus of Environment, Climate and Development

Dec 4, 2019 | UNICEF and EVALSDGs
online

On 4 December 2019, 9.00 to 10.30am EST, UNICEF and EVALSDGs, in partnership with GEF, Green Climate Fund, IEO, and Earth-Eval will organize a webinar…

Verve Think Tank: Gender and Climate Change

Nov 27, 2019 | VERVE Think Tanks
Nottingham, UK

Why the climate crisis is a feminist issue...and what you can do about it.

During the global campaign, 16 Days of Activism to end gender-based violence…

WPP "United Women for Peace Forum" London Edition

Nov 27, 2019 | Women for Peace and Participation
London, UK

Please join us for the launch of ‘United Women Peace Forum', an initiative of the non-profit "Women for Peace and Participation”. This event will highlight…

Is Gender Balance a Governance Issue Which Should Be as Prominent as Environmental Risk in the UK's New Stewardship Code?

Nov 24, 2019 | Women in Banking and Finance
London, UK

Join us for a business breakfast event on the topic of gender balance - is this a governance issue which should be as prominent as…

Gender Equity and Climate Roundtable

Nov 21, 2019 | City of Boston
Boston, USA

The Gender Equity and Climate Roundtable is meant to encourage conversation around the connection between climate change and gender equity. Though climate change will affect all…

Why We Need a Feminist Roadmap for Sustainable Peace and a Sustainable Planet

Nov 20, 2019 | Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
Boston, USA

Western peacebuilding models repeatedly fail to bring sustainable peace. And our dominant economic models, with their overwhelmingly extractive stance toward both people and the planet,…

Water 2019: The New Oil?

Nov 18, 2019 | Chatham House
London, UK

The quality and quantity of water can define the health and sustainability of entire communities, ecosystems, and industries. The importance of water to life is…

Leading Change - Can Women Solve the Climate Crisis

Nov 18, 2019 | EcoFeminism Sweden
Norrmalm, Sweden

We want to explore how women can lead and create change for a better and more sustainable society and world. We want to offer a…

Closing the Gap: Improving Early Warning for Climate Security Risks in the Pacific

Nov 14, 2019 | Wilson Center
Washington DC

Pacific Island countries (PICs) are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of climate extremes, variability, and change, including sea-level rise, coastal erosion, El Niño events, extreme…

Women, Peace and Security Kenya 2019 Conference

Nov 14, 2019 | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Africa Women Mediation Collabrative Initiative
Nairobi, Kenya

The theme of the conference is “ The future of Women, Peace and Security , and partnerships to shaping that future”

The conference takes place in the…

Lightning Talks: Unfinished Business from Gender-Based Violence to Youth, Peace and Security

Nov 12, 2019 | Nairobi Summit
Nairobi, Kenya

This session will explore how to accelerate achievement 25 years after the ICPD and in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Engaging young people,…

Promising Practices in Gender and Extractives

Nov 12, 2019 | Resource Equity
New York City, USA

Join Resource Equity in New York, New York on November 12th, 2019 to learn about best practices for incorporating gender into extractives projects and share…

Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military

Nov 9, 2019 | Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Washington, DC

Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military, edited by Dr. Robert Egnell and Mayesha Alam, compares the integration of women, gender perspectives, and the women,…

Geneva Peace Week 2019: Intergenerational Dialogue on Water and Peace

Nov 7, 2019 | Geneva Water Hub and International Secretariat For Water
Geneva, Switzerland

The Geneva Water Hub along with organizing and participating partners - the International Secretariat for Water, GeoExpertise, the Graduate Institute, Swiss Water Partnership, University of…

Creating a Future for All: Climate Justice and Peacebuilding - A Geneva Peace Week Event

Nov 6, 2019 | Inter-Parliamentary Union, Graduate Institue of International and Development Studies Environmental Committee, and Quaker United Nations Office
Geneva, Switzerland

Climate change is already having disastrous consequences worldwide, and its impacts are most directly borne by the most vulnerable social groups due to their lack…

Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict

Nov 6, 2019 | Norway in the UN: Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York
New York, NY

During its 71st session this summer, the UN International Law Commission has provisionally adopted 28 draft principles in a first reading addressing the pre-, during…

Gender-Transformative Approaches in Agricultural Skills Development

Nov 6, 2019 | External Cooperation InfoPoint - European Commission
Brussels, Belgium

Only using mainstreaming and sensitisation interventions in agricultural programmes is not enough if we want to tap into the economic potential of women‘s contribution to…

Overcoming Challenges to Women's Participation in Sustainable Peacebuilding

Nov 6, 2019 | Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Geneva, Switzerland

Join us for a workshop to challenge our thinking and reframe how we approach women’s participation in peacebuilding.

Formal resistance and implicit bias by those who…

Gender Inclusion for Peace in the Sahel: The Role of the Local Radio

Nov 6, 2019 | Fondation Hirondelle
Geneva, Switzerland

In fragile states and regions faced with major crises such as the Sahel, women and girls face specific challenges participating in public life and are often…

Gendered Peace in Context

Nov 5, 2019 | Graduate Institute Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

The Gender Dimensions of Social Conflict, Armed Violence and Peacebuilding project's international consortium, with prominent speakers from Indonesia, Nigeria, and Switzerland, will gather during the Geneva…

Patriarcy, Gender and Peace

Nov 5, 2019 | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Geneva, Switzerland

Patriarchy, militarism, and neoliberalism are three inter-related causes that push us all towards more conflict. If we want peace, then we need to change the…