Events

WPS in North Africa & the Middle East Talk Series

Jan 22, 2022 | Natalia Bonilla, Host of Womanhood & International Relations Podcast
Online

The Women, Peace and Security in North Africa and the Middle East Talk Series is a three-part live virtual event featuring the life stories of…

Feminist Approaches to Women, Peace and Security Agenda 101

Jan 19, 2022 | Natalia Bonilla, Host of Womanhood & International Relations Podcast
Online

How can gender perspectives & feminist theory applied to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda can help us understand key disconnections between International and Human…

The Arms Trade Treat - A Tool to Advance Gender Equality and the 'Women, Peace, and Security' Agenda?

Jan 12, 2022 | Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy
Online

Important synergies exist between the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and the Arms Trade Treaty as both share similar and overlapping objectives. Above all, these…

Conference: The Transnational Anti-Gender Movement in the Wide Anti-Democratic Climate

Dec 16, 2021 | Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy
Online

There is a lack of knowledge and awareness among policymakers and activists about what the anti-gender movement is, how it operates, the risks it poses…

The Haleh Esfandiari Forum: A Conversation with Ambassador Melanne Verveer

Dec 16, 2021 | The Wilson Center
Online

The Haleh Esfandiari Forum presents a conversation with Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, and Former U.S. Ambassador…

Why Women's Lives Don't Matter: Ignoring Sexual Violence in Conflict

Dec 7, 2021 | LSE for Women, Peace, and Security
Online

Our panel will reflect on factors that give rise to sexual violence, persistent gaps in state and multilateral efforts as well as the effective prevention…

Extractive Industries, Violence and Corporate Criminality: Is There a Pathway to Global Justice?

Dec 2, 2021 | Consortium on Gender, Security, and Human Rights
Online

Each speaker will each make a brief presentation, followed by a moderated discussion. The focus will be on the pressures experienced by states in the…

Radical Equality: The Case for a More Intersectional Future for Gender Equity in Global Politics

Dec 2, 2021 | Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Notre Dame, Indiana

Featuring Kara Ellerby, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of DelawareThis lecture will first outline how a lack of intersectionality in discourse and measures of…

Putting Gender at the Heart of Climate Security

Nov 30, 2021 | CGIAR
Online

Gender-sensitive and gender-inclusive peace initiatives are essential in securing sustainable and durable peace, and the gender dimension of the climate security nexus overlaps with this. This initiative endeavors to…

Course: Gender Mainstreaming, Analysis and Planning

Nov 29, 2021 - Dec 3, 2021 | Forscore Development Center
Online

Gender equality and empowerment is considered a critical element for development. This course is designed to prepare participants for a variety of careers where specialized…

Discussing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Instrumentalist or Rights-Based Approaches?

Nov 23, 2021 | Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS)
Online

UNSC Resolution 1325 is credited with two achievements: First, it established a gendered perspective on violence and war, by stating that women and girls suffer…

Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, Present, and Future

Nov 23, 2021 | International Food Policy Research Institute
Online

The past decade has seen renewed, and more concerted and comprehensive interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment in the agricultural development sector. This momentum…

Gender-Based Violence: Preventing, Healing and Accessing Justice

Nov 20, 2021 | Tufts University, The Fletcher School

The workshop will outline the extent of gender-based violence (GBV) on the international stage. Our panelists will present from three different fields within GBV: preventing,…

Women, Peace, and Security after the Fall of Kabul

Nov 12, 2021 | The Bush School of Government and Public Service
Online

A powerful set of speakers will discuss “Women, Peace, and Security after the Fall of Kabul” at the 7th Annual Texas Women, Peace, & Security…

Climate Change and Women, Peace and Security: Defending the Future

Nov 10, 2021 | Gender Action for Peace and Security
Online

We are delighted to invite you to join us at GAPS and UNA-UK’s upcoming event Climate Change and Women, Peace and Security: Defending the Future. The…

Gender Day at COP26

Nov 9, 2021 | UN Climate Change Conference - COP26

Recognizing and celebrating gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in climate policy and action, Gender Day will be held on Tuesday 9 November 2021.

Information on the…

Women Facing the Climate Change Crisis

Nov 5, 2021 | UN Climate Change Conference - COP26
Glasgow

This exciting event, to be held at COP26, will feature women who are leading the way in the climate change area:

Jo Hand, co-founder of Giki Social…

Time for transformative actions to achieve women’s full, equal and meaningful

Oct 29, 2021 | The Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations in New York, the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in New York, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in New York, The Permanent Mission of Kenya to the
Online

When: 29 October, 9-10:30 am ESTLocation: VirtualOrganizers: The Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations in New York, the Permanent Mission of Canada to…

Engaging Men for Gender Equality

Oct 29, 2021 | PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security (PRIO GPS)
Online

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in research and public discourse about how various conceptualizations of masculinity shape men's lives and about…

Feminist Support to Women Activists & Movements: Making Non-violent Activism Count Politically

Oct 28, 2021 | PAX, Oxfam, WO=MEN, the Republic of Costa Rica and the Kingdom of Sweden
Online

When: 28 October, 9.00 - 10.30 am EDTLocation: VirtualOrganizers: PAX, Oxfam, WO=MEN, the Republic of Costa Rica and the Kingdom of Sweden RSVP:https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/feminist-support-to-women-activists-and-movements-tickets-190554953997

Fund Us Like You Want Us to Win: Feminist Solutions for More Impactful Financing for Peacebuidling

Oct 28, 2021 | GNWP - Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, GPPAC - Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
Online

When:28 October, 2 p.m. CET (8 a.m. EST)Location: VirtualOrganizers: GNWP - Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, GPPAC - Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed…

Gendering Peace Education: In-Between Dialoge, Difference and Dissidence

Oct 28, 2021 | London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace and Security
Online

This event is part of the Gender, Peace, Education and International Law Symposium held under the ERC project ‘A Gendered International Law of Peace’.

What insights…

International Conference on Women Deliver: Sustainable Development

Oct 28, 2021 - Oct 29, 2021 | WASET
Online

International Conference on Women Deliver: Sustainable Development aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research…

Advancing the role of women in international security: Views from the Middle East

Oct 27, 2021 | UN Women, UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR DISARMAMENT RESEARCH (UNIDIR)
Online

When: 27 October, 8:15-9:45 EDT Location: VirtualOrganizers: UN Women, UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR DISARMAMENT RESEARCH (UNIDIR)RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.ch/e/advancing-the-role-of-women-in-international-security-in-the-middle-east-tickets-176136969417

Defend her! Women Human Rights Defenders’ Recommendations for Diplomatic Missions

Oct 27, 2021 | WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform, Peace Brigades International, Cordaid, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN
Online

When: 27 October 9:00 - 10.30 EDT (15.00-16.30 CEST)Location: VirtualOrganizers:WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform, Peace Brigades International, Cordaid, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Permanent…

The Generation Equality Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action: Translating Commitments into Achievements

Oct 27, 2021 | UN Women
Online

Welcoming Compact signatories from around the globe, the event will hear from women's and youth organizations, governments, academics, and representatives from UN entities and regional…

The WPS Agenda in Palestine: Challenges to the ImplemThe WPS Agenda in Palestine: Challenges to the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 Under Occupation entation of UNSCR 1325 Under Occupation

Oct 25, 2021 | General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW), Representative Office of Norway to the Palestinian Authority, UN Women Palestine, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Online

When: 25 October, 10:00 – 11:30am EDTLocation: VirtualOrganizers: General Union of Palestinian Women (GUPW), Representative Office of Norway to the Palestinian Authority, UN Women Palestine,…

Rethinking Peace Education in a Time of Endless Wars

Oct 25, 2021 | London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace and Security
Online

This event is part of the Gender, Peace, Education and International Law Symposium held under the ERC project ‘A Gendered International Law of Peace’.

What does ‘peace’ mean…

Let's Talk About Sexual Violence in the Climate Crisis

Oct 23, 2021 | Vice Creator Summit
Online

We know that disasters, conflict and emergencies increase the risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) globally. If we add climate change to the equation…

Women Peace and Security: Human Rights Based Responses to Human Trafficking in the Context of Terrorism and Conflict

Oct 22, 2021 | UNODC, Ireland
Online

When: 22 October, 8:30 am to 9:30 EDTLocation: VirtualOrganizers: UNODC, IrelandJoin online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84501810640?pwd=VXlrZVR0TmxQSVg0MWloaEE0d1FFdz09 Passcode: 825836Concept note: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1da1R7qzpwV5ZwfcjD-4ErwyOaePrIk3_/view?usp=sharing