Events
Sustainability and Gender Equality in Agriculture: How do Voluntary Standards Fit In?
Feb 10, 2021
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Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Online
Join us for the International Development Week edition of Be the Change, MCIC's SDGs event series — this time, for a conversation with Cristina Larrea…
The Military-Peace Complex: Gender and Materiality in Afghanistan
Feb 10, 2021
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Loughborough University
Online
In this presentation, Dr Hannah Partis-Jennings (Loughborough University) will discuss her recently published monograph The Military-Peace Complex: Gender and Materiality in Afghanistan (Edinburgh University Press 2021). The…
Making Food Systems Equitable: an African Dialogue on Gender and Food Systems
Feb 9, 2021
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IFPRI
Online
In countries where gender norms prevent women from owning property and resources, people are also the hungriest. This is because gender equality and food systems…
Launch of the Gender in Conflict and Security Webinar Series - Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women
Feb 8, 2021
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RUSI
Online
The war crime few want to talk about: rape is used as a weapon to humiliate, oppress, seize territory, and carry out ethnic cleansing. Following…
Living with Oil And its Toxicity: Resisting the Gendered Impacts of Oil Pipelines from the Amazon to East Africa
Feb 4, 2021
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OXFAM
Online
This panel will explore community-based efforts in the Peruvian Amazon to resist the gendered impacts of oil and its toxic waste and explore what lessons…
The State of Gendered Extractive Governance
Feb 3, 2021
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NRGI; WRI
Online
NRGI and WRI experts will offer insights from their study of gender provisions in documents governing the oil, gas, and mining sectors of 12 countries…
Defending the Future: Gender, Conflict and Environmental Peace
Feb 1, 2021
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LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security
Online
There is a growing recognition of the need for the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda to take into account how the climate crisis poses…
Gender Equity, Human Rights and COVID-19 Recovery
Jan 28, 2021
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FAFIA-AFAI; YWCA Canada
Online
FAFIA-AFAI and YWCA Canada are hosting an event to examine gender equity advocacy in Canada through a human rights lens.
Who: FAFIA-AFAI; YWCA Canada
Where: Online
When: 28…
Media, Gender, and Nation Building in Afghanistan
Jan 27, 2021
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The Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Online
In her book Television and the Afghan Culture Wars: Brought to You by Foreigners, Warlords, and Activists, Wazhmah Osman analyzes the impact of foreign programming and…
Migrant Women and Human Trafficking: A Critical Introduction from a Feminist and Rights-Based Lens
Jan 27, 2021
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Canada National Newcomer Navigation Network
Online
In this introductory webinar to human trafficking in Canada, speaker Leah Evangelista Woolner from the Movement Against Rape and Incest (MCVI), will define human trafficking…
COVID-19 and its Impact on Gender, Justice, and Security
Jan 25, 2021
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LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security
Online
The outbreak of a global pandemic has simultaneously revealed the fragility and robustness of health, education, economic, security, political and social systems. There is no shortage of exceptional responses to the pandemic.…
Interactive Dialogue: Climate Change, Gender-Based Violence: Implications for the Security Sector
Jan 21, 2021
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UN Women
Online
Join a panel of experts from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pacific, Europe, and West Africa for a discussion on the intersections between gender-based…
Book Launch: Home SOS - Gender, Violence and Survival in Crisis Ordinary Cambodia
Jan 20, 2021
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SEAC
Online
Home SOS argues that the home is central to the violence and gendered contingency of existence in crisis ordinary Cambodia. Based on over 300 interviews…
Webinar Series: Responsible Urbanization through Women’s Participation - Water, Sanitation and Basic Services
Jan 20, 2021
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Mahila Housing Trust
Online
The world is facing an unprecedented global threat due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and it has underlined the urgent need for global action…
Systemic Solutions for Climate Change: Making Gender Equity a Reality
Jan 13, 2021
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Alda-Kavli Learning Center
Online
Climage change has a disproportionate impact on women due to gender roles. It reduces women's ability to be financially independent and has an overall negative…
Planning for Equal Rights: Integrating Gender and Youth Perspectives in SDG Work
Jan 13, 2021
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Nordic Co-operation
Online
This webinar will discuss how the Nordics are viewed as global champions when it comes to gender equality and equal rights, but, in reality, there…
Health and Well-Being: Linking Trans and Gender Diverse Work to SDG 3
Dec 17, 2020
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GATE
Online
Health and well-being are often central to the work activists and organizations that focus on trans and gender-diverse individuals. But how does this work tie…
Accelerating Women’s Environmental and Climate Solutions in the U.S.
Dec 15, 2020
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Sierra Club and Women's Earth Alliance
Online
Join Women's Earth Alliance (WEA), the Sierra Club, and Women Climate and Environmental Justice Leaders from our 2020 Accelerator for a virtual gathering to learn…
Heart to Heart: Women, Leadership, and Global Peace Building
Dec 15, 2020
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GW4W
Online
Women are on the front-lines, leading the charge in so many aspects of life – as first responders of the pandemic and in keeping their…
Pollution, Gender, and Sexuality Justice
Dec 10, 2020
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Chatham University
Online
We are focusing on the intersection between soil, air and water pollution and gender justice as well as sexual orientation justice. Come hear a group…
Gender-Based Violence and Environment Linkages: from Knowledge to Action - Addressing GBV in Conservation
Dec 10, 2020
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USAID; IUCN
Online
USAID is pleased to announce four new grantees from its Resilient, Inclusive, Sustainable Environments (RISE) Challenge who will work to address gender-based violence (GBV) in…
Women in Transatlantic Leadership: Conversation with Members of the European Parliament
Dec 8, 2020
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GMF's Transatlantic Women in Politics Initiative
Online
Against the backdrop of the impact of a global health pandemic, economic recession, continued technological developments, climate change, and democratic backsliding, the European Union must…
Strengthening Gender Justice in the Asia-Pacific Region
Dec 8, 2020
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Actalliance for Gender Justice
Online
The regional Gender CoP Asia Pacific is happy to invite everybody interested to a webinar within the framework of the campaign “16 days of activism”.
Dr.…
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and SRHR in Asia and the Pacific
Dec 7, 2020
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APCRSHR
Online
During 16 days of activism against sexual and other forms of gender-based violence, be welcome to join us in the 13th session of #APCRSHR10 Virtual,…
Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings
Dec 4, 2020
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Wilson Center
Online
According to the United Nations, approximately 35% of women around the world have experienced physical or sexual violence. Furthermore, gender-based violence (GBV) is known to…
Addressing Racism and Xenophobia against Migrant and Minority Women in the OSCE Region
Dec 4, 2020
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OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Online
This webinar will feature a live panel discussion on racism and xenophobia facing migrant and minority women, with a focus on how events in 2020…
Gender-Transformative Climate Action from the Ground
Dec 2, 2020
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Women and Gender Constituency; WECF
Online
Join the 5th anniversary of the ‘Gender-Just Climate Solution Awards’ in a Special Event part of the UN Climate Change Dialogues 2020 and organized by…
Book Launch: The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide
Dec 1, 2020
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Wilson Center
Online
Valerie Hudson wrote, “The surest way to curse one’s nation is to curse its women.” In The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National…
UN International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls
Nov 26, 2020
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UK - Universal Peace Federation
Online
As the world retreats inside houses due to the lockdown measures introduced to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, reports from around the world showed an alarming…
Migration and Gender Dynamics in Irrigation Governance in Nepal
Nov 25, 2020
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CGIAR
Online
Widespread male migration from rural areas is one of the most important forces shaping agrarian transformation in Nepal. One particularly important area affected is the…