Events

2nd International Conference on Women

Aug 11, 2023 - Aug 12, 2023 | I-Conferences
Online and in Colombo, Sri Lanka

In the mission of uplifting the global standards of living, women play an indispensable role by acting as agents of change, potential, and sustenance.  The 2nd International…

Environmental Peacebuilding Indicator Hackathon

Aug 8, 2023 | Environmental Law Institute and EnPAx M&E Interest Group
online

What indicators can practitioners use to measure progress for projects and programs at the intersection of environment and peace? And how do these indicators relate to specific theories of…

Economic Cost of Gender-Based Violence: A Guide for Investors

Jul 25, 2023 | Making Cents International and USAID
Online

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant threat to communities, businesses, employees, and the environments in which they operate, costings the global economy an estimated US…

Gendering Geopolitics Book Club

Jul 19, 2023 | New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy
1776 Massachusetts Ave NW 1776 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20036

Join the New Lines Institute's Gender Policy Portfolio for a meeting of a bimonthly book club series to convene gender policymakers and practitioners for a…

Building Sustainable Futures: Integrating Women, Peace and Security in the 2030 Agenda

Jul 12, 2023 | Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
Online

On 12 July from 8:30-10 AM NY time, join the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders and partners for a virtual panel discussion and dialogue to…

Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace: Gender (A "Path to The Hague" Event)

Jul 12, 2023 | AHT GROUP and EnPAx Forest Interest Group
online

The Forest Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association is holding bi-monthly meetings for the Extended Dialogue on Forests, Livelihoods and Peace. The discussion is…

Supporting Women in Afghanistan's Social, Political & Humanitarian Spheres

Jul 10, 2023 | Women for Peace & Participation
online

In collaboration with Women for Peace and Participation (WPP) and the Afghan Women’s Coalition for Change (AWCC), the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace, and…

ASEAN High-Level Dialogue to Advance the Implementation of the Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security

Jul 6, 2023 - Jul 7, 2023 | Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Yogyakarta, Indonesia and online

The landmark adoption of the ASEAN RPA WPS at the ASEAN Summit in 2022 demonstrates a strong political will and commitments among ASEAN and ASEAN…

Elevating Women’s Leadership for Effective Transboundary Water Cooperation

Jun 20, 2023 | USIP
Washington, DC

Research shows that including women in peace processes makes agreements more durable and leads to lower instances of conflict. Despite this, less than 10 percent…

Demilitarisation for Decarbonisation & Climate Finance for the GST– & Why It’s a Feminist Issue

Jun 7, 2023 | Environmental Law Institute, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Transnational Institute
Bonn, Germany

Why is militarisation one of the key obstacles to mitigating the climate crisis? Panelists will make the case for disarmament and demilitarisation in the GST.…

ISDP-KWDI International Day for Women, Peace, and Disarmament Webinar

May 24, 2023 | Institute for Security & Development Policy
Online

UNSCR 1325, Two Decades and One Pandemic Later: Comparing Experiences of Sweden and South Korea

In the year 2000, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approved Resolution…

Hearing on Gender Aspects of Defence, Peace and Security

May 24, 2023 | European Parliament
European Parliament, room SPAAK 1A002

The hearing will focus on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls. Distinguished speakers include Ms Stella Ronner-Grubačić, EU Ambassador for Gender and…

The Impact of Russia’s War on Ukraine Decolonizing and Deterritorializing the Study of Gender and Sexuality in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia

May 18, 2023 | Harriman Institute, Columbia University
Columbia University

The ASN World Convention, the largest international and inter-disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of topics related to nationalism,…

Women building peace, women keeping peace

May 16, 2023 | Friends of Europe
Brussels

The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has become a critical aspect of the international community’s efforts to promote global peace and security. As the world…

Agrarian Questions of Gendered Labour in Global South Development Trajectories

May 4, 2023 | Oxford Department of International Development
Queen Elizabeth House 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB

For the ODS Annual Lecture 2023, Professor Lyn Ossome examines concerns around the structures, trajectories and gendered outcomes of capitalist development in the agrarian south, with the…

Climate Displacement in the Shadow of War: Feminist Refugee Perspectives on Hydro-disaster

May 4, 2023 | UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender
3335 Dwinelle Hall

Please join us for the fourth lecture in our Spring 2023 series “Moving Out of Harm’s Way: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Climate-related Mobilities.”

“Climate-related migration,”…

Climate Conflicts & Environmental Peacebuilding: Intersectional Approaches

Apr 25, 2023 | Inclusive National Security
online

"Climate Conflicts and Environmental Peacebuilding: Intersectional Approaches" will take place on April 25th from 12-1 PM ET, and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Erika Weinthal, Professor…

Thematic Review on Climate Security and Peacebuilding 2023

Apr 25, 2023 | UN Peacebuilding Fund
online

The Peacebuilding fund invites everyone to the launch of the Thematic Review on Climate Security and Peacebuilding. – an independent study commissioned by the UN…

Catalyzing Change: Ongwen, Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes, and Intersection

Apr 20, 2023 - Apr 21, 2023 | Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights
Online

Join us for a lively discussion of how the ground-breaking International Criminal Court's Appeals Chamber ruling in Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen impacts intersectional feminist approaches to norm-setting…

How should the UN respond to the Taliban's prohibition on Afghan women working for the UN?

Apr 18, 2023 | Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Online

In April 2023 the Taliban barred Afghan women from working for the United Nations in Afghanistan. This decision extends the Taliban’s directive previously announced in…

Taking Data Back: Women’s Sovereignty over Land Data

Mar 30, 2023 | The Land Portal
Online

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality(link is external)”.  The day aims to celebrate women and…

Women at the Helm: The Unfinished Business of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement

Mar 16, 2023 | Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Copley Formal Lounge 3700 O St. NW Washington, DC 20007

This conference will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement and spotlight the critical, yet often overlooked, role that women have played…

African Women in Peace and Security

Mar 15, 2023 | The African Youth Security Network
Online

Join us for an international women's day event for African women who work in peace, security and development.

This year, we're celebrating the achievements of African…

Frontiers: Innovative Approaches for Women’s Land Rights

Mar 15, 2023 | USAID
Online

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes important goals related to ending poverty and promoting gender equality. The Agenda recognizes that the pathways to achieve…

Reigniting the WPS Agenda

Mar 10, 2023 | Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women, Peace and Security
Online

This session is designed to bring together activists, organisations and networks working to advance the Women, Peace and Security Agenda around the world in a…

Iraqi Women Speak: Promoting Women, Peace, and Security

Mar 8, 2023 | Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame
Online

What is the situation for women in Iraq today? What are the challenges to implementing the Women, Peace, and Security agenda that would ensure women’s equal and…

Women, Peace and Security in Iraq: 20 Years After the Invasion

Mar 8, 2023 | Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Keough School of Global Affairs, Washington D.C. Office, 1400 16th Street NW, Suite 120, Washington D.C., 20036

Women, Peace, and Security - A Global Perspective

Mar 7, 2023 - Mar 7, 2023 | UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
online

Are you 18-30 years old and interested in learning the fundamentals of negotiation and peacebuilding, and about the women, peace and security agenda? Then come…

IPF ATID BOSTON – Assessing Women's Leadership in Israeli and Palestinian Track-Two Diplomacy

Feb 23, 2023 | IPF ATID
WPI Seaport at 303 Congress Street

Please join IPF Atid Boston for a briefing from Dr. Eileen Babbitt, who will discuss the history of track-two diplomacy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Dr.…

Munich Security Conference Breakfast Discussion – War, Oppression, and Strongmen: Rethinking the Role of Anti-Feminism in Autocratic Regimes

Feb 19, 2023 | The Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy
BMW Pavillon

We are delighted to invite you to our Munich Security Conference Side Event, organised in partnership with ICAN and DGAP. The breakfast will take place at the BMW…