Events

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 | 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 | 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…

Leading for Change: Women in Iran and the Journey to Freedom

Feb 16, 2023 | Wilson Center
Online

The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program is honored to host leading women’s rights advocate and former Minister for Women's Affairs in Iran Mahnaz Afkhami at…

Bringing Everyone Forward for Sustainable and Equitable Development

Feb 10, 2023 | Royal Academy of Science International Trust
UN Headquarters, New York

The Royal Academy of Science International Trust (RASIT), and co-organizing
Member States are celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
(IDWGIS), on 10 February…

Women, Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jan 26, 2023 | Centre for Geopolitics
Audit Room, King's College, Cambridge

The promotion of the inclusion of women in peace processes has become more salient in international politics since the adoption of the United Nations (UN)…

A Feminist Take on Nuclear Weapons in Germany

Jan 18, 2023 | CFFP and ICAN
online

An estimated 20 US nuclear warheads remain at Büchel Air base in Germany. Hopes have been high among feminist civil society that with the new…

Women Plus Water Lecture Series

Jan 12, 2023 | Women Plus Water
online

Women Plus Water increases the visibility of women in water and engages people through the annual lecture series, expert list, and mentorship opportunities to learn about…

The Women in Water Diplomacy Network: 2022 Year-In-Review Open Online Event

Dec 19, 2022 | SIWI
online

The Women in Water Diplomacy Network consists of members of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network in the Nile (initiated in 2017), the Women in…

InfoPoint Conference: Women Land and Environmental Rights Defenders: Protection and Justice

Dec 13, 2022 | International Partnerships InfoPoint
online

Women land and environmental rights defenders are at the forefront of the protection of human and environmental rights, in particular when it comes to defending…

Gender Equality in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Nov 30, 2022 | Global Institute for Women's Leadership ANU
The Australian National University

What does gender equality mean in international peace and security? What does the UN's WPS look like in the policy and practice?

Climate Security & Agriculture: Strategies for Inclusive Adaptation

Nov 11, 2022 | "CGIAR, The Rockefeller Foundation, Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), Government of Ireland"
Food Systems Pavillion

Women represent a large share of the world’s agricultural workers and face disproportionate climate impacts. But they are also at the forefront of climate change…

Feminist Foreign Policies: What’s Next? Perspectives from Canada, Scotland and Beyond

Nov 10, 2022 | Centre for International Policy Studies
FSS 4006 and Zoom

Since Sweden’s 2014 adoption of a feminist foreign policy, several other countries have since announced plans to introduce their own feminist foreign policies, including Spain,…

Afghanistan and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Women’s global agency and diplomacy

Nov 9, 2022 | The Gender Justice & Security Hub
Online

The systematic crack down by the Taliban in Afghanistan calls for an urgent and inclusive response to the crisis and a sharp look at UN…

The Impact of Climate Change on Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes

Nov 1, 2022 | The Wilson Center
Online

Climate change directly and indirectly affects maternal and newborn health outcomes globally. Exposure to climate-related stressors can lead to adverse health outcomes, including miscarriage, low…

Book Launch: Women's Access to Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste

Oct 21, 2022 | London School of Economics Centre for Women, Peace, and Security
LSE Marshall Building 2.05

This book delivers an assessment of access to transitional justice from a gender perspective. Drawing from interviews with female participants, judges and prosecutors, this book…