Events

Independent Commissions in Post-Conflict Societies: The Inclusion of Women

Apr 27, 2022 | School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin
Online

A peace settlement can provide the dispensation for a broader and more representative political process. It provides a unique opportunity to establish conditions for new…

Beyond the Vertical: What Enables Women to Mediate

Apr 27, 2022 | London School of Economics - Centre for Women, Peace, and Security
Online

Drawing from the experiences of WMC network members, this report demonstrates how a complex mix of factors such as regional and local networks, positive visibility,…

Social Vulnerabilities and Climate Change Adaptation: Gender Inequality, Poverty, and Exclusion

Apr 26, 2022 | Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham

This workshop will explore the challenges and opportunities for integrating considerations of social exclusion into climate change discourse and policies, ensuring climate change adaptation strategies are…

WPS in North Africa & the Middle East Talk Series

Apr 23, 2022 | Natalia Bonilla
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…

Building Connections across the Gender, Climate and Security Nexus

Mar 23, 2022 | UN Women
online

Climate change and conflict do not exist in isolation from each other. The countries most exposed to climate change are disproportionately affected by conflict and…

Climate Shocks Exacerbating Humanitarian Crisis, Insecurity and Gender Inequality - Voices from the Sahel and Afghanistan

Mar 21, 2022 | UN Women
Online

As part of CSW66, UN Women is leading this side event which seeks to highlight the impacts of climate shocks and environmental hazards for women…

Women and Girls as Agents of Change in Climate-Related Conflict

Mar 18, 2022 | Georgetown Institute For Women, Peace and Security
Online

Women play a vital role in resolving climate-related conflict, with valuable expertise in natural resource management and climate resilience. On the sidelines of CSW66, join…

Climate Change and Environment Disaster Risk Reduction: Gender Equality at the Center of Solutions

Mar 14, 2022 | Commission on the Status of Women
Online

The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022. Due to the continued impact of the COVID-19…

Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Mar 8, 2022 | UN Women
Online

The United Nations observance of International Women’s Day will be held virtually on 8 March, 10–11.30am UTC–5.

2022 Women's Peace Symposium

Mar 5, 2022 | Midlands Mediation Center
Midlands Mediation Center

Celebrating Women's Month - Midlands Mediation Center is hosting a Women's Peace Symposium to discuss peace in our communities.About this eventOur objective is to bring…

Women, Peace, and Security in the Time of COVID-19

Mar 3, 2022 | Simmons University International Relations Department
Boston

This hour-long guest lecture will feature three activists and academics working to address women’s experiences with violence in the United States and globally during the…

Alumni Seminar Series: Women, Peace, Security and International Law

Feb 23, 2022 | Queen Mary University of London, School of Law
Online

Alumni Seminar Series: Women, Peace, Security and International LawAbout this eventWe are pleased to invite you to our next Alumni Seminar Series with Professor Christine…

Gender and Environmental Peacebuilding: From Protection to Agency

Feb 3, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Online

As part of the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, join us in a Panel with:

Joanne Lebert, Chair, IMPACT (Canada)Caitl Ryan, Panelist, University of Groningen (Netherlands)María Martín de…

The Role of Gender in Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 2, 2022 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Online

Gender has long been recognised as a crucial dimension of both peacebuilding and natural resource management. Relevant aspects include the (lacking) participation of women, differentiated…

Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Feb 1, 2022 | EnPAx™ and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
online

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) are delighted to announce that the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will…

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 | 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…