Events

International Conference on Women, Peace and Security

Jul 29, 2021 - Jul 30, 2021 | International Research Conference
Zurich

International Conference on Women, Peace and Security aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research…

How to Drive Global Action that Transforms Agricultural Innovation

Jul 27, 2021 | CGIAR
Online

After energy, agriculture is the largest source of GHG emissions that causes climate change, uses 70% of freshwater resources and leads to unprecedented biodiversity loss.…

Adjudicating Gender-Based Persecution at the ICC and Beyond: A Monumental Step and the Challenges that Lie Ahead

Jul 22, 2021 - Jul 23, 2021 | Northumbria University
Online

Historically speaking, gender has not been viewed as a relevant category of persecution in international criminal law, whereas victimisation on the basis of race, religion,…

Opportunities for Women Environmental Leaders in the New Green Economy

Jul 21, 2021 | ELI
Online

Join ELI’s Women in Environmental Law and Leadership (WELL) initiative and expert panelists in a discussion on the role of women in the development of the environmental…

Representation of Women in Human Rights Organs and Mechanisms for Ensuring Gender Parity

Jul 20, 2021 | American University
Online

Ensuring gender parity, a discussion on the Report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee.” The panel will discuss the recently-published report of the UN…

Women's Autonomy and the Care Economy in the Framework of a Transformative and Sustainable Recovery with Equality

Jul 13, 2021 | ECLAC
Online

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has accentuated the structural challenges of gender inequality and has generated a setback of more than a decade…

Climate Justice: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Jul 8, 2021 | ABA;IDLO
Online

The escalating risks of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have brought to the forefront the need for urgent action to deliver smart, accessible, and…

Why does Climate Action Need Women?

Jul 5, 2021 | School of Architecture at Liverpool University
Online

In the 2021 COP Climate Summit, the leadership team are currently 25% women and 75% men. Women only make up 10 per cent of the…

Young Women in Peacebuilding: The Importance of Representation

Jul 2, 2021 | YouthLead
Online

Women’s participation in peacebuilding is crucial in the development of three pillars of lasting peace: economic recovery, social cohesion, and political legitimacy. Evidence indicates that…

Ireland and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda on the UN Security Council

Jun 30, 2021 | Irish Peace and Conflict Network
Online

Ireland has made WPS a key focus of its foreign policy and its tenure on the UN Security Council, including through taking up the role…

Will the European Green Deal and EU Recovery Fund Benefit Women?

Jun 29, 2021 | Green European Foundation
Online

Gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting have become popular concepts in recent years, and the Von der Leyen Commission has highlighted gender equality time and time…

Reconciliation and Gender

Jun 28, 2021 | University of Bristol
Online

Wars formally end and combatants lay down their weapons, yet what follows rarely amounts to a clear-cut, unambiguous ‘peace’. After formal hostilities have ended, citizens…

Supporting the Next Generation of Female Climate Pioneers

Jun 28, 2021 | Centre for Climate Change Innovation
Online

How far are we from gender parity in London’s climate innovation space? How can we bring more female students and researchers into London’s climate positive…

Women and International Peace and Security in Afghanistan

Jun 24, 2021 | Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Online

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Centre for Gender, Peace and Security at Monash University are delighted to co-host a panel discussion…

Corporate Due Diligence and Gender Equality

Jun 24, 2021 | NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment
Online

The field of Business and Human Rights has attracted growing attention in recent years as many cases have sadly illustrated that companies can cause, contribute…

Climate, Environment, and the Rights of Women and Girls

Jun 23, 2021 | Population Connection
Online

Karen Gaia Pitts, Project Coordinator for Transition Earth and founder of the Maasai Harmonial Development and Sustainability project, will discuss how the program focuses on…

Beyond Men - Challenging Gendered Dynamics of Conflict Transformation

Jun 22, 2021 | Berghof Foundation
Online

Wars and conflicts are highly gendered phenomena. Men and boys are typically perceived as perpetrators, while women and girls are portrayed as victims. When it…

Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID World: Next steps for Women's Freedom

Jun 19, 2021 | IWPG UK
Online

 Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World

Series Three: Taking the Next Steps for Women's Freedom

2020 brought unprecedented new challenges to all of us. But…

Women and Community Land Rights: Investing in Local Champions

Jun 16, 2021 | Land Portal; HakiMadini; ILC; Mokoro
Online

Women’s Land Tenure Security (WOLTS) is a practical action-research project on gender and land, led by development consultants Mokoro. For more than five years WOLTS…

Gender and Climate Justice Principles and Approaches: A Working Session

Jun 11, 2021 | Gendersmart Investing
Online

GenderSmart will be gathering key experts across the financial system to interrogate potential principles for defining climate and gender justice in finance, explore emerging case studies…

The Climate Crisis and Gender Inequality: An Intimate Relationship

Jun 10, 2021 | Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre
Online

We’ve destroyed the planet, insist major public figures like David Attenborough. But who, asks Professor Anne Karpf, is this ‘we’? We aren’t all equally to…

Untapped Potential: Women, Leadership, and Water Diplomacy in the Middle East

Jun 9, 2021 | Wilson Center
Online

Women play a critical role in water resource management and decision-making at the community level. Yet, they are often absent from high-level water-related negotiations and…

Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: Empowering Women

Jun 8, 2021 | The Global Policy Institute; Bay Atlantic University
Online

We are pleased to invite you for our third webinar in the Sustainable Agriculture in Africa series titled: “Empowering Women” on June 8th at 12:00pm (EST).

Over 50%…

Advancing the Role of Women in International Security

Jun 8, 2021 | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Online

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is pleased to invite you to participate in a by-invitation roundtable of the institute’s new research initiative: Advancing…

Women, Solidarity, and Ecology

Jun 2, 2021 - Jun 4, 2021 | Laudato Si' Research Institute
Online

Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ points toward the importance of solidarity with the earth and the most marginalized in society by urging us to listen…

Human Rights, and the Vulnerabilities of Gender in a Climate Emergency

Jun 2, 2021 | University of Oxford
Online

How to inhabit our common home is an ethical question of great urgency. It impacts individuals and communities differently around the world, exposing the inequalities…

Ensuring Quality Education for Girls During COVID-19: An Elusive Priority?

Jun 1, 2021 | UNESCO
Online

In recent years, girls' education has been a top priority for governments, funders, and global bodies. And yet, during the COVID-19 pandemic, girls have lost…

Gender Data for Climate Solutions: New Cross-Sector Evidence and Strategies for Gender-Responsive Climate Action

May 27, 2021 | United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Online

Building climate resilience for all requires gender-responsive policy-making, programming, and practice that deeply understands and takes coordinated steps to address inequities and empowers diverse people…

Displaced Mothers

May 27, 2021 | UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration
Online

In this seventh edition of the UNESCO RILA Sofa Cafés, Professor Alison Phipps , holder of the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and…

Convención Internacional de Mujeres Líderes de Paz en Acción Emergente/ International Convention of Women Peace Leaders in Emerging Action

May 26, 2021 - May 30, 2021 | Successworld1
Online

Successworld1 con su Comité Organizador convoca a hombres y mujeres que conforman la sociedad civil a nivel global sin condiciones de raza, credo estrato social,…