Events
Why does Climate Action Need Women?
Jul 5, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,…
Gaps in Gender Inclusion and Climate Action
May 25, 2021
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Enrol Yourself; Friends of the Earth's Experiments Team
Online
Despite progress on inclusive leadership and the gender pay gap, when it comes to seeing change for financial inclusion for women, significant gaps still remain:
The…
Africa Day Women in Pan Africanism Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
May 25, 2021
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We Charge Colonialism
Online
Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various countries…
Launch of the OECD Report “Gender and the Environment: Building Evidence and Policies to Achieve the SDGs”
May 21, 2021
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OECD
Online
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to economic development, environmental sustainability and achieving the SDGs. Yet, evidence shows that gender inequalities have recently increased…
Beyond Borders: Women, Migration, and Pandemic
May 20, 2021
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UN Women
Online
UN Women USA NY will host Beyond Borders: Women, Migration & Pandemic, an open dialogue on the experience of women in migrant and refugee populations,…
Gender and Climate Change Nexus
May 19, 2021
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Women Impact Investment Network
Online
In January 2021, the United Nations published the Adaptation Gap Report 2020, warning of "huge gaps" in financing climate adaptation. Unfortunately, this gap is even…
Advancing Women, Peace and Security in the Pacific
May 18, 2021
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Georgetown Institute For Women, Peace and Security
Online
Women in the Pacific Islands region have been playing a leading role at both the policy and grassroots levels in peacebuilding, the economy, and climate…
Land, Ladies, and the Law: A Case Study on Women’s Land Rights and Welfare
May 13, 2021
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SEAC
Online
This seminar will discuss women’s de jure and de facto land rights and its implications for household welfare in nineteenth-century Bangkok. Women constituted a significant…