Events

Women in Sustainability - Health Emergency: The Effects of Climate Change

Oct 21, 2020 | Women in Sustainability
Online

Climate Change is a health emergency, especially for women and minorities. Studies show that 80 percent of people displaced by climate change around the globe…

Just Climate Action: Gender, Democracy and Local Movement

Oct 21, 2020 - Oct 22, 2020 | Atlantic Council for International Cooperation
Online

Symposium 2020 will feature a variety of keynote speakers and panelists from around the world, with diverse perspectives, as we reflect on dimensions of justice…

Women Transforming Peace: Celebrating 20 Years of UNSCR 1325 and Beyond

Oct 20, 2020 | USIP; U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace and Security
Online

Twenty years ago, the U.N. Security Council sparked a global policy revolution when it recognized, for the first time, the unique experiences of women and…

Gender Provisions in Peace Accords: Reflections on Negotiation, Design and Implementation in Support of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Oct 15, 2020 | Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Online

On October 31, 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Twenty years later, the UN Secretary General’s…

Water, Women and Wellness: Reflections from Latina Leaders on Water Justice

Oct 15, 2020 | Alliance for the Great Lakes
Online

Clean water is vital to sustain life, support industry, and grow communities. But too often, the practices and placement of industry, and the challenges and…

Women in Mining: Global Perspective

Oct 15, 2020 | UNECE
Online

Women are an integral part of society, hence, it is not only important but pivotal to increment their participation in activities that are closely related…

Gender Integration into National Climate Actions. Regional Workshop, MENA

Oct 14, 2020 | UNFCCC
Online

Under the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan (Decision 3/CP.25); Parties and relevant organizations were requested to submit their inputs…

Women in Green - Women Leading in Challenging Times

Oct 14, 2020 | USGBC Maryland’s Women in Green Committee
Online

USGBC Maryland’s Women in Green Committee invites you to attend the panel presentation “Women Leading in Challenging Times.” Join our impressive panel as they explore…

Championing Gender-Sensitive Security Sector Reform

Oct 13, 2020

The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, The United Nations Department of Peace Operations, and The Georgetown Institute for Women,…

Australia’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (2012-19): Gender Equality, Human Security and Sustainable Development

Oct 8, 2020 | The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
Online

2020 will mark the  20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), 5th…

Women, Peace and Security: The Next 20 Years

Oct 8, 2020 | Foreign Policy; Our Secure Future
Online

Join FP in collaboration with Our Secure Future, as we convene exceptional leaders from across security, tech, and government for a forward-looking conversation illuminating the…

Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women: Climate Change and Gender

Oct 8, 2020 | Kitakyushu Forum on Asian Women
Online

The 31st Kitakyushu Conference on Asian Women (KCAW 2020) will focus on climate change and gender. It will consider how well to promote gender equality…

Oslo Pax: Diversity Matters - Gender and Inclusion in Peace and War

Oct 7, 2020 | Nobel Peace Center; Designit
Online

Gender equality and inclusion must be a social norm if the world shall succeed in building peaceful, sustainable societies. The benefits of diversity should be unquestioned,…

Confronting the Climate Crisis: Feminist Pathways Symposium

Oct 7, 2020 - Oct 9, 2020 | Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
Online

This symposium aims to call attention not only to the climate crisis, but also to what is at stake in the kinds of responses to…

Resilient Livelihoods of the Urban Poor during the Pandemic from a Gender Perspective

Oct 7, 2020 | UNITAR CIFAL Jeju
Online

According to the ‘UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19’ paper published in April 2020, women, older persons, children and youth, those working…

Recognizing Women Peacebuilders: Critical Actors in Effective Peacemaking

Oct 7, 2020 | ICAN
Online

We’re thrilled to bring you this timely analysis that explores the invaluable contributions of women peacebuilders from around the world. 

On Wednesday, October 7th, we will be…

The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality

Oct 2, 2020 | Centre for Global Health
Online

Join the Centre for Global Health, DLSPH, the Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health, DLSPH and Women’s College Hospital for a panel discussion on how COVID-19…

Accelerating the Realization of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls

Oct 1, 2020 | UN Women
Online

High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women.

This High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly is an opportunity…

Indonesia’s Shifting Countering/Preventing Violent Extremism Policy Landscape and the Implications for Bilateral Security, Law and Justice Engagement

Oct 1, 2020 | University of Queensland and University of Indonesia
online

Focused on Indonesia’s shifting Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) policy landscape, this webinar will involve a panel of experts discussing how research is influencing policy formulation…

Gender Integration into National Climate Actions. Regional Workshop, Sub-Saharan Africa

Sep 30, 2020 | UNFCCC
Online

Under the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan (Decision 3/CP.25); Parties and relevant organizations were requested to submit their inputs…

(En) Gendering Transboundary Water Governance: Feminist Perspectives on Water Conflict and Cooperation

Sep 29, 2020 - Sep 30, 2020 | IHE Delft
Online

The workshop will be hosted on https://ocw.un-ihe.org, the online course environment of IHE Delft. We use BigBlueButton (BBB) on this same platform for the online sessions. As…

New Directions in Women, Peace and Security: Interactions with Civil Society

Sep 27, 2020 | School of Social and Political Science
Online

Soumita Basu, Paul Kirby and Laura J. Shepherd recently published the edited volume New Directions in Women, Peace and Security (Bristol University Press, 2020), which…

Women and Peace in the Era of COVID-19

Sep 26, 2020 | Manitoba Women for Women of South Sudan
Online

Welcome to Manitoba Women for Women of South Sudan’s upcoming fundraiser: Women and Peace in the Era of Covid-19! We are excited to invite two…

El Rol de las Mujeres en la Gestión de los Bosques de Montaña: Una Mirada desde Lo Rural y lo Urbano/ The Role of Women in the Management of Mountain Forests: A View from the Rural and Urban Areas

Sep 23, 2020 | Bosques Andinos
online

En la región andina, específicamente en los bosques andinos, existen muchos aprendizajes y experiencias en torno a la equidad de género. El Programa Bosques Andinos…

Equidad de Género y Derechos Humanos en Tiempos de Covid-19 y Cambio Climático/ Gender Equity and Human Rights in Times of Covid-19 and Climate Change

Sep 22, 2020 | La Alianza ACT
Online

Ha pasado menos de un año desde la COP25, pero la importancia simbólica y política del Plan de Acción de Género y la Plataforma de…

Disasters, Gender, Peace & Conflict

Sep 21, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne
online

The number and intensity of disasters is increasing worldwide, while levels of armed conflict and gendered violence remain high. Regions with a history of armed…

Transforming Power to Put Women at the Heart of Peacebuilding

Sep 21, 2020 | OXFAM; LSE; UKRI; IMatter
Online

This webinar launches a series of discussion papers from Sub Saharan Africa, MENA and the Pacific on what feminist peace and security is. As we…

A Force to Reckon with: Women in the Climate Change Workforce

Sep 21, 2020 | Climate Action Reserve
Online

Largely due to gender inequalities around the world, women bear a disproportionate burden of climate change. As main providers of food and fuel, women are…

International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations: Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Tree Plantations and Women-Led Resistance to Industrial Forestry

Sep 21, 2020 | Global Forest Coalition
Online

September 21st marks International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, a day to celebrate resistance against the establishment and expansion of harmful commercial monocultures.…

Climate Change and Security: Integrating a Gender Lens

Sep 17, 2020 | Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2020; UNEP
Online

A growing body of evidence documents the interlinkages between gender inequality, climate change and peace and security. In many cases, the impacts of climate change…