Events

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 - 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 - 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 - Apr 20, 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 - 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…

Women faith-based mediators: Innovation through tradition?

Oct 18, 2022 | Berghof Foundation
Online

Women faith-based mediators play an important role in conflict transformation, mediation and dialogue processes around the world. However, the mostly secular international peacebuilding and mediation…

Women, Peace and Security

Sep 29, 2022 | Academi Heddwch Cymru
Online

Join us for this online panel discussion, which will explore the topic of Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in the context of contemporary South Asia (by Dr. Soumita Basu) as…

Peacebuilding and Women Rights in Nigeria

Sep 28, 2022 | Georgetown University
Online

This webinar will be a conversation between two leading women activists (one Muslim, one Christian) who work at communal, regional, national, and international levels to…

Showcasing Transformative Approaches for Women’s Land Rights

Sep 22, 2022 | Both ENDS and Land Portal Foundation
online

Thursday, 22 September 2022 
7:00-8:30 AM EST | 1:00-2:30 PM CEST | 7:00-8:30 PM PST  Register now! Both ENDS and the Land Portal Foundation invite you to the third webinar in the Whose Land? Inclusive…

No Peace Without Women: "What are Women Bringing to Peace Processes, Conflict Prevention and Human Security?"

Sep 15, 2022 | Women's Federation for World Peace International
Online

Gender Responsive Leadership in Peacekeeping

Sep 14, 2022 | UNSW Canberra
Online

Join Jennifer Wittwer as she explores how peacekeeping remains predominantly a masculine privilege and how we can make meaningful change.About this eventABOUT

Despite two decades of…

Exploring the Nexus between Gender, Climate Security and Migration

Sep 9, 2022 - Sep 9, 2022 | Women in International Security
online

Join Women In International Security and the Embassy of Liechtenstein, Washington DC, on September 9th at 1 PM (EDT) for a virtual panel discussion focusing…

"Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding" Course

Sep 7, 2022 - Sep 9, 2022 | Swisspeace and the University of Basel
kHaus, Basel, Switzerland

This course examines the relationship between gender, violent conflict, and peacebuilding. Participants will consider how war and militarism are highly gendered phenomena that impact men…

#SheLeads4Peace Summer School

Aug 1, 2022 - Jul 12, 2022 | United Nations Institutes for Training and Research
Geneva, Switzerland

Recognising the importance of having women in positions of leadership and the critical role that women must play in efforts to promote stable and lasting…

The Gender Studies Conference – Learn, Engage, Develop

Jul 29, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022 | ICGSS Conference
Dublin, Ireland

The topics of gender equality and representation, socio-political and cultural understanding, legislative and social efforts to combat discriminatory practices, the rights of the LGBT community…

ICWPS 2022: 16. International Conference on Women, Peace and Security

Jul 28, 2022 - Jul 29, 2022 | World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Zurich, Switzerland

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…

Beyond Generations: A Multi-Generational Conversation on the Past, Present, and Future of Women in Environmental Law and Policy

Jul 26, 2022 | ELI
Online

The field of environmental law has seen many changes throughout the past decades. There have been demonstrable legal and policy victories for cleaner air and…