Events

Is Gender Balance a Governance Issue Which Should Be as Prominent as Environmental Risk in the UK's New Stewardship Code?

Nov 24, 2019 | Women in Banking and Finance
London, UK

Join us for a business breakfast event on the topic of gender balance - is this a governance issue which should be as prominent as…

Gender Equity and Climate Roundtable

Nov 21, 2019 | City of Boston
Boston, USA

The Gender Equity and Climate Roundtable is meant to encourage conversation around the connection between climate change and gender equity. Though climate change will affect all…

Why We Need a Feminist Roadmap for Sustainable Peace and a Sustainable Planet

Nov 20, 2019 | Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
Boston, USA

Western peacebuilding models repeatedly fail to bring sustainable peace. And our dominant economic models, with their overwhelmingly extractive stance toward both people and the planet,…

Water 2019: The New Oil?

Nov 18, 2019 | Chatham House
London, UK

The quality and quantity of water can define the health and sustainability of entire communities, ecosystems, and industries. The importance of water to life is…

Leading Change - Can Women Solve the Climate Crisis

Nov 18, 2019 | EcoFeminism Sweden
Norrmalm, Sweden

We want to explore how women can lead and create change for a better and more sustainable society and world. We want to offer a…

Closing the Gap: Improving Early Warning for Climate Security Risks in the Pacific

Nov 14, 2019 | Wilson Center
Washington DC

Pacific Island countries (PICs) are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of climate extremes, variability, and change, including sea-level rise, coastal erosion, El Niño events, extreme…

Women, Peace and Security Kenya 2019 Conference

Nov 14, 2019 | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Africa Women Mediation Collabrative Initiative
Nairobi, Kenya

The theme of the conference is “ The future of Women, Peace and Security , and partnerships to shaping that future”

The conference takes place in the…

Lightning Talks: Unfinished Business from Gender-Based Violence to Youth, Peace and Security

Nov 12, 2019 | Nairobi Summit
Nairobi, Kenya

This session will explore how to accelerate achievement 25 years after the ICPD and in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Engaging young people,…

Promising Practices in Gender and Extractives

Nov 12, 2019 | Resource Equity
New York City, USA

Join Resource Equity in New York, New York on November 12th, 2019 to learn about best practices for incorporating gender into extractives projects and share…

Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military

Nov 9, 2019 | Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Washington, DC

Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military, edited by Dr. Robert Egnell and Mayesha Alam, compares the integration of women, gender perspectives, and the women,…

Geneva Peace Week 2019: Intergenerational Dialogue on Water and Peace

Nov 7, 2019 | Geneva Water Hub and International Secretariat For Water
Geneva, Switzerland

The Geneva Water Hub along with organizing and participating partners - the International Secretariat for Water, GeoExpertise, the Graduate Institute, Swiss Water Partnership, University of…

Creating a Future for All: Climate Justice and Peacebuilding - A Geneva Peace Week Event

Nov 6, 2019 | Inter-Parliamentary Union, Graduate Institue of International and Development Studies Environmental Committee, and Quaker United Nations Office
Geneva, Switzerland

Climate change is already having disastrous consequences worldwide, and its impacts are most directly borne by the most vulnerable social groups due to their lack…

Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict

Nov 6, 2019 | Norway in the UN: Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York
New York, NY

During its 71st session this summer, the UN International Law Commission has provisionally adopted 28 draft principles in a first reading addressing the pre-, during…

Gender-Transformative Approaches in Agricultural Skills Development

Nov 6, 2019 | External Cooperation InfoPoint - European Commission
Brussels, Belgium

Only using mainstreaming and sensitisation interventions in agricultural programmes is not enough if we want to tap into the economic potential of women‘s contribution to…

Overcoming Challenges to Women's Participation in Sustainable Peacebuilding

Nov 6, 2019 | Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Geneva, Switzerland

Join us for a workshop to challenge our thinking and reframe how we approach women’s participation in peacebuilding.

Formal resistance and implicit bias by those who…

Gender Inclusion for Peace in the Sahel: The Role of the Local Radio

Nov 6, 2019 | Fondation Hirondelle
Geneva, Switzerland

In fragile states and regions faced with major crises such as the Sahel, women and girls face specific challenges participating in public life and are often…

Gendered Peace in Context

Nov 5, 2019 | Graduate Institute Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

The Gender Dimensions of Social Conflict, Armed Violence and Peacebuilding project's international consortium, with prominent speakers from Indonesia, Nigeria, and Switzerland, will gather during the Geneva…

Patriarcy, Gender and Peace

Nov 5, 2019 | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Geneva, Switzerland

Patriarchy, militarism, and neoliberalism are three inter-related causes that push us all towards more conflict. If we want peace, then we need to change the…

Water under fire Building peace through water services in protracted crises

Nov 4, 2019 | Geneva Water Hub, UNICEF
Geneva, Switzerland

Panel discussion organized by the Geneva Water Hub and UNICEF in the context of the Geneva Peace Week 2019.

The Geneva Water Hub/University of Geneva, UNICEF…

What's Lurking in Your Value Chain? Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Gender-Based Violence in Agriculture

Oct 30, 2019 | Agrilinks and the Feed the Future Advancing Women's Empowerment Program
Online

Please join Agrilinks and the Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment Program on the eve of Halloween for a webinar on gender dimensions in agriculture.

This…

Plenary: African Women in Sustainable Business and Environmental Management

Oct 30, 2019 | UNEP
Accra, Ghana

Women and men often use and manage resources in different ways, while also observing and experiencing degradation differently. Indeed, in many countries, women traditionally have…

What's Lurking in Your Value Chain? Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Gender-Based Violence in Agriculture

Oct 30, 2019 | Agrilinks
Online

Please join Agrilinks and the Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment Program on the eve of Halloween for a webinar on gender dimensions in agriculture.

This…

Africa in Transition: The Role of Women in Peace and Security

Oct 29, 2019 | Wilson Center
Washington, DC

Please join the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program and Maternal Health Initiative, in partnership with The Population Institute, to discuss holistic approaches to…

Environment and Security

Oct 28, 2019 - Oct 30, 2019 | Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Geneva, Switzerland

Natural resources such as water, soil and biodiversity are under increasing stress. Human activity is the main cause of this global crisis affecting everybody, but…

Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019

Oct 28, 2019 - Oct 30, 2019 | Asian Development Bank
Manila, Philippines

The Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2019 (#RDFS2019) is a call to action for DMC governments to provide active leadership to generate rural prosperity and effective…

Breakfast Meetings for Interest Groups

Oct 25, 2019 - Oct 25, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
University of California, Irvine

At the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, the Environmental Peacebuilding Association's Interest Groups will host breakfast meetings for current and prospective Interest Group members. These…

Sixth Al-Moumin Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding – Nancy Peluso

Oct 25, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association, American University, ELI, and UN Environment Programme
Irvine, CA

Nancy Lee Peluso is an expert in resource management policy with a strong interest in how regional histories and social factors like ethnicity, class, and…

Keeping the Minutes or Leading the Talk? Women's Experiences in Peace Negotiations

Oct 24, 2019 | the Graduate Institute Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

In its resolution 1325, “Women, Peace, and Security”, the Security Council of the United Nations for the first time acknowledged that gender matters in peace…

Shoring Up Stability: Addressing Climate and Fragility Risks in the Lake Chad Region

Oct 24, 2019 | adelphi
Niamey, Niger

Lake Chad is caught in a conflict trap. Violence between armed opposition groups – including the so-called ‘Islamic State West Africa Province’ and ‘Boko Haram’…

First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding

Oct 23, 2019 - Oct 25, 2019 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
University of California, Irvine

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is proud to announce that the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held October 23-25, 2019 at the University…