Events


Berlin Climate and Security Conference 2020 - Part II

Sep 7, 2020 - Oct 2, 2020 | German Federal Foreign Office, adelphi, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
online

Building on the high-level political Part I of BCSC 2020 and the launch of the Global Climate Security Risk and Foresight Assessment during the event,…


Gender and Inclusion in the COVID-19 Response

Sep 7, 2020 | RedR UK
Online

This module examines how COVID-19 is impacting on women, girls, boys and men differently, limiting access to services and information, increasing women's work burden, eroding…


CGIAR Webinar Series on Climate Security: Climate Security in the Sahel

Sep 3, 2020 | CGIAR
online

The Sahel is a particular case where the interaction between climate-conflict can be strongly observed. With a high-dependence on rain-fed agriculture and livestock, climate variability,…


The Business of Gender Equality

Sep 3, 2020 | The University of Sydney Business School
Online

Explore the impact COVID-19 has had on gender equality and join Janelle Weissman, Executive Director, UN Women Australia as she leads The Business of Gender Equality discussion with Professor…


Gender Integration into National Climate Actions. Regional Workshop, Europe and Central Asia

Sep 2, 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…


Mobilizing Women’s Rights in Bangladesh: Lunch & Learn

Sep 2, 2020 | Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Online

Join the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation and special guest David Bruer of Inter Pares, for a discussion about rights-based work in Bangladesh. David will share how they…


US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: Crafting Collaborative Solutions to Environmental Conflicts

Sep 1, 2020 - Sep 3, 2020 | Udall Foundation
Tucson, Arizona

Participants experience training that is dynamic, problem-based, and highly interactive. Each course provides opportunities to practice new ECCR skills through exercises that simulate real-life situations,…


Reconciling Race, Class, Gender, and Climate Change

Aug 29, 2020 | University of Toronto Environmental Action
Online

In responding to COVID-19, governments and civil society have been forced to address the inefficiencies and inequalities pervasive in our system. As such, we cannot…


EnPAx Icon WWWeek: Reducing the Risks of Climate-Related Water Conflicts (A Road to Geneva Event)

Aug 28, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association Water Interest Group, Pacific Institute, Global Water 2020, Geneva Water Hub, Nicholas School of the Environment and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy, and the Water, Peace, and Security Partnership
online

This event was recorded and can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/uGjpPp6SUJo

When: 11:00 EST 

Evidence continues to accumulate that human-caused climate changes are influencing tensions and violence over water…


Covid-19, Gender and Human Rights

Aug 28, 2020 | The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Online

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), in collaboration with partners and researchers in Belarus, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Zimbabwe,…


EnPAx Icon COVID-19 and Environmental Peacebuilding in Colombia (A Road to Geneva Event, Colombia Arc)

Aug 27, 2020 | Duke University Center for International and Global Studies/Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Law Institute, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association Disaster and Resilience Interest Group
online

This event was held in Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation in English.  Recordings of the event can be accessed via the following links: Spanish recording: https://youtu.be/qKflGIMDfH4English recording: https://youtu.be/YWGXM4DOp2s   When: 10:00-11:30…


Women Leaders in Water for Food: Improving Lives and Agriculture Productivity

Aug 27, 2020 | University of Nebraska
Online

Creating a supportive environment for women in agriculture and water leadership is important for ensuring future water food security around the globe. Water and agriculture…


Women for Forests and Future Generations: Defending Communities from Pandemics and Climate Chaos

Aug 27, 2020 | Women's Earth and Climate Action Network
Online

Global forests are on the brink of ecological catastrophe, and because of this, further driving the climate crisis and environmental degradation. Record setting fire seasons,…


Energy Access as a Driver of Gender Equality

Aug 27, 2020 | Clean Cooking Alliance
Online

The Clean Cooking Alliance invites you to participate in a live webinar with Duke University on Thursday, August 27th at 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time…


Women on the Frontline of Covid-19: Interrogating Women’s Contribution from a Frontline Perspective.

Aug 27, 2020 | Embassy of Ireland in Pretoria
Online

Women are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic response, in the public and private sectors, and in their public and personal lives, and are…


The Behavioural Challenges of Post-Conflict Life

Aug 27, 2020 | Overseas Development Institute
online

It is often assumed that people’s lives will automatically improve after violent conflict. However, many people who have experienced conflict continue to experience fluctuating livelihoods…


Power and Water Diplomacy

Aug 26, 2020 | International Water Resources Association
online

This new IWRA webinar will focus on how power impacts water conflict. Increasingly, scholarship is discovering how power shapes the interplay between the actors, and frames conflicts,…


Gender and Chemicals in Different Sectors

Aug 25, 2020 | SAICM; University of Cape Town
Online

You are kindly invited you to join once a month for 45 min on gender equality and its interconnection to the world of chemistry. Every…


Gender and Climate Change in China

Aug 25, 2020 | Young China Watchers
Online

As climate change precipitates societal and geopolitical changes in China and beyond, YCW and NüVoices recognise the growing need to scrutinise both climate discourse and…


Water Diplomacy, a Tool for Climate Action?

Aug 24, 2020 | Stockholm International Water Institute and adelphi
online

In this SIWI World Water Week workshop organised by adelphi and IHE Delft, experts from the diplomacy, development, security, climate change and water communities will…


Women’s Engagement in Sustainable Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: The Potential of UN Resolution 1325

Aug 20, 2020 | WLUML; CHRLP
Online

Join us for a conversation with Zarin Hamid, with discussion and context provided by:

Professor Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University and Founding Member, Women Living Under Muslim Laws Network…


Nature Conservation through the Gender Lens

Aug 20, 2020 | Researcher Academy Elsevier
Online

Marco Lambertini and Alice Ruhweza explain how WWF perceives and address gender issues in their mission and work. In societies where livelihoods depend on natural…


Women in International Affairs

Aug 19, 2020 | Australian Institute of International Affairs
Online

World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and…


Women Economic Empowerment Webinar (WEEE) Africa Series

Aug 19, 2020 | Millennium Promise Alliance
Online

During this Webinar, experts from around the world will discuss the connection between the present pandemic, its looming effect, & how women economic empowerment should…


Social Protection and Violence against Women and Girls in the Indo Pacific region: Responding to COVID-19

Aug 18, 2020 | Social Protection
Online

This webinar will explore the potential role of social protection to respond to the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women and girls (VAWG) during COVID-19…


Celebrating Women’s Emancipation through Green Economy

Aug 13, 2020 | Water Research Commission
Online

The Water Research Commission continues funding several community based projects in green/blue innovations, with focus on woman emancipation. The aim of this webinar is to…


Introduction to the Gender Innovation Agora

Aug 12, 2020 | UN Women
Online

To commemorate International Youth Day (August 12), UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) will organize a webinar to introduce the Gender Innovation Agora (GIA),…


Walking Towards Justice in Indian Country: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Aug 12, 2020 | America Walks
Online

In the United States, Native American women are more than twice as likely to experience violence than any other demographic. One in three Native women…


Shocks and Crisis in the Andes

Aug 11, 2020 | Andean Initiative and International Potato Center
online

Andean food systems and livelihoods are vulnerable and exposed to shocks and crises. Today the Andes faces unprecedented accelerated changes and extreme events. The climate…


Gender Lens on Financing for Development: Equality and Women's Rights Impacts

Aug 6, 2020 | Kvindernes U-landsudvalg
Online

Kvindernes U-landsudvalg (KULU) & Feminist Task Force is pleased to invite you to participate in our webinar "Gender Lens on Financing for Development: Equality and…