Events

Smart City Training Series: How to Ensure Gender Inclusion of Smart City Services

Aug 6, 2020 | UNDP
Online

Technology is not neutral. There is a growing gender digital divide, particularly in developing countries, that needs to be bridged for women to gain equal…

Women's Health: Heat, Hurricanes, Risks and Resilience Virtual Impact Collaborative

Aug 6, 2020 | The Women’s Fund
Online

Climate change disproportionately affects women due to various social and economic stressors. In a recent study, climate change was linked to a rise in pregnancy…

Fostering Sustainable Livelihoods for Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Emerging Models from Sub-Saharan Africa

Aug 6, 2020 | SEEP Network
Online

This webinar will feature several models and donor perspectives for facilitating market linkages for vulnerable adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda…

El Liderazgo de las Mujeres Indígenas en la Gestión de la Biodiversidad Indigenous / Women Leadership in Biodiversity Management

Aug 5, 2020 | UNDP
Online

El Liderazgo de las Mujeres Indígenas en la Gestión de la Biodiversidad

Las mujeres indígenas tienden a estar subrepresentadas en las negociaciones de APB, a pesar…

Gender and Displacement in the Middle East during Covid-19

Aug 4, 2020 | Middle East Institute
Online

As the global refugee crisis continues amid the spread of Covid-19 and economic collapse, displaced women face growing dangers in the Middle East. Women refugees…

Building a Career in Environmental Peacebuilding

Jul 31, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

This webinar is a part of a mentorship series hosted by the Environmental Peacebuilding Association’s Young Professionals Interest Group. The Young Professionals Interest Group creates…

Identifying and Covering Under-Reported Environment Stories in the Congo Basin

Jul 31, 2020 | Pulitzer Center
online

The Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund and the Pulitzer Center are hosting a series of free webinars for journalists reporting in the greater Congo Basin.…

Road to Geneva: Informational Meeting

Jul 29, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform are hosting an informational meeting on July 29, 2020 at 10 AM ET/ 4 PM CET…

A Pathway to Peace: Ideas for Advancing Climate Resilient Futures

Jul 29, 2020 | Institute for Climate and Peace
online

The Institute for Climate and Peace presents a series of virtual community events to explore the theme, The Day After Tomorrow.

Futures thinking is a process by which…

The Gender Agenda: From Theory to Action in Urban Planning and Development

Jul 28, 2020 | ICLEI Africa
Online

Cities in Africa are some of the most vulnerable to climate change in the world, and for them to become more resilient, a significant amount…

Russia’s Environmental Security

Jul 28, 2020 | International Institute for Strategic Studies
online

The summer of 2020 has been the hottest on record in most of Siberia. While the high temperatures have meant warm and sunny days, they…

Standing with Afghan Women: Ensuring Meaningful Inclusion in the Intra-Afghan Peace Talks

Jul 28, 2020 | Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Online

Join leading Afghan women and global leaders to highlight the critical role Afghan women must play in the upcoming intra-Afghan talks, and the risks to…

The Importance of Gender Equality in a Time of Crisis: How Do We Move from Theory to Action?

Jul 28, 2020 | ICLEI Africa and CoMSSA
Online

In times of crisis, women are often on the front lines as they make up approximately 70% of the world’s health and social care workers.…

International Conference on Women, Peace, and Security

Jul 27, 2020 - Jul 28, 2020 | 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…

Women, Power and Politics in the Middle East

Jul 22, 2020 | Chatham House
Online

In 2019, the visibility and participation of women in protests across the Middle East and North Africa challenged male-led political establishments in the region. But…

Rojava and the Kurds: Human Security, Gender and Peacebuilding in the De Facto Region in Northeastern Syria

Jul 22, 2020 | Royal Roads University and Koya University
Online

With the rise, fall and resurgence of the Islamic State (ISIS), the vulnerable position of Kurds in Rojava, a region in Northeastern Syria, has become…

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

Jul 22, 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…

Preventing Water-Related Threats in Sub-Saharan Africa

Jul 22, 2020 | Global Water Security Coalition
online

As the spread of COVID-19 accelerates worldwide, preventing and understanding water-related security threats is crucial in facing future pandemics, as well as other underlying threats…

Advancing Women's Economic Opportunity Through Member-Owned Enterprises

Jul 16, 2020 | USAID
Online

Member-owned enterprises - or cooperatives - are catalysts for women's economic empowerment. Through ownership of these businesses, women globally earn higher wages, have better market…

Intersecting Crises and the Impact for Women in the Pacific

Jul 16, 2020 | AIIA and United Nations Women Australia
Online

The socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, including the global economic downturn, restrictions to travel and movement, combined with the recent TC Harold all have a significant…

Actioning Positive Peace for Climate Resilient Futures

Jul 16, 2020 | Institute for Climate and Peace and Institute for Economics and Peace
online

Join Institute for Climate and Peace and the Institute for Economics and Peace for a virtual gathering as we announce our partnership, the launch of IEP's 2020 Global Peace…

Green Recovery, Energy Transition and Gender Diversity: from Canada to MENA Region

Jul 15, 2020 | Canada's Women in Renewable Energy
Online

In partnership with Canada's Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE) and the Embassy of Canada in the UAE, in this live webinar, CEBC's Women in Clean…

Mediation or Militarisation: Resolving Conflicts in the Age of Corona

Jul 14, 2020 | LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security
online

From North America to South Asia the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated societal conflicts promoting a rise in militarised responses from governments. But behind the headlines…

Accelerating Inclusive Farmer-Led Irrigation Sustainably

Jul 9, 2020 | IWMI, World Bank, DWFGI and GWP
Online

On July 9, the second session of a 2-part webinar series on farmer-led irrigation (FLI) is organized by GWP, the World Bank, the International Water…

Gender Inclusive Cities

Jul 9, 2020 | GRCN and World Bank
Online

Please join us for the 18th Session of Cities on the Frontline, jointly organized by Global Resilient Cities Network & the World Bank which will…

Covid-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Impact on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Policy Responses

Jul 8, 2020 | UNDP, UN Women and OECD
Online

UNDP, UN Women and OECD are jointly organizing a webinar to take a closer look at governments’ investments in gender equality and women’s economic empowerment…

Engaging with the Adaptation Fund: First Steps for Women’s Organizations

Jul 8, 2020 | WEDO
Online

Climate finance should flow to women’s organizations, gender-related groups, and feminist organizations working at the intersection of gender equality and climate change.  

In addition to…

Is the Environment the Missing Dimension of Peace?

Jul 8, 2020 | Initiatives of Change, Caux Dialogue
online

Land degradation springs from the interplay between the degradation of traditional management systems, ignorance of modern insights into restoration science, poor governance and competing claims.…

Protecting the Environment in Situations of Armed Conflict

Jul 7, 2020 | Geneva Academy
online

It goes without saying that there can be no sustainable human life without the natural environment, and yet such an environment is too often degraded…

WPS in 2020 - Progressing Implementation at a Time of Global Uncertainty

Jul 7, 2020 | ASPI’s Women in Defence and Security Network
online

This year represents a significant milestone for the women, peace and security agenda as it marks 20 years since its adoption by the UN Security…