Events


Climate Disruption, Gender, and Peacebuilding

May 17, 2020 - May 20, 2020 | Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
Stockholm, Sweden

This three-day, invitation-only workshop, organized with support from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, will be centered on climate. It will ask, how is it…


Women, Peace and, Security: Principles, Policy, and Practice 20 Years After UNSC Resolution 1325

May 16, 2020 | Oxford University
Oxford, UK

The UN Resolution 1325 (2000) was a key moment for global peace. The world for the first time recognised the key role of women in…


Webinar: Untapped Opportunities in Water, Energy, and Climate Change in Africa for Women and Youth

May 15, 2020 | FutureEarth
Online

Speaker: Prof. Abdelkader Allali, Nobel prize co-winner, Former IPCC WGII Vice Chair AR4, President of  Moroccan Association Hassanian for Health and Environment (AMHES) Morocco.

Who: FutureEarth

Where: Online

When: 15 May…


EnPAx Icon Virtual Consultation to Gauge Interest in a Private Sector Interest Group

May 12, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) is considering the creation of an Interest Group to engage members working on the link between environmental affairs, peacebuilding, and the…


Virtual 2020 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development: Sustaining Peace in the Time of Covid-19

May 11, 2020 - May 22, 2020 | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
online

With the number of conflicts rising in recent years, there has been a significant scale-up of political commitment and resources for efforts to sustain peace…


COVID-19: An Urgent Need for Cooperation on Water and Wastewater Management in Israel, Jordan and Palestine

May 7, 2020 | EcoPeace Middle East and J Street
online

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, research has shown strong evidence that the virus survives in our bodily waste -- which raises concerns as to whether…


EnPAx Icon Water, Sanitation, COVID-19, and Cooperation in the Middle East

Apr 30, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

The UN Secretary-General recently called for a global ceasefire considering the unprecedented threats posed by COVID-19 in conflict-affected areas. The Middle East, the most water…


COVID-19: Magnifying the World’s Inequities

Apr 30, 2020 | Wilson Center and EMD Serono
Online

Please join the Wilson Center and EMD Serono, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany for an event focused on the gender and race implications of…


EnPAx Icon IMPACT’s Innovative Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation

Apr 29, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

In this webinar, IMPACT will walk participants through its M&E system and provide examples of how the analysis generated by the data can be rendered…


EnPAx Icon Getting Published: How to Tell Your Story to the Media

Apr 24, 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 opportunities for…


Women, Peace, and Security Conference

Apr 23, 2020 - Apr 25, 2020 | Binghamton University
Online

We invite you to join us in taking this as an opportunity for feminist learning and reflections, which enables us to create other platforms for engagement,…


COVID-19 and Gender Equality: Living up to the Challenge

Apr 22, 2020 - May 6, 2020 | International Gender Champions
Online

As COVID-19 continues to spread, there are immense challenges facing decision-makers. In this context, gender equality can easily be cast as a distraction or a luxury,…


FP Virtual Dialogue: Climate & Security - Report Launch

Apr 22, 2020 | Foreign Policy
online

Foreign Policy is hosting a special Earth Day edition FP Virtual Dialogue on the topic of Climate & Security, which will feature the release of…


Developing Recommendations for a Gender-Responsive Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Apr 11, 2020 - Apr 12, 2020 | Convention on Biological Diversity and UN Women
New York City, USA

The expert workshop will take place in New York, United States of America, on 11 and 12 April 2019, and will bring together approximately 30…


The 6th Annual Conflict Conference

Apr 10, 2020 - Apr 11, 2020 | University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

The Conflict Conference (TCC) will hold its sixth annual conference at the Moody College of The University of Texas at Austin April 10-11, 2020. TCC…


Launch Event: Global Food Policy Report 2020: Building Inclusive Food Systems

Apr 7, 2020 | International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington DC, USA

Food systems are critical to every aspect of people’s well-being, from what they eat to how they earn their livelihoods to their options for the…


Can Gender Equality Help Solve Climate Change

Apr 3, 2020 | Gresham College, Museum of London
London, UK

Is gender equality a key factor in tackling climate change? Many think so, and in this lecture Environment Professor Jacqueline McGlade will explain why in…


The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide (Book Launch)

Apr 3, 2020 | Wilson Center
Washington DC, USA

Please note: this event has been postponed.

 Valerie Hudson recently wrote, “The surest way to curse one’s nation is to curse its women.” In The First Political Order:…


Seeds of Change Conference: Gender Equality Through Agricultural Research for Development

Apr 2, 2020 | CGIAR
Canberra, Australia

An interdisciplinary conference for researchers and practitioners in all fields of agriculture including food/commodity/cash crops, subsistence/semi-subsistence sectors, supply chains, forestry, fisheries, and water management.

Who: CGIAR

Where: Canberra, Australia

When: 2…


Gender Inequalities in Social Protection- People, Households and Climate Adaptation

Apr 2, 2020 | International Institute for Environment and Development
Online

Climate risks place a heavy burden on many households in developing countries, with basic needs such as food, water and shelter threatened. Some people and…


Women Powering Climate Action

Mar 26, 2020 | Victorian Women's Trust
Melbourne, Australia

Please note: this event will be a live stream event only.

Hear from Amelia Telford (national director of Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network); Christina Hobbs (CEO of Verve Super, Australia's first super…


Debate on Gender Equality: "Target 30% Males in Management by 2030?"

Mar 25, 2020 | IMPACTR
Copenhagen, Denmark

IMPACTR is flipping the script on the UN´s Gender Equality sustainable development target of 30% women in management by 2030. Only 3 women out of…


Confronting the Climate Crisis: Feminist Pathways to Just and Sustainable Futures

Mar 24, 2020 | Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
Boston, USA

Please note: this event has been postponed.

Our reason for holding this symposium is to call attention not only to the climate crisis, but also to…


International Conference on Food Science, Gender and Food Security

Mar 23, 2020 - Mar 24, 2020 | International Research Conference
Tokyo, Japan

ICFSGFS 2020: 14. International Conference on Food Science, Gender and Food Security aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and…


When Women Lead: Feminist Action for Climate Justice

Mar 19, 2020 | Oxfam, Women's Environment and Development Organization and Sierra Club
New York City, USA

Please note: this event has been postponed.

The effects of the climate crisis are not gender-neutral and neither are the solutions. It is women who are…


Women's History Month - Opportunity in Natural Resource Careers

Mar 18, 2020 - Mar 18, 2020 | Department of Environmental Quality's Office of Environmental Education and Public Affairs
Raleigh, North Carolina

The Lunchtime Discovery Series features educators, scientists, and other professionals working in a wide range of environmental fields every Wednesday at noon in the SECU…


"Transboundary Waters and Data for Water Diplomacy Across Geographies" Webinar

Mar 18, 2020 | World-Wide Human Geography Data (WWHGD) Working Group
Online

Second in a Multi-Part “Human Geography and Water” Webinar Series:

Transboundary Waters and Data for Water Diplomacy Across Geographies

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 10 a.m. – 12…


Social Cohesion Strategies for Building Community Resilience to Conflict in Eastern DRC

Mar 18, 2020 | Peace Exchange

JeanBaptiste Nimubona, Chief of Party of USAID's Solutions for Peace and Recovery (SPR) Project in eastern DRC and Jerome Hansen, Technical Director at Management Systems…


Workshop: Co-Creating Feminist Priorities for the Beijing Action Coalition on Climate Justice

Mar 16, 2020 | Women's Environment and Development Organization
New York City, USA

CCUN, 2nd Floor
Hosted by large collective of women’s rights and feminist climate justice advocates.

Who: Women's Environment and Development Organization 

Where: New York City, USA

When: 16 March 2020


Women as Key Actors for Climate Justice

Mar 16, 2020 | European Parliament
New York City, USA

Ex-Press Bar, GA Building*

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Who: European Parliament with Women's Environment and Development Organization 

Where: New York City, USA

When: 16 March 2020