Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Events

Women Taking the Lead: Defending Human Rights and the Environment

Feb 24, 2020 | Trocaire
Belfast, UK

Women Taking The Lead: Defending Human Rights And The Environment

Guest speaker: Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, Honduran activist & daughter of murdered human rights and environmental defender…

Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Course

Feb 19, 2020 - Feb 21, 2020 | Swiss Peace and University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland

War and conflict affect women, girls, men and boys in different ways, and yet a gender analysis is often absent from peacebuilding theories and processes.…

Youth-Led Environmental Peacebuilding: Lessons from the Field

Feb 18, 2020 | Young Professionals Interest Group, Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Washington, DC / online

Young people constitute the largest demographic sector in many countries affected by conflicts related to competition over natural resources and the negative impacts of climate…

Norms and Practices in UN Peacekeeping: Gender and the Environment

Feb 17, 2020 | King's College London
London, UK

It’s our pleasure to invite you to the talk ‘Norms and Practices in UN Peacekeeping' hosted by the Conflict Security and Development Research Group and…

Women in Sustainaiblity- Stoke on Trent & Staffordshire Hub

Feb 12, 2020 | Women in Sustainability Network
Stoke-on-Trent, UK

We'll be providing an overview of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), covering what they are, how to understand them and how to use them, with…

Economic Aspects of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Feb 12, 2020 | Yale University
New Haven, USA

How does women's economic participation shape growth and development? What are the gendered dimensions of war, natural disasters, and state fragility? What is the role…

Environmental Impact and Climate Change Adaptation in Mine Action

Feb 12, 2020 | Norwegian People’s Aid, Conflict and Environment Observatory, and HALO Trust
Geneva, Switzerland

Managing the environmental aspects of mine action operations is critical to ensure that operations do no harm and positively impact local communities after clearance. Awareness…

Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change

Feb 11, 2020 | Self Help Africa
Belfast, UK

'Women on the Frontline of Climate Change' is an exhibition by Self Help Africa, an Irish-based international development organisation that is supporting communities across sub-Saharan…

Twenty Years of Women, Peace and Security Initiatives: Are We Doing Better?

Feb 11, 2020 | University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, USA

This keynote session will consist of a “fireside chat” discussion with Ms. Michèle Flournoy. As the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009 to…

When the Going Gets Tough: Women and the Future of Global Peace and Security

Feb 10, 2020 | Centre for Women, Peace and Security LSE
London, UK

On the 5th anniversary of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, take a look ahead with the new Director, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini.

Who: Centre for Women, Peace and Security…

Effects of Armed Conflicts on Local Environments: How Can Humanitarians Respond?

Feb 7, 2020 | Pax and Chatham House
Geneva, Switzerland

This session will provide an overview of why environmental issues are relevant in the context of conflict and humanitarian response, with a particular focus on…

The Role of Women in Conference of the Parties

Feb 3, 2020 | Women in Sustainability Network
Glasgow, UK

There is still an unequal participation of women in political processes so what should be done at COP26 to highlight this? Don't we need women…

Self-Paced MOOC on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace (CLOSING SOON)

Jan 30, 2020 - Jun 23, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association, UN Environment, ELI, Columbia University, Duke University, UC Irvine, UNDP, and SDG Academy
online

Conflicts over natural resources and the environment are among the greatest challenges in 21st-century geopolitics. These conflicts present serious threats to human security at both…

Women in Sustainability Oxford Hub

Jan 30, 2020 | Women in Sustainability Network
Oxford, UK

We've moved on from thinking we can solve all our problems by changing our energy sources. Food is, of course, vital to our existence and…

Empowering Rural and Indigenous Women in Forest Related Climate Actions

Jan 30, 2020 | Global Landscapes Forum
Webinar

The webinar will gather experts and field practitioners who will walk us through national and international experiences on gender, forestry and climate change linkages and…

Gender Justice and Women's Leadership in the Climate Justice Movement: A Roundtable Discussion

Jan 28, 2020 | California Gender Justice Funders Network
Oakland, CA

The California Gender Justice Funders Network is pleased to host an informal roundtable discussion over lunch. We’ll dive into climate change as it relates to gender justice,…

A Community Conversation about Gender Equality and the Environment

Jan 26, 2020 | UN Women USA Gulf Coast Chapter
Sarasota, Florida

A panel discussion with Christine Johnson, President of the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, and Dr. Heather O'Leary, Assistant Professor ISS-Anthropology, University of South…

Seminar: Environmental Peacebuilding - The Year in Review and the Year Ahead

Jan 16, 2020 | Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online / Washington, DC

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association will host its second year-in-review seminar “Environmental Peacebuilding: The Year in Review.” The event will showcase important developments in the environmental…

Climate Change: What's Gender Got to Do with It? How Women Will Lead Us to a More Sustainable Future.

Jan 16, 2020 | Northern AZ Climate Change Alliance
Clarkdale, AZ

We will explore and discuss the many issues of social justice and gender inequity in a changing climate. The discussion will include opportunity for Q&A.…

Training on Gender-Based Violence

Jan 6, 2020 - Dec 10, 2019 | Devimpact Institute Training Centre
Nairobi, Kenya

The phenomenon of gender-based violence is pervasive around the world, experienced by some one in three women in their lifetimes. The elimination of such violence…

Inaugural Meeting of the AfP Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Issues

Dec 18, 2019 | Alliance for Peacebuilding and Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation
Washington, DC

As a community, we as peacebuilders are committed to the values of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We have recognized that DEI is not only…

Crafting Collaborative Solutions to Environmental Conflicts

Dec 10, 2019 - Dec 12, 2019 | Udall Foundation, US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
Silver Spring, MD

Course 2 of 2 in the Fundamentals of Environmental Collaboration & Conflict Resolution (ECCR) Series Participants in this interactive course will refine their understanding of…

Protection of Water in Armed Conflicts

Dec 10, 2019 | Geneva Water Hub, UNICEF, the Netherlands Red Cross and the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations in Geneva with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

This side-event at the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent jointly hosted by the Geneva Water Hub’s Platform for International Water…