Events

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…

International Seminar on The Security Implications of Emerging Climate Altering Technologies

Oct 23, 2019 | Egmont Institute
Brussels, Belgium

Addressing the Climate and Security nexus is one of Belgium’s priorities for its 2019-2020 mandate as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.…

A Roundtable Discussion on Women, Peace, and Security in West Africa: Coalition Building and Collaboration in Cross-Border Areas

Oct 21, 2019 | Partners Global
Washington, DC

To unpack experiences, challenges, and successes in women’s grassroots movements for peace, PartnersGlobal is convening a roundtable of experts and practitioners in the Women, Peace,…

Building Peace in the Central African Republic: The Role of Agricultural Extension Services

Oct 21, 2019 | The Wilson Center
Washington DC

For several decades, the Central African Republic (CAR) has been engulfed in a complex crisis that has weakened the country’s social and economic fabric, including…

Women in Sustainable Agriculture National Conference

Oct 17, 2019 - Oct 19, 2019 | Women Food & Ag Network
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

Every few years, a regional women’s network takes the lead in planning a national conference for women in sustainable agriculture (WISA).

More than 400 people from…

2019 Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium: "Pax Agricultura: Peace through Agriculture"

Oct 16, 2019 - Oct 18, 2019 | World Food Prize
Des Moines, Iowa

The Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium, known informally as the "Borlaug Dialogue," each year brings together over 1,200 people from more than 65 countries to…

Environmental Peacebuilding in the Middle East: The Dialogue Project with Odeliya Matter and Mohammed Abusaada

Oct 16, 2019 | Department of Environmental Studies at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC)
Syracuse, New York

October 16, 2019 at 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Eggers Hall, 220

Odeliya Matter and Mohammed Abusaada are alumni of the Arava Institute. At the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, students…

Protecting the Environment in Areas Affected by Armed Conflict

Oct 15, 2019 | Chatham House
London, UK

In 2011, the UN’s International Law Commission first included the ‘protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts’ in its programme of work. Earlier…

How the VGGT Have Changed Rural Women's Lives: Key Strategies and Innovations Towards Gender Equality

Oct 15, 2019 | Committee on World Food Security
Rome, Italy

The purpose of the side event is to showcase key strategies and innovations that are contributing to gender equality in agriculture and land tenure in…

MENA Workshop on Water Security & Environmental Peacebuilding

Oct 14, 2019 - Oct 16, 2019 | EcoPeace Middle East
Rabat, Morocco

Climate change and its disruptive impact on water resources are increasingly recognized as a threat multiplier that exacerbates conflict in areas around the world. Climate-induced…

Environment, Gender, and Disasters

Oct 11, 2019 | Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction and UN Environment
Geneva, Switzerland

To mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction, the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) would like…