Events

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*

UN badge required

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

Where: New York City, USA

When: 16 March 2020

Greenovate Boston Gender Equity & Climate Rountable 2

Mar 12, 2020 | Greenovate Boston
Boston, USA

The Gender Equity & Climate Roundtable is meant to encourage conversation around the connection between climate change and gender equity. Though climate change will affect…

Women at the Frontline: Knowledge, Skills, and Leadership of Women in Climate Action

Mar 11, 2020 | Governments of France and Sweden
New York City, USA

UN Headquarters, Conf Room 6*

UN badge required

Who: Governments of France and Sweden with Women's Environment and Development Organization

Where: New York City, USA

When: 11 March 2020

Environmental Justice and Women's Leadership: Lessons From a CEDAW State

Mar 11, 2020 | Women's Environment and Development Organization, Heinrich Boell/USA, Office of the Governor of California, Office of the Lt. Governor of California, San Francisco Commission on the Environment
New York City, USA

CCUN, 2nd Floor

Who: Women's Environment and Development Organization, Heinrich Boell/USA, Office of the Governor of California, Office of the Lt. Governor of California, San Francisco Commission…

Open-Source Investigation Methods on Environmental Dimensions of Armed Conflict

Mar 11, 2020 | Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium

The environmental impacts of armed conflict have become more visible in both international policy debates, humanitarian response and in the media. Thoughts often referred to as…

US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: Understanding Conflict and Planning for Successful Collaboration

Mar 10, 2020 - Mar 11, 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,…

Atmospheres of Violence: Conflict, Gender and Environmental Rights

Mar 10, 2020 | The British Academy
London, UK

The global demand for natural resources causes environmental damage on an unprecedented scale. This demand in turn fuels armed conflict as activists - often women…

Water, Human Rights, and International Humanitarian Law

Mar 10, 2020 | Geneva Water Hub/University of Geneva, the Permanent Missions of Togo and Burkina Faso and the International Organization of La Francophonie
Geneva, Switzerland

14:30 - 16:00
Palais des Nations, room VII
Geneva

The side event "'Water, Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law'" is organized by the Geneva Water Hub, the Permanent…

#SheLeadsinCrisis Event

Mar 10, 2020 | Care
Ottowa, Canada

ender justice is key to addressing the interlinked climate and humanitarian crises. Since we know that women and girls are disproportionately impacted by crises, they must be an…

International Women's Day 2020 - Gender Equality within USAID Programs

Mar 10, 2020 | Mercy Corps
Online

Join gender equality champions from leading humanitarian agencies: Mercy Corps, CARE, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and Save the Children on Tuesday, March 10th at 9 am…

Nature of Women, Peace and Security: Lessons from Colombia

Mar 9, 2020 | University of Oxford
Oxford, UK

OTJR Seminar Series HT Week 8 - The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: Lessons from Colombia
Venue: Faculty of Law - Seminar Room L (to…