Events

Why does Climate Action Need Women?

Jul 5, 2021 | School of Architecture at Liverpool University
Online

In the 2021 COP Climate Summit, the leadership team are currently 25% women and 75% men. Women only make up 10 per cent of the…

Young Women in Peacebuilding: The Importance of Representation

Jul 2, 2021 | YouthLead
Online

Women’s participation in peacebuilding is crucial in the development of three pillars of lasting peace: economic recovery, social cohesion, and political legitimacy. Evidence indicates that…

IWRA 2021 Master Classes on Water Cooperation & Diplomacy

Jul 1, 2021 - Oct 7, 2021 | International Water Resources Association
online

The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) in collaboration with the Universities Partnership for Water Cooperation and Diplomacy (UPWCD), are excited to launch a new online series of…

Ireland and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda on the UN Security Council

Jun 30, 2021 | Irish Peace and Conflict Network
Online

Ireland has made WPS a key focus of its foreign policy and its tenure on the UN Security Council, including through taking up the role…

Environment, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice: Southern Africa

Jun 30, 2021 | Bosch Alumni Network in partnership with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

Across communities and societies that have experienced conflicts where natural resources have been one of the factors, we find an undeniable link between the protection…

Will the European Green Deal and EU Recovery Fund Benefit Women?

Jun 29, 2021 | Green European Foundation
Online

Gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting have become popular concepts in recent years, and the Von der Leyen Commission has highlighted gender equality time and time…

Closing the Gender Gap in Climate and Security

Jun 28, 2021 | International Alert and Chatham House
online

The climate crisis disproportionately affects fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS). While those states are contributing the least to global emissions – they face the starkest…

Supporting the Next Generation of Female Climate Pioneers

Jun 28, 2021 | Centre for Climate Change Innovation
Online

How far are we from gender parity in London’s climate innovation space? How can we bring more female students and researchers into London’s climate positive…

Reconciliation and Gender

Jun 28, 2021 | University of Bristol
Online

Wars formally end and combatants lay down their weapons, yet what follows rarely amounts to a clear-cut, unambiguous ‘peace’. After formal hostilities have ended, citizens…

Corporate Due Diligence and Gender Equality

Jun 24, 2021 | NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment
Online

The field of Business and Human Rights has attracted growing attention in recent years as many cases have sadly illustrated that companies can cause, contribute…

Women and International Peace and Security in Afghanistan

Jun 24, 2021 | Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Online

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Centre for Gender, Peace and Security at Monash University are delighted to co-host a panel discussion…

Climate, Environment, and the Rights of Women and Girls

Jun 23, 2021 | Population Connection
Online

Karen Gaia Pitts, Project Coordinator for Transition Earth and founder of the Maasai Harmonial Development and Sustainability project, will discuss how the program focuses on…

Beyond Men - Challenging Gendered Dynamics of Conflict Transformation

Jun 22, 2021 | Berghof Foundation
Online

Wars and conflicts are highly gendered phenomena. Men and boys are typically perceived as perpetrators, while women and girls are portrayed as victims. When it…

Webinar: Environmental Change & Human Security: Research Directions Report

Jun 21, 2021 | Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, National Science Foundation
online

The goal of this report is to lay out opportunities to promote research at the intersection of environmental science and security and identifies near-term opportunities…

Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID World: Next steps for Women's Freedom

Jun 19, 2021 | IWPG UK
Online

 Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World

Series Three: Taking the Next Steps for Women's Freedom

2020 brought unprecedented new challenges to all of us. But…

Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon Basins through Science and Environmental Diplomacy (A Road to Geneva Event)

Jun 16, 2021 - Jun 30, 2021 | University of Vermont and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

This 3-part symposium will take place on June 8th, June 16th, and June 24th 2021, from 8:30am-10:30am ET. Participants in this Road to Geneva symposium…

Women and Community Land Rights: Investing in Local Champions

Jun 16, 2021 | Land Portal; HakiMadini; ILC; Mokoro
Online

Women’s Land Tenure Security (WOLTS) is a practical action-research project on gender and land, led by development consultants Mokoro. For more than five years WOLTS…

Gender and Climate Justice Principles and Approaches: A Working Session

Jun 11, 2021 | Gendersmart Investing
Online

GenderSmart will be gathering key experts across the financial system to interrogate potential principles for defining climate and gender justice in finance, explore emerging case studies…

The Climate Crisis and Gender Inequality: An Intimate Relationship

Jun 10, 2021 | Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre
Online

We’ve destroyed the planet, insist major public figures like David Attenborough. But who, asks Professor Anne Karpf, is this ‘we’? We aren’t all equally to…

Untapped Potential: Women, Leadership, and Water Diplomacy in the Middle East

Jun 9, 2021 | Wilson Center
Online

Women play a critical role in water resource management and decision-making at the community level. Yet, they are often absent from high-level water-related negotiations and…

Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: Empowering Women

Jun 8, 2021 | The Global Policy Institute; Bay Atlantic University
Online

We are pleased to invite you for our third webinar in the Sustainable Agriculture in Africa series titled: “Empowering Women” on June 8th at 12:00pm (EST).

Over 50%…

Advancing the Role of Women in International Security

Jun 8, 2021 | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Online

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is pleased to invite you to participate in a by-invitation roundtable of the institute’s new research initiative: Advancing…

Human Rights, and the Vulnerabilities of Gender in a Climate Emergency

Jun 2, 2021 | University of Oxford
Online

How to inhabit our common home is an ethical question of great urgency. It impacts individuals and communities differently around the world, exposing the inequalities…

Women, Solidarity, and Ecology

Jun 2, 2021 - Jun 4, 2021 | Laudato Si' Research Institute
Online

Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ points toward the importance of solidarity with the earth and the most marginalized in society by urging us to listen…

Socio-Economic and Environmental Foundations for Peace: What Role for International Law?

Jun 2, 2021 | Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security
online

Contemporary armed conflicts have become protracted, complex and urbanised with far-reaching socio-economic and environmental consequences. In Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Syria,…

Securing Clean Water in Transboundary Indus, Jordan, Mekong and Amazon Basins through Science and Environmental Diplomacy (A Road to Geneva Series)

Jun 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2021 | University of Vermont and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online

These events were recorded and can be viewed at the links below: 

Session 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIvK3Yn5gLw 

Session 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA3Ppf_mgSE&feature=youtu.be

Session 3: https://youtu.be/XsKvRirmU9c 

This 3-part symposium will take place on June 8th, June 16th, and…

Ensuring Quality Education for Girls During COVID-19: An Elusive Priority?

Jun 1, 2021 | UNESCO
Online

In recent years, girls' education has been a top priority for governments, funders, and global bodies. And yet, during the COVID-19 pandemic, girls have lost…

Gender Data for Climate Solutions: New Cross-Sector Evidence and Strategies for Gender-Responsive Climate Action

May 27, 2021 | United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Online

Building climate resilience for all requires gender-responsive policy-making, programming, and practice that deeply understands and takes coordinated steps to address inequities and empowers diverse people…

“Environment, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice: An African Perspective." Session 3 of Environment, Peacebuilding, and Transitional Justice (A Road to Geneva Series)

May 27, 2021 | Bosch Alumni Network (BAN) in partnership with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Online

Session 3: “Environment, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice: An African Perspective." This webinar will introduce the aspect of transitional justice (TJ) and the African Union Transitional Justice…

Displaced Mothers

May 27, 2021 | UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration
Online

In this seventh edition of the UNESCO RILA Sofa Cafés, Professor Alison Phipps , holder of the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and…