Events
Covid-19, Gender and Human Rights
Aug 28, 2020
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The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Online
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), in collaboration with partners and researchers in Belarus, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Zimbabwe,…
COVID-19 and Environmental Peacebuilding in Colombia (A Road to Geneva Event, Colombia Arc)
Aug 27, 2020
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Duke University Center for International and Global Studies/Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Global Green Growth Institute, Environmental Law Institute, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association Disaster and Resilience Interest Group
online
This event was held in Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation in English. Recordings of the event can be accessed via the following links: Spanish recording: https://youtu.be/qKflGIMDfH4English recording: https://youtu.be/YWGXM4DOp2s When: 10:00-11:30…
Women Leaders in Water for Food: Improving Lives and Agriculture Productivity
Aug 27, 2020
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University of Nebraska
Online
Creating a supportive environment for women in agriculture and water leadership is important for ensuring future water food security around the globe. Water and agriculture…
Women for Forests and Future Generations: Defending Communities from Pandemics and Climate Chaos
Aug 27, 2020
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Women's Earth and Climate Action Network
Online
Global forests are on the brink of ecological catastrophe, and because of this, further driving the climate crisis and environmental degradation. Record setting fire seasons,…
Energy Access as a Driver of Gender Equality
Aug 27, 2020
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Clean Cooking Alliance
Online
The Clean Cooking Alliance invites you to participate in a live webinar with Duke University on Thursday, August 27th at 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time…
Women on the Frontline of Covid-19: Interrogating Women’s Contribution from a Frontline Perspective.
Aug 27, 2020
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Embassy of Ireland in Pretoria
Online
Women are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic response, in the public and private sectors, and in their public and personal lives, and are…
The Behavioural Challenges of Post-Conflict Life
Aug 27, 2020
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Overseas Development Institute
online
It is often assumed that people’s lives will automatically improve after violent conflict. However, many people who have experienced conflict continue to experience fluctuating livelihoods…
Power and Water Diplomacy
Aug 26, 2020
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International Water Resources Association
online
This new IWRA webinar will focus on how power impacts water conflict. Increasingly, scholarship is discovering how power shapes the interplay between the actors, and frames conflicts,…
Gender and Chemicals in Different Sectors
Aug 25, 2020
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SAICM; University of Cape Town
Online
You are kindly invited you to join once a month for 45 min on gender equality and its interconnection to the world of chemistry. Every…
Gender and Climate Change in China
Aug 25, 2020
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Young China Watchers
Online
As climate change precipitates societal and geopolitical changes in China and beyond, YCW and NüVoices recognise the growing need to scrutinise both climate discourse and…
Water Diplomacy, a Tool for Climate Action?
Aug 24, 2020
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Stockholm International Water Institute and adelphi
online
In this SIWI World Water Week workshop organised by adelphi and IHE Delft, experts from the diplomacy, development, security, climate change and water communities will…
Women’s Engagement in Sustainable Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: The Potential of UN Resolution 1325
Aug 20, 2020
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WLUML; CHRLP
Online
Join us for a conversation with Zarin Hamid, with discussion and context provided by:
Professor Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University and Founding Member, Women Living Under Muslim Laws Network…
Nature Conservation through the Gender Lens
Aug 20, 2020
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Researcher Academy Elsevier
Online
Marco Lambertini and Alice Ruhweza explain how WWF perceives and address gender issues in their mission and work. In societies where livelihoods depend on natural…
Women in International Affairs
Aug 19, 2020
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Australian Institute of International Affairs
Online
World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and…
Women Economic Empowerment Webinar (WEEE) Africa Series
Aug 19, 2020
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Millennium Promise Alliance
Online
During this Webinar, experts from around the world will discuss the connection between the present pandemic, its looming effect, & how women economic empowerment should…
Social Protection and Violence against Women and Girls in the Indo Pacific region: Responding to COVID-19
Aug 18, 2020
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Social Protection
Online
This webinar will explore the potential role of social protection to respond to the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women and girls (VAWG) during COVID-19…
Celebrating Women’s Emancipation through Green Economy
Aug 13, 2020
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Water Research Commission
Online
The Water Research Commission continues funding several community based projects in green/blue innovations, with focus on woman emancipation. The aim of this webinar is to…
Introduction to the Gender Innovation Agora
Aug 12, 2020
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UN Women
Online
To commemorate International Youth Day (August 12), UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) will organize a webinar to introduce the Gender Innovation Agora (GIA),…
Walking Towards Justice in Indian Country: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Aug 12, 2020
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America Walks
Online
In the United States, Native American women are more than twice as likely to experience violence than any other demographic. One in three Native women…
Shocks and Crisis in the Andes
Aug 11, 2020
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Andean Initiative and International Potato Center
online
Andean food systems and livelihoods are vulnerable and exposed to shocks and crises. Today the Andes faces unprecedented accelerated changes and extreme events. The climate…
Gender Lens on Financing for Development: Equality and Women's Rights Impacts
Aug 6, 2020
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Kvindernes U-landsudvalg
Online
Kvindernes U-landsudvalg (KULU) & Feminist Task Force is pleased to invite you to participate in our webinar "Gender Lens on Financing for Development: Equality and…
Smart City Training Series: How to Ensure Gender Inclusion of Smart City Services
Aug 6, 2020
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UNDP
Online
Technology is not neutral. There is a growing gender digital divide, particularly in developing countries, that needs to be bridged for women to gain equal…
Women's Health: Heat, Hurricanes, Risks and Resilience Virtual Impact Collaborative
Aug 6, 2020
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The Women’s Fund
Online
Climate change disproportionately affects women due to various social and economic stressors. In a recent study, climate change was linked to a rise in pregnancy…
Fostering Sustainable Livelihoods for Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Emerging Models from Sub-Saharan Africa
Aug 6, 2020
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SEEP Network
Online
This webinar will feature several models and donor perspectives for facilitating market linkages for vulnerable adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda…
El Liderazgo de las Mujeres Indígenas en la Gestión de la Biodiversidad Indigenous / Women Leadership in Biodiversity Management
Aug 5, 2020
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UNDP
Online
El Liderazgo de las Mujeres Indígenas en la Gestión de la Biodiversidad
Las mujeres indígenas tienden a estar subrepresentadas en las negociaciones de APB, a pesar…
Gender and Displacement in the Middle East during Covid-19
Aug 4, 2020
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Middle East Institute
Online
As the global refugee crisis continues amid the spread of Covid-19 and economic collapse, displaced women face growing dangers in the Middle East. Women refugees…
Building a Career in Environmental Peacebuilding
Jul 31, 2020
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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…
Identifying and Covering Under-Reported Environment Stories in the Congo Basin
Jul 31, 2020
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Pulitzer Center
online
The Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund and the Pulitzer Center are hosting a series of free webinars for journalists reporting in the greater Congo Basin.…
Road to Geneva: Informational Meeting
Jul 29, 2020
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
online
The Environmental Peacebuilding Association and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform are hosting an informational meeting on July 29, 2020 at 10 AM ET/ 4 PM CET…
A Pathway to Peace: Ideas for Advancing Climate Resilient Futures
Jul 29, 2020
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Institute for Climate and Peace
online
The Institute for Climate and Peace presents a series of virtual community events to explore the theme, The Day After Tomorrow.
Futures thinking is a process by which…