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Rearticulating our feminist struggles: strategising for change in the 2030 agenda world

 What Join feminists from across the region to discuss how we can work towards a #Feminist2030 The 2030 Agenda, the SDGs, and their accompanying targets and indicators will set the tone and drive international and national development policies and programmes for the next 15 years. The next five years will be especially formative for governments, […]

African Women Leaders: vectors of emergence of Africa

This event is over. Check out our live-tweet here ! _____________________________________________________________   What UNESCO and the NGO “Femmes de demain” will invite a group of outstanding women leaders/entrepreneurs from Africa. Through their testimonies, they will provide key information on current and future trends in Africa in the priority areas of UNESCO (gender equality and Africa). The aim […]

MenCare webinar on men, equality, and unpaid care

What In no country in the world are men doing as much childcare or domestic work as women are. Globally, women are spending more than twice as much time as men on unpaid care work. These unequal care responsibilities are a barrier to gender equality, to economic opportunities and development, and to the full realization […]

Online Discussion on proposed indicators for data collection on femicide, rape and intimate partner violence

What The online discussion is organised in the context of EIGE’s Study on terminology and indicators used in data collection on femicide, rape and intimate partner violence carried out by the contractor Milieu Ltd. The study aims to address the lack of comparable and reliable EU-wide data on violence against women. If you have expertise […]

Day of the African Child 2016

June 16 is the annual Day of the African Child (DAC). The theme of this year’s celebration is “ Conflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting all Children’s Rights” .  In line with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Continental Study on the impact of armed conflict on children is […]

Public hearing at the European Parliament: The importance of fisheries for women in third countries

This event is organized by the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries, in collaboration with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. The hearing aims at emphasising the importance of fisheries for women in third countries and the special role they can play in different socio-economic situations. The first panel will explore the current situation and […]

EuroGender Network: online discussion on gender statistics gaps

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) invites you to participate in an online discussion on how to tackle and address gender statistics gaps within the framework of EU policies. The event takes place on EuroGender, the 15 June, 10.00 am – 16.00 CEST. If you have an expertise in gender statistics and/or data collection on gender […]

2016 MDB Global Summit

“Stereotypes and Opportunities: Women’s Economic Empowerment”  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank Group (WBG) invite credentialed media to attend and cover the opening of a two-day global conference on women’s economic empowerment, bringing together 200 leading experts from more than 20 countries: WHO: Luis Alberto Moreno, Inter-American Development Bank President and Jim Yong […]

LESSONS FROM THE PEPFAR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE INITIATIVE IN THREE COUNTRIES

May 10, 2016  9:30 am – 2:00 pm Center for Strategic and International Studies Washington, DC REGISTER HERE Please join the PEPFAR Gender and Adolescent Girls Technical Working Group and AIDSFree as they share lessons from the three-year, $55 million Gender-based Violence Initiative (GBVI). The GBVI integrated gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response into existing HIV prevention, […]

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