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IPS workshops: Decoding the Future

Never before has humankind faced as many tough challenges as it does now: from harsh climate change causing droughts and flooding to violence; rights abuses, refugees; child trafficking and modern-day slavery; human and social inequalities continue to grow. In a concerted effort to alleviate such unprecedented human suffering, the international community has adopted 17 key […]

Women Act for Climate Justice: Ten Days of Global Mobilization

Women and girls for climate justice are rising up around the world to build the just and livable future we seek. This October 28 – November 6, 2016, join diverse women and girls around the world in organizing together to show our resistance to environmental and social degradation; highlight the climate impacts our communities are facing; demand drastic change […]

International Congress on Social Diversity 2016

Location November 25, 2016 University of Castile-La Mancha Toledo, Spain Conference Aim The main aim of this congress is to promote high quality interdisciplinary research in all sub-areas of Social Diversity, including disability, gender, social integration, social responsibility, ethical and religious diversity or educational diversity management. Conference Topics Disability Gender Sexual orientation Culture, ethnicity, race, […]

Women Leaders and the Global Transformation Summit

Concept note In the context of the adoption of the new United Nations Sustainable Development goals and the historic Paris Climate Agreement at COP21, both followed by the perspective of COP22 in Marrakech, the Kingdom of Morocco is convening a worldwide summit on Women Leaders and Global Transformation needed to bring humanity on a low […]

Speech: The economic cost of violence against women

Council of Women World Leaders high-level discussion at UN General Assembly Remarks by Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD New York, 21 September 2016 (As prepared for delivery)     Your Excellency Dalia Grybauskaite, Excellencies, Ministers, dear colleagues,   It is a great privilege to be here alongside world leaders who are working to end violence against […]

Webinar: understanding the High Level Panel’s first report on women’s economic empowerment

What On Tuesday 27 September (time TBC), ODI’s Development Progress project will host a webinar on the first report to the UN Secretary General by the High Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. For those who haven’t had the chance to take a deep dive into the report, the webinar will provide a synthesis of […]

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 […]

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