Events

On behalf of UNDP, UNEP, the Government of France and the Government of Costa Rica, we are pleased to announce that the final two discussions in the post-2015 consultation on Environmental Sustainability opened early this week.

Early Bird rates have just been extended until this Friday April 12th so register today using the discount code "just."

Under the heading "Sustainable development - Human Rights: a common struggle?" the Forum 2013 will address the issue of sustainable development in relation to the human rights international law nearly a year after the Rio+20 international conference. 

Quebec Native Women organizes a side-event at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in collaboration with Consejo de Organizaciones Aborígenes de Jujuy (COAJ), Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC) and Servicio del Pueblo Mixe (SER) funded by Forest Peoples Programme.

This series of conferences started with About Women & Work in 2004. About Women & Vision is specifically designed to cater to the needs of motivated and aspiring female professionals in the Caribbean.

The 2013 Geneva Training Course offers an opportunity for participants with existing advocacy experience atdomestic or regional level to expand their knowledge and skills, and over the 2-week period in Geneva directly engage in lobbying and advocacy activities at the UN level.

Our guest speakers are Davina Cooper, Professor of Law and Political Theory at the AHRC Research Centre for Law, Gender & Sexuality at the University of Kent, and Joyce Outshoorn, Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Leiden.

Twenty activists –from a variety of countries – ranging from Pakistan to Kenya and from Ghana to Lebanon – will travel to The Netherlands and will share their stories regarding their work as allies for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

The UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of UN Member States is an important mechanism/opportunity for NGO's to review gender components of individual country UPR Reports on human rights. The Final Reports of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group often contains gender-focused text that can be very useful in advocacy for the human rights of women and girls.

We invite civil society activists and journalists from Egypt and Iraq to follow our online training course on minority rights, freedom of religion and international advocacy. The course is open to applicants from Iraq and Egypt, and the course can be followed in Arabic or English.

The Eurodad conference will bring together leading civil society thinkers from around the globe working on issues ranging from debt, tax justice, aid, private finance, the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and global monetary reform.

Starting with a keynote conversation by Dr. Murat Ademyr, the event will move to dialogue labs that will include, among others, Dr. Eliza Steinbock, photographer Emilie Jouvet, film maker Gala Vanting and sexologist Peter Leusink.

Warwick Institute of Advanced Study and Connecting Cultures Global Research Programme present: The Cultural Translation of Sexuality in European Context: a One Day Seminar

The aim of the workshop, starting from participants own research interests, is to provide an open space for participants to develop a meaningful conversation on the future and possibility of interdisciplinary research in gender and sexuality studies.

MENA Regional Training for Sexual and Reproductive Rights Advocates

This programme is designed for professionals involved in policy planning, implementation and evaluation, including policy makers, development practitioners, public service managers, parliament staff and government officials.

Recognising Diversity?: Gender and Sexual Equalities In Principle and Practice is organised by Sally Hines and Stefanie Boulila from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, University of Leeds.

Evidence is an activist's most powerful asset. Used well, it can transform even the most difficult advocacy effort into an initiative that influences perceptions and actions around an important issue. People who are nationals of countries that don't need visas to enter Italy have until April 15th, 2013 to apply.

Register to participate in the CSO Development Effectiveness Training of Trainers taking place 24-27 June 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa! 

FIAN International and ETO Consortium in cooperation with Austrian NGOs convening an NGO Conference to strengthen the Human Rights movement globally. Central aim of the NGO conference is to formulate a strong NGO declaration “Vienna+20”.

In partnership with UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality and UNDP, Karama calls for applicants to a four-day training of trainers (ToT) focused on leveraging the UN Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1880, and 1889 specifically to increase women’s political representation and roles in decision-making in the Arab states.

LAGESEC 2013 is an interdisciplinary summer school focusing on language, gender, and sexuality and its implications for citizenship in the geopolitical area of the Balkans.

This summer, Ladies Learning Code sponsors HackerYou and Shopify are teaming up to give a group of aspiring developers from anywhere in the world the learning experience of a lifetime.

During the past half year members of WIDE+ have worked on writing down the vision, mission, governance structure and strategies for the new network WIDE+. In the upcoming meeting members will take decisions on these issues, and further discuss the course of strategic and operational actions.

The course focuses on specific issues related to disability and community-based rehabilitation in the context of development.

The popular Gender Training Workshop seeks to provide workshop participants with a solid understanding & skills in core concepts, gender analysis frameworks and gender strategies that can improve the effectiveness of your organization’s programmes and projects in working with women and men, boys and girls.

Intensive lectures and master classes. Afternoon seminars with the lecturers; all particfipants are required to prepare a paper and will have the opportunity to present and discuss it with all the other participants and receive direct input from the lecturers.

The CSBR Sexuality Institute brings together leading sexual and reproductive rights activists, academics and researchers and include lectures, group work, round-tables, panels, site visits and film screenings, as well as a methodology to engage participants' own experiences around sexuality.

WOCAN has developed a powerful and effective course - Reframing Leadership for Gender Equality - based on its extensive experience of gender and leadership development within agriculture and natural resource environments.

The main focus of the upcoming IASSCS International Conference will be the increasing commodification of social and sexual relationships, in both sexual/erotic and emotional dimensions.