The Gender Lecture Series ‘Know the GAP! Looking for Gender Parity’ is organized by
Prof. Elisa Fornalé who is leading the SNSF-funded research project ‘Gender Equality in the Mirror (GEM): Clothing the Invisibility of Women’s Participation at International Level’ housed at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern.

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the Government of Canada invite you to an interactive side event marking the launch of UNIDIR’s new report Women Managing Weapons: Perspectives for Increasing Women’s Participation in Weapons and Ammunition Management.

On the occasion of the Paris Generation Equality Forum (GEF), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in partnership with the French National Assembly and Senate, will be holding a side event on the theme Parliaments Act for Equal. The event will take place virtually on Friday 2 July 2021, from 10:40 to 11:25 CEST.

Two Vienna-based International Gender Champions, H.E. Ambassador Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the International Organizations in Vienna and Executive Director Elena Sokova of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation will come together with members of the CTBT Youth Group, Ms Naledi Daka, Mr Sahil Shah, and Ms Mingqi Xie to discuss effective ways for meaningful youth involvement in the current world agenda. 

The International Gender Champions Disarmament Impact Group and the BWC Implementation Support Unit welcome you to an interactive discussion on the relevance of gender perspectives to the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention.

The Secretariat is an information session for Champions and Focal Points on Monday 28th June at 15.00 to explain why the new IGC GBV Pledge has been developed, what we hope to achieve and how you can each contribute to its effective implementation.

Launching event of the ‘ILO Action Week on Convention No. 190’. This high-level dialogue will mark the momentous entering into force of Convention No.190 and elicit a call for a renewed commitment and ambitious actions to accelerating progress to prevent, address and end violence and harassment in the world of work for all.

Jointly organized by the CEB Task Force on Addressing Sexual Harassment, the UN Secretariat and UN Women

Domestic violence, also called domestic abuse or intimate partner violence, is any pattern of behavior that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. It encompasses all physical, sexual, emotional, economic and psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This is one of the most common forms of violence experienced by women globally.

Domestic violence, also called domestic abuse or intimate partner violence, is any pattern of behavior that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. It encompasses all physical, sexual, emotional, economic and psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This is one of the most common forms of violence experienced by women globally.