Upcoming Events
Past Events
When Girls and Young Women Lead: Supporting Girls and Young Women's Inclusion in Decision-Making
This event will focus on the voices of girls and young women who are advocates for gender equality in their countries. They will share their personal experiences of trying to influence decision-making processes and which issues global leaders should prioritise to ensure that girls and young women all over the world can have a seat at the table.
Launch of the International Gender Champions Impact Group on Research and Oceans for Women
This Impact Group on Research and Oceans for Women is being established to enhance international cooperation towards concrete and transformative action to ensure that women actively participate and are able to engage at leadership and decision-making levels in all fields of ocean science and research, and ocean industries. All members of IGC are invited to join the launch and work with the group.
Online Workshop: Parental Leave in the UN System
The International Gender Champions and U.N. Parents cordially invite you to an interactive online workshop on parental leave in the UN System, on Thursday, 2 June 2022, from 15:00 to 16:15 CET, via Zoom Application.
“Who Cares” Gender humanitarian action exhibition
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum's (MICR) new exhibition called “Who Cares” looks at the history of humanitarian action through the lens of gender and diversity.
UN Women, CEB, Group of Friends to Eliminate Sexual Harassment and UN Secretariat: P2P learning dialogue on "Making Zero Tolerance a Reality: Tackling Sexual Harassment in the Field and Beyond"
Join the next peer-to-peer learning dialogue on the latest work of the Chief Executives Board (CEB) Task Force on Addressing Sexual Harassment within the Organizations of the UN System, as well as civil society partners and UN Member States.
The UN System, together with external experts, will discuss good practices and efforts being undertaken to tackle sexual harassment in the field, through a victims’-rights based approach.
The UN System, together with external experts, will discuss good practices and efforts being undertaken to tackle sexual harassment in the field, through a victims’-rights based approach.
Voices of Hope: Realities of Afghan Women
The BKMC’s online roundtable "Voices of Hope: Realities of Afghan Women" on 25 May 5 pm CEST seeks to raise awareness for the situation of Afghan women on the ground and spotlight local women’s activism as well as the international Afghan diaspora and their efforts in fighting for sustainable peace.
International Gender Champions - Panel Discussion: Strategies for achieving international accountability for SGBV in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Embassies of Canada, The Kingdom of Sweden, and the Commonwealth of Australia wish to invite you to attend a meeting of the IGC Den Haag Hub International Justice Impact Group.
This discussion will bring together key legal academics with expertise in international criminal law & gender, including on forced pregnancy, sexual slavery, and other forms of SGBV, to explore strategies to support the effective investigation and prosecution of SGBV crimes in Ukraine. It will include consideration of how the Murad Code Global Initiative can help support safe, effective and survivor-centric gathering of information about conflict-related sexual violence, and how to use that information to build solid and gender-responsive domestic and international criminal prosecutions.
This discussion will bring together key legal academics with expertise in international criminal law & gender, including on forced pregnancy, sexual slavery, and other forms of SGBV, to explore strategies to support the effective investigation and prosecution of SGBV crimes in Ukraine. It will include consideration of how the Murad Code Global Initiative can help support safe, effective and survivor-centric gathering of information about conflict-related sexual violence, and how to use that information to build solid and gender-responsive domestic and international criminal prosecutions.
CCPCJ 31 MT side event "Combating and criminalising GBV, including Femicide", Tue 17/5 13:10 - 14:00
In the margins of the forthcoming 31st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations Organisations in Vienna will be hosting a virtual side event, with the support of Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section and the UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch, entitled “Combating and criminalising Gender-based Violence, including Femicide”. The event will be taking place on Tuesday, 17 May 2022 from 13:10 – 14:00 on the Zoom platform. Registration is encouraged but not required.