News
Gender Equality and International Justice – Turning Theory into Practice
Den Haag Champions shared experiences and lessons learned on turning broader gender priorities into concrete practice, both within government and international justice institutions.
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
An opinion piece by IGC Champion Melinda Reed, Executive Director, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ)
COVID-19: Quarantine Measures and Their Impact on Domestic Violence
In a webinar hosted by the Co-chairs of the IGC Justice Impact Group in The Hague, Ambassador Annika Markovic and Ambassador Lisa Helfand, experts took a closer look at one particular challenge of the ongoing pandemic: domestic violence.
The Growing Power of Women in Business – The Italian Experience
Italian Ambassador to the Netherlands and International Gender Champion, H.E. Andrea Perugini shares his experience of creating a network of women entrepreneurs and developing practical guidelines to promote gender equality.
Events
UNCTAD Call for Applications: Online course on Trade and Gender
The course targets policymakers, academics from universities and research centres, and representatives of civil society in developing and least developed countries involved in policy formulation and implementation, research, teaching, advocacy or field work in the area of trade and gender.
Making zero tolerance a reality: preventing and eliminating sexual harassment online
Jointly organized by the CEB Task Force on Addressing Sexual Harassment, the UN Secretariat and UN Women
From commitment to reality: Building forward a world of work free from violence and harassment
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.
Den Haag Champions
Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Switzerland to The Netherlands
