Events
It's Time: Addressing Sexual Violence in Political Institutions
It's Time: Addressing Sexual Violence in Political Institutions
Join Young Women's Leadership Network as they release the research and resources on addressing sexual violence within political institutions.
With a provincial election on the horizon in…
WPL Summit 2018
WPL Summit 2018
It’s about time! 100 reasons to act!
The WPL Summit, co-hosted by Seimas, the Parliament of Lithuania, will bring together female Heads of State and Government, Ministers, Parliamentarians and Mayors…
An Introduction to Gender Budgeting
An Introduction to Gender Budgeting
The event will serve as introduction to gender responsive budgeting (GRB) by analysing key concepts and tools. It will analyse GRB as a strategic tool to boost gender…
Promoting the political participation of women with disabilities
Promoting the political participation of women with disabilities
According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately one billion persons with disabilities worldwide. This amounts to some 15 per cent of the population, half of them women. At the…
VOA Critical Issues Roundtable: Women in Politics Around the World
VOA Critical Issues Roundtable: Women in Politics Around the World
A growing number of women around the globe are jumping headfirst into politics. They are volunteering, organizing, rallying, participating and running for office to bring about what they see as much-…
Online streaming of the documentary "Burden of Peace" in April
Online streaming of the documentary "Burden of Peace" in April
Streaming throughout April on SIMA RAMA, Burden of Peace follows Guatemala’s first female Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz in her fight against impunity. Faced with a system that has permitted…
CSW Side Event on "“The Role of Parliaments as Partners in Women, Peace and Security”
CSW Side Event on "“The Role of Parliaments as Partners in Women, Peace and Security”
For the 62nd Session of the Commission of the Status on Women, the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, the United National Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Civil…
Launch Event at CSW 62: A Practitioner’s Toolkit on Women’s Access to Justice Programming
Launch Event at CSW 62: A Practitioner’s Toolkit on Women’s Access to Justice Programming
Under the priority theme: “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls,” the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (…
Side Event at CSW 62 on fighting violence against women in politics
Side Event at CSW 62 on fighting violence against women in politics
Collective work to eliminate VAWP must become a global matter of priority. Building on their ongoing collaboration on the subject and on their expressed commitment to address the issue, the Special…