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TUEWAS Women Expert Database

The TUEWAS Women Expert database is a crowd-sourced database of women experts working in transport, energy, water, environment/climate, and urbanism. As women are notoriously underrepresented in Asian scientific conferences and policy events, as well as consultancy work, especially those not

Gender month & IWD in GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS

AI for All: African and Arab Feminist Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence

AI for All: African and Arab Feminist Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence  (MS TEAMS, moderated panel discussion, 18. March, 11:30 – 13:00 CET)  Recent dynamics in AI development have fired euphoria and dystopian fears alike. AI’s interaction with gender relations and

Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups

Strengthening youth and children participation in Climate change policy

Professionals of the Future Project: Competences for Green Economy

Promoting gender equality in TVET

Mejorando la persecución penal y la resocialización en casos de violencia de género en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

GEMEINSAM STARK FÜR KAMERUNISCHE FRAUEN IM DIGITALSEKTOR

Empowering FemPreneurs in Togo through digital offline learning

AI and Data Science Bootcamp for Women* and Minorities by FAIR Forward

A Feminist Lens to Food Security in Cambodia

Arabia Felix Brand

Build Women’s Skills in Construction

Breaking ground: Empowering Indigenous Women as Guardians of Biodiversity in Laos

Joint Gender Transformative Approaches Working Group (GTA-WG)

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INA goes Feminist

Technical Support for the Comprehensive Technical Education Initiative with Egypt – TCTI

Gender Mainstreaming and Inclusion – Creating Impacts for East Africans

Digitalization and Women in Tech in Rwanda

Destination WEE in ICT in Jordan

Strengthening Education and Health Services for Refugees and Host Communities in Pakistan (EHS) “Transforming Lives through Leadership of Afghan Women for Equitable Access to Health & Education”

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Breaking Chains, Building Voices: Gender Transformative Approaches in Plastic Waste Management for Inclusive and Sustainable Communities- Trivandrum

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Indo-German Energy Programme – Access to Energy in Rural Areas (IGEN ACCESS)

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Revolutionizing Urban Mobility through Gender Transformative Interventions in India

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Madagascar Gender Month 2023

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DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality

The GIZ Vocational Training Sri Lanka (VTSL) project, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), aims to align vocational training with the local market demands. The project

Innovation and Technology in Bangladesh for Gender Equality

On 14 March 2023, GIZ Bangladesh came together to commemorate International Women’s Day and Gender Month. The event focused on digitalisation, technology and innovation and its potential for enhancing gender equality and digital and economic empowerment.   Ms. Nina Clausing,

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International Women’s Day event – Karachi (Sindh)

The event will celebrate women’s stories from the Urban Cohesion Hub (UCH) project in Karachi (Sindh) and advocate for better inclusion and acceptance of women refugees in the local social and economic landscape.

International Women’s Day event – Quetta (Balochistan)

International Women’s day celebration and young girls (both Afghan refugees and host communities) graduation ceremony of I.T Course and English language course in Quetta (Balochistan).

Gender Month Events of the Regional Programmes E4D and WE4D

GIZ GENDER MONTH 2023 Events organised by the ‘Employment and Skills for Development in Africa (E4D)’ and the ‘Employment promotion for women for the green transformation in Africa (WE4D)’ programmes   Together with the programmes‘ regional partners in sub-Saharan Africa,

Table ronde “digitalisation et inlcusion”

Ensemble, nous allons nous plonger dans un sujet qui a plus d’actualité que jamais: celui de la digitalisation. Dans unc adre convivial et interactif, nous allons revoir les concepts de base, discuter les opportunités et les défis qu’y sont liés

Gender Equality Week Egypt – DIVERSITY – Digital Access for ALL.

DIVERSITY – Day 2 German Gender Equality Week is organized by GIZ Egypt’s InnoPA project and aims at gathering insights of relevant stakeholders of the Egyptian digital society on key values and principles for digital inclusion. Sessions will address how

Girls’ Day in Ninh Thuan province, Viet Nam

On 1/4/2023, an experience day for female students is organised by Ninh Thuan Vocational College that is supported by the Vietnamese-German Programme “Reform of TVET in Viet Nam” to become the first training centre on renewable energies in Viet Nam.

Let´s shout out “Women, AHEAD!”

Awareness Campaign: Women, AHEAD! Women all over Africa are excelling in their fields and fighting for women’s rights every day. They are feminists, actively or unconsciously paving the way for others and overcoming stereotypes and discrimination. On the lead-up to

Social media awareness campaign – via employee-generated-content (EGC)- conveying our stand for Gender Equity and Inclusion

At the GIZ-Pakistan Country Office level, we are planning a social media awareness campaign – via employee-generated-content (EGC) – conveying our stand for Gender Equity and Inclusion. We aim to publish content on a daily basis throughout March on Twitter and

Lauching Central Asia Feminist Development Team

We are launching our CAFD Team. Our mission is to raise awareness about feminist development policy; inform and support the operationalisation of feminist development policiy in our work across Central Asia and to set an example of creative and innovative

#hackathon basé sur les solutions vocales (#IVR : Interactive Voice Response)

Les projets d’appui au Centre de Transformation Digitale (CTD) de la GIZ  Bénin organisent la Journée de l’Inclusion Numérique et du Genre (JING 2023) le 08 Mars 2023. Dans ce contexte, un #hackathon basé sur les solutions vocales (#IVR :

Rethinking the digital economy for gender justice and decent work

GIZ’s project ‘Future of Work’ and ILO invite you to the webinar series, taking a closer look at the realities and future of women’s work in the digital economy. After a very successful first session, the second webinar will take

“Support of Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia (SRECA)” brings together Chinese, German and Mongolian women entrepreneurs

In 2022, “Support of Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia (SRECA)” brings together Chinese, German and Mongolian women entrepreneurs for the second time.  Last year, the SRECA project, which is implemented by GIZ on behalf of the BMZ, initiated a triangular

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The Women Development and Training Centres in Libya (WDTC)
A space run BY WOMEN FOR WOMEN

ADVANCING WOMEN IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
– A MULTILEVEL PATH FOR A GENDER-EQUITABLE ENERGY TRANSITIO

Femmes et MakerSpaces

Du 01 au 05 Mars 2022, une vingtaine de femmes a pris part à une activité de prototypage au Makerspaces de la Commune de Garoua 2, au Nord du Cameroun. Venant de différent corps de métiers, elles se sont familiarisés

Experience sharing

Experience sharing by projects and the HR Department on how they integrate gender/promote gender equality in their work.

Safe Access to Digitalization for Women in Syria

Design Thinking (Pensamiento de diseño). Capacidades de mujeres de comunidades indígena-originarias para codiseño de tecnologías con energías modernas – un enfoque sensitivo a género –

Gender Promotions in technical Careers

Parent Teacher Councils-PTCs

GIZ Gender Award 2022 3rd Prize GG1 category

WOMEN KHULI KACHERI & FACILITATION DESK TO INCREASE THE ENGAGEMENT OF WOMEN TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY

Women Innovation Camp 2021:
Promoting Gender Equality through the Collaboration with the Private Sector

Setting up of Integrated Support Platform for Women Entrepreneurship in Kochi

Women going Digital – Business Scouts for Development

Die HerausforderungBei gleichem Ausbildungsniveau und identisch hoher Teilnahme am formellen Arbeitsmarkt von Frauen im Vergleich zu Männern könnte das weltweite Wirtschaftswachstum bis zu 20 Billionen US-Dollar höher sein als es heute der Fall ist. Dieses Ungleichgewicht schlägt sich in vielen

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#SmartDevelopmentDay

For more information and to register visit this site: #smartdevelopmentday – Scaling innovation in an interconnected world (d4dhub.eu)

Tackling the gender digital divide – insights from #eSkills4Girls in South Africa

8th March, 15.00-15.50 CET Join the session here Digital development offers the opportunity for human rights-based sustainable development. In particular, women in all their diversity and further marginalized groups can use the Internet to develop their potential in education, employment,

Initiation au Marketing Digital pour les femmes du Moungo

Dans le cadre de la célébration de la journée internationale de la Femme, nous avons choisi d’appuyer avec ActivSpaces les femmes qui avaient participé aux trois jours de formation sur le Marketing Digital fin novembre 2021 à Nkongsamba 3ème pour

Does AI advance gender equality? The effects of AI on the working lives of women

When: March 11th, 9.30-1015 Where: Online via this Teams link Are AI and Gender Equality Friends or Foes? Globally, studies show that women in the labor force are paid less, hold fewer senior positions and participate less in science, technology,

How to grow women-led ventures

Women face special challenges when starting and growing a business. Accelerators provide mentorship and training. However, many are unduly tailored to the needs of men. Including more women as mentors, investors, and jury members can help to attract more women

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#YoTambienMeQuedoenlaEscuela

9 March | 18.00 CET | online event for GIZ staff |
Workshop to raise awareness on the importance of learning as well as promoting dual education as an alternative staying in school.

Gender Meets Tech: Young Iraqi startups develop digital solutions to end gender-based violence

11 March 2021 | 13.00 CET | virtual public event |
Two GIZ project will discuss their jointly implemented online hackathon to find innovative digital solutions to prevent violence against women and girls in Iraq.

GIZ India : Gender Market Place : ”When ‘Attitude Meets Action”

GIZ India Gender Day 2020 : When ”Attitude Meets Action”  We at GIZ India kicked off the Gender Week 2020 with a Gender Breakfast Meeting organized on Monday, 3rd March by the project – Womens Economic Empowerment (Her&Now). The Breakfast meeting focused

Pakistan: Gender Disparities in Local labour Market

Background   Evidence-based employment policy-making requires identifying and quantifying the best practices and inefficiencies in the job market, such as underutilization of skilled workforce and lack of decent job opportunities. This is the first step in designing employment policies aimed

Ethiopia: The Female Innovator Support Group Hawassa, Ethiopia (FIS) & Its expansion to further Universities

GIZ Sustainable Training & Education Programme (STEP II), GIZ Ethiopia 1. Introduction – How it started and what we have achieved so fare The GIZ Sustainable Education and Training Programme of Ethiopia (STEP) is mainly active in the areas Higher

Mexico: GIRLS’ DAY MÉXICO: GÉNERO EN LA FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL DUAL

Programa Desarrollo del Modelo Mexicano de Formación Dual (MMFD) Presentado por José Medrano y Alfonso Figueroa I. Fomento a la igualdad de género La educación es un eje central para el desarrollo humano. De la formación depende en buena medida

Economy Wins When Women Work – “E4W” : PAKISTAN

Pakistan is an enormously diverse, multiethnic and multicultural society characterized by uneven development and distribution of resources. There are massive inequalities along social strata, regions, religions, gender and urban-rural manifestations. By international comparison, Pakistan is one of the countries with

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GIZ Ecuador Programmes ProCamBío II and PreViMujer support women at event in Esmeraldas

On 8th March, GIZ Ecuador Programmes Procambío II and Previmujer jointly participated in the Muisne Municipality Forum on the occasion of the International Women´s Day. The event, organized by the Spanish NGO Paz y Desarrollo, gathered together around 300 participants.

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“Empowerment goes Digital” auf dem Digital Gateway

Empowerment goes Digital! Digital technologies open up undreamt-of possibilities and at the same time harbour the risk of reproducing or even exacerbating existing inequalities. Our new Trend-Topic provides suggestions on how this can be avoided, shows what kind of gender-specific differences

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DUFUNA-FEM Code Camp: Software development training programme preparing female students for tech careers in Nigeria

There are many obstacles for women who want to build tech careers in Nigeria. However, programmes particularly focusing on female trainees encourage women who might otherwise not have considered joining. It is also noticeable that employers are particularly keen on

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Berlin: Gleichberechtigung- Was bringt sie, was kostet sie?

„Welt im Wandel“ – eine Veranstaltungsreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH und des Verlags Der Tagesspiegel GmbH Die Benachteiligung von Frauen im Wirtschaftsleben ist eine Realität. Weltweit leisten Frauen 66 Prozent der Arbeit, haben aber nur zehn

GIZ India : Digital Transformation Together – Leave No One Behind

GIZ India organized a Gender Café on ‘Digital Transformation Together- Leave No One Behind’.  Connectivity doesn’t always equalise opportunity. The overarching vision of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development is inclusive and sustainable growth with its promise to ‘leave no

Yemen: Games4Peace to be the hero Yemen needs

” As a female gamer, women are greatly unrepresented and even often shown as weak. It was very important to me as a woman to make sure that women are given equal representation as well as empowerment” – Lujaine, Gamer

Competition „Empowerment of women through digital solutions“ – 3 winners announced!

At the end of 2016, the sectoral program „Promoting Gender equality and women’s rights” launched the GIZ-wide competition “Empowerment of women through digital solutions“ calling for proposals of measures that use an innovative “digital solution” which specifically strengthens women and

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Gender Quiz Benin

Event Documentation: Gender Quiz: A “questions and answers” game aimed to raising the awareness, participation and reflection of the project staff around the theme of gender equality. Candidates from each site (Parakou, Bohicon and Cotonou) competed in 3 successive rounds

#Code4Equality – Mitbestimmung, Teilhabe und Repräsentation für Frauen und Mädchen durch digitale Technologien

Event Dokumentation: Die GIZ Bonn hat im Rahmen der GIZ-Genderwoche 2017 zur Veranstaltung #Code4Equality – Mitbestimmung, Teilhabe und Repräsentation für Frauen und Mädchen durch digitale Technologien eingeladen. Der digitale Wandel hat Arbeitswelt und Alltagsgestaltung, Kommunikations- und Informationsmöglichkeiten verändert. Auch in