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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…
Launch Event of the German Federal Foreign Office Guidelines on Feminist Foreign Policy
@Federal Foreign Office On 1 March 2023, 14:00h – 15:00h CET the German Federal Foreign Office will launch its Guidelinies on Feminist Foreign Policy. The event, which will be hosted by Foreign Minister Baerbock, will take place in the Weltsaal of…
Gender Equality in GIZ – Where Do We Stand?
Gender Equality in GIZ – Where Do We Stand? 13th March, 11.30PM CET via MS Teams (Link to the event) Do you wonder about the status of gender equality in GIZ? About whether we reached gender parity in our workforce…
White Feminism Part II: Against White Feminism – a panel discussion with Rafia Zakaria
The Equal Opportunitites Team at GIZ is happy to host the second part of our two-part series on White Feminism on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2023, 15:00-16:15 CET. Acclaimed journalist and writer Rafia Zakaria, author of “Against White Feminism”,…
Daycare Center as A Coping Mechanism for Working Parents in Dhaka City: A Study on Social Perception
With the increasing female employment and changing demographical structure, parents are looking for alternative childcare options. Thus the service of daycare centers is getting popular in urban settings of Bangladesh. A study by Tabassum (2017) attempts to find out the…
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United in diversity against gender-based violence: GIZ Bangladesh celebrates 16 days of activism
Every year, the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign reminds us to take a stand against violence. The global campaign begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and continues through 10…
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MenstruAction – From Enthusiasm to Action: See how the GIZ Staff Initiative joined the Global Menstrual Health and Hygiene Movement
Update! Find the newest version of the MenstruAction publication here: FINAL-GIZ_MenstruAction-Publication-2023-03-20-WEB-SP Just in time for Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28th May, the GIZ Staff Initiative MenstruAction celebrates the journey from its beginnings until today in a new GIZ publication, illustrating…
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GIZ Bangladesh -Gender Equality for a Sustainable Tomorrow
GIZ Bangladesh Gender Working Group (GWG) observed the International Women’s Day 2022 by hosting an online event on 8 March. With the theme “Gender Equality for a Sustainable Tomorrow”, the discussion centred around why feminism as a concept is good for…
Genderrollen transformieren, Gleichberechtigung erreichen
GIZ Gender Award 2022 1st Prize GM category
A contribution of the Gender Circle – GIZ Morocco: Promoting Gender Diversity in companies as a key performance driver – starting with ourselves!
French version below
Tejiendo la transformación:
Procesos integrales para la igualdad de
género en GIZ Portafolio SICA.
GIZ Gender Award 2022 2nd Prize GM category
Leadership has no gender
Contribution by GIZ Viet Nam’s Gender Circle 1. Corporate culture (50% of marks) Gender equality is a key value and part of how we see ourselves. Describe your contribution, i.e. the measures, processes and/or approaches you use to make gender…
A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL Makes a great workplace
1. Corporate culture (50% of marks) Gender equality is a key value and part of how we see ourselves. Describe your contribution, i.e. the measures, processes and/or approaches you use to make gender equality visible as part of our corporate…
Intersectional Diversity Management Initiative
“Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects. It’s not simply that there’s a race problem here, a gender problem here, and a class or LGBTQ+ problem there. Many…
Intégration de la dimension du genre dans l’entreprise (GIZ-NIGER)
Introduction Le “genre”, les “études de genre”, “l’approche de genre” sont des notions parfois mal comprises par les populations. Transposé de l’anglais “Gender”, le genre est un concept sociologique désignant les “rapports sociaux de sexe” et de façon concrète, l’analyse…
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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Shaking up the Status Quo, Shaping Gender-Transformative Change! Read the latest GTA publication
How do we effectively work towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in our projects? Read the latest publication of the SNRD working group on Gender-Transformative Approaches (GTA) to find out! As part of SNRD Africa and the Sector Network Natural Resources and…
Posted in Gender Week Blog Tagged with: EconomicEmpowerment, GenderEquality, GenderTransformativeApproaches, Rural development, SNRD, Women Economic Empowerment
We can only achieve it together! GIZ colleagues from more than 28 countries join hands for a world free of period poverty and stigma
No one should be kept from realizing their full potential because they menstruate! GIZ colleagues worldwide – from interns to the Chair of the Management Board – raise their hands to support the cause. Just as the red…
Posted in Gender Week Blog Tagged with: Awareness Raising, GenderEquality, Health, MenstrualHygiene, Menstruation, ReproductiveHealth, WASH
Achievements and Challenges of women in Rwanda
8 March | Virtual event |
Sessions, discussions and music
Unconscious bias: You think you know them all? – Test yourself!
12 March | 10.00-11.00 CET | Online event for GIZ staff |
Interactive session on stereotypes and prejudices that are obstacles to an inclusive work environment.
“Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”
9 March | all morning | physical event for GIZ staff in Uganda |
Awareness and engagement event to galvanize support for gender mainstreaming and programming in Uganda.
Introducción a Temas de Género y Lenguaje Incluyente (closed group)
10 March | 22.20 CET | Administrative staff in Mexico |
Introduce the administrative staff to Gender issues and inclusive language around administrative processes.
Mujeres indígenas, acceso a la justicia y COVID-19
12 March | 19.00 CET | online event for GIZ staff |
Reflect on the justiciability of the rights of indigenous women in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Oaxaca; in order to mainstream the perspectives of interculturality; racism, gender and legal pluralism in its various lines of work.
Violencia Doméstica contra Mujeres y Niñas en tiempos de COVID-19
12 March | 17.30 CET | online event for GIZ staff |
Share the results of an analytical model to record domestic violence in municipalities of Mexico according to the profile of the women who report it and the contextual factors.
Micromachismos y la Guía del Buen Aliado
11 March | 23.59 CET | Good Governance Cluster & Gender Working Group Mexico |
Understand the conceptual bases of micromachisms, how they work and how to dismantle them through simple actions.
Taller de lenguaje inclusivo
10 March | 23.59 CET | Gender working group Mexico |
Session with practical exercises on how to incorporate inclusive language, workshop limited to 25 people from the GIZ Mexico staff, mainly personnel with communication activities.
Plática sobre los fundamentos básicos del lenguaje inclusivo
10 March | 23.00 CET | GIZ Mexico |
Join us in a brief talk about the abc of inclusive language, what it is and how we can use it in our day to day.
Intersectionality 101
10 March | 11.00-12.00 CET| Online event for GIZ staff and partners – presentations attached |
We will be unpacking concepts of intersectionality as a framework for project implementation and the working environment.
GIZ El Salvador: ¡2021 Junt@s!
9 March | for GIZ El Salvador only |
Experience and knowledge exchange and presentation of the national GIZ Gender Committee and Gender Action Plan 2021
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Gender Day Online Meet 2021
11 March | 10.00-11.00 CET | public virtual event |
Join in to discuss how the pandemic has affected Equality, what we can and should do given our work and how to progress towards a gender equal world.
Mes de la Equidad, la Igualdad y la Justicia de Género en la GIZ Bolivia y Paraguay
All week | private events for GIZ Paraguay and Bolivia staff and one public song competition |
One week full of activities, events and competitions about gender equality
The implications of Emerging Tech on Gender Equality – Workshop
14 April | 09.30 – 11.30 CET | this is a virtual event with limited spaces – RSVP by email to register |
In this Workshop, we want to understand the implications of disruptive technologies concerning gender equality. Together we will outline the impact on gender equality that may infer from the technologies listed in the Tech Detector.
Pakistan: Gender Week 2021
All week | time TBD | these are private events for GIZ Pakistan |
GIZ Pakistan has designed several physical and virtual activities and events for this gender week.
Women´s Economic Empowerment in Africa (WEE) – Working towards Gender Equality in times of COVID-19
1 March | 10.00 – 12.00 CET | Public virtual event – watch recording here |
As many Covid-19 measures build on existing social and economic structures which are not gender-neutral, the effects of the pandemic affect African women particularly hard.
GIZ Bangladesh observes 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
On 10 December 2020, the Gender Working Group of GIZ Bangladesh hosted “Voices against Violence”, marking the conclusion of this year’s 16 Days of Activism campaign. The international campaign began on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of…
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Stereotypes + Violence – the thematic afternoon with a gender perspective at the GIZ
The unequal treatment based on one persons sex, is a common and transversal phenomenon throughout the world, an injustice that we must fight for every day, particularly on International Women’s Day on which people all over the world have been…
Internal event: Reflections on Gender in GIZ El Salvador
Firstly, the results of the survey on gender in our business culture (that was conducted in 2019) and the gender action plan for 2020 are presented, and there is a space for discussion and feedback on the results of the…
Participación socio política con equidad en Guatemala
Participantes: Colaboradores y colaboradoras de la GIZ Guatemala, personal nacional y expertos CIM de los proyectos y programas. Panelistas invitadas: Diputada al Congreso de la República-Andrea Villagrán y Dra. Ana Silvia Monzón -Docente de Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala…
Estrategia de género. Avances y desafíos
Jornada “Estrategia de Género. Avances y desafíos” En la GIZ Paraguay celebraremos el Día Internacional de la Mujer con una jornada de trabajo para analizar nuestras acciones en el marco de la Estrategia de Género 2019 y mejorar nuestra comunicación…
WOMEN IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
“Mulheres e Educação Profissional: Desafios, sucessos e lições para o futuro” The Education Programme of GIZ Mozambiques celebrates Gender Equality with a focus on professional training (TVET). Therefore, an event will be held in Maputo including panel debates and a…
Make a Statement – Gender Photo corner
Colleagues are invited to make a statement and raise awareness against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. The Photo Corner at country office calls for joint action, collaboration and creativity. Photo corner – make a Statement
Lady`s Breakfast – GIZ NA celebrates International Women’s day
Panel Discussion on “Zebra style politics and women’s rights – How has this approach contributed towards curbing cultural barriers to gender equality?” Complementing the GIZ Gender Week 2020, GIZ Namibia organised a Panel Discussion where a group of four experts…
Let`s Talk – Gender Inequality at Work
Interactive, fun and practical session which aims to explore opportunities of how men can contribute towards gender equality at the workplace. Sea detailed programme here: Let’s talk Masculinity & Gender_04.03
Gender “Get to know your rights” Workshop
GIZ Arusha, Tanzania Please see the flyer for more information
Roundtable on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
Organizing Roundtable on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment with Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy The objectie of the event is to open a discussion with the lead Governmental representatives and governmental body in charge…
Sex-Disaggregated Data Collection Mechanism
Workshop on Internal GIZ CO Sex-Disaggregated Data Collection Mechanism. The objective of the workshop is to prepare the project staff nominated for collection of the sex-disaggregated data for use of the system (excel-based software templates) that is going to be…
Gender Equality Strategy
PRESENTATION OF THE GIZ COUNTRY OFFICE GENDER EQUALITY STRATEGY 2020-2024. The Strategy will be presented to GIZ CO staff members including the members of the Management Team. The objective is to achieve ownership by the staff, lobby for time and…
Inclusion Initiative Pakistan
Gender Equity in Pakistan: “There is No Tool for Development More Effective Than the Empowerment of Women” says United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Though women constitute 49% of Pakistan’s population, they constitute only 24% of the labour force. According…
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…
Vernissage #ClosingTheGenderGap
Vernissage #ClosingTheGenderGap The interactive and multi-media exhibition #ClosingTheGenderGAP – Sustainable Development needs Gender Equality showcases the worldwide commitment of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development for the promotion of gender equality. After a short introduction you will have…
GIZ Gender Award Ceremony
GIZ Gender-Award Ceremony In 2019 almost twice as many teams applied for the GIZ Gender Award 2020 as two years ago, exceeding all our expectations. The 120 applications received are an impressive testimony to our commitment and our contribution to…
International Women’s Day 2019
Dear colleagues, On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, on behalf of GIZ Laos, we are glad to invite you to GIZ Laos at the Lao-German House (GIZ Office Vientiane) on 18 March 2019 at 2.30 pm. The objective…
Semana de Gênero, GIZ no Brasil / Gender-week GIZ Brazil
Entre 11 e 15 de março, o Grupo de Trabalho (GT) Gênero da GIZ proporcionou um período de muito aprendizado para todos/as nós. Foi uma semana linda na qual se homenageou e se relembrou, de diferentes formas, a luta por…
Tagged with: Women's Empowerment
GIZ a TOP-Performer – Global Health 50/50 Report 2019
The independent Global Health 50/50 Initiative is associated to the Centre for Gender and Global Health at the University College London. It promotes, tracks and regularly reports on initiatives and global efforts to improve health worldwide. Its 2019 report entitled…
Posted in Gender Week Blog, Year 2019 Tagged with: GenderAtGIZ, GenderAward, GenderEquality, GenderMainstreaming
„Gender equality is not a danger, but an opportunity”
„Pippi Langstrumpf is the strongest woman I know” – Day of activities and fun on topic of gender equality On 7th of March’s GIZ Jordan Day, the gender working group (GWG) took the opportunity to celebrate the International Women’s Day,…
Tagged with: Gender Strategy
Addressing different attitudes towards gender roles and changing gender roles in the household – lively discussions, a creative competition and a final event around Gender Equality
For GIZ, the promotion of gender equality is not only a commitment, but a guiding principle and a quality feature of its work. GIZ Rwanda, through the One Mainstreaming Team is organizing a Gender Month, which is dedicated to reflect…
Livestream: GIZ Gender-Slam: Gender Reloaded
We organize a screening of the GIZ Gender-Slam: Gender Reloaded. Staff of GIZ Pakistan are invited to learn about the new gender strategy. Afterwards, there is opportunity for discussions and exchange on our sunny terrace.
Charla bimodal sobre equidad de género
En sintonía con el lema de la estrategia actualizada de género y recientemente difundida “Género recargado: La visión necesita actitud y la actitud se encuentra con la acción”, se realizará una charla de sensibilización en temas de género, especialmente para las…
Commemoration of International Women’s Day Café + Talk
Commemoration of International Women’s Day among all women in GIZ to reflect on the current state of social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women in Chile and around the world. Besides asking ourselves, what is the origin of this…
La nouvelle stratégie genre de la GIZ
La nouvelle stratégie genre de la GIZ : Une foire interactive d’information et discussions sur des questions de réussites dans la vie professionnelle, compatibilité de travail et famille, culture de travail et mise en œuvre des projets sensible au genre
Tagged with: GIZ Gender Strategy
GIZ Kosovo speaks #BalanceforBetter
“GIZ Kosovo marks gender week with lively debates and reflection of its own gender perceptions” Like previous years, the GIZ Kosovo Gender Group marked the Gender Week with two interesting events – this year with a special emphasis on reflection…
Género recargado: difusión de la nueva Estrategia de Género de la GIZ
(ES) Desde el 11 hasta el 29 de marzo, la GFP de la GIZ Bolivia y Paraguay, se reunirá con AV y colaboradores de los programas y proyectos, y de la Agencia para presentar la nueva estrategia de género de…
Gender Reloaded
Gender Reloaded in South Africa “Gender equality lies at the core of what GIZ stands for: A future worth living. Without it, we will not achieve sustainable development nor will we have fair and just societies. But gender equality is…
Tagged with: GIZ Gender Strategy
Awareness Raising Workshop on Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
During our GIZ Mali General Assembly we will have a session focussing on the topic of sexual harassment at the workplace. The objective is to create awareness on sexual harassment, inform the colleagues of GIZ Mali about the policies in…
Tagged with: Sexual Harassment
Women in Lebanon Spotlights Campaign
Women in Lebanon Spotlights Campaign Highlighting the history of women in Lebanon and the achievements in gender equality, the Gender Working Group GIZ Lebanon is using the gender week for a daily email campaign. During GIZ’ gender week, a message…
Tagged with: Awareness Raising
Equal opportunities for all? Open workshop: „Gender equality in GIZ“
When? Thursday, March 7, 2019, 10:00 -11:30 Where? GIZ Bonn, Mäanderbau Donau Hall Who? Equal Opportunity Commissioner, Bonn and all interested colleagues In this open workshop, we would like to listen to you and jointly elaborate on equal…
GIZ Gender-Slam: Gender Reloaded
Gender-Slam – Programm – ENGL (Eschborn, March 8, 11:00-13:00 am, Auditorium and live-streamed on the Intranet) Please find the recording of the GIZ Gender Slam 2019 here (click for internal link – GIZ staff only). Copyright: GIZ/Rajiv Raman On…
IMRI Roundtable meeting
In every year, GIZ celebrates the GIZ Gender Week in March to highlight the central role gender equality plays in sustainable development. GIZ supports the attainment of equal rights, duties and opportunities for women and men is an explicit goal,…
Internal Gender Mainstreaming Activities
In order to continue raising awareness on gender among GIZ staff in Rwanda, the One Mainstreaming team in collaboration with Peer Educators are organising different sessions on gender ( debates about whether or not affirmative action is something useful or…
Gender in GIZ Bénin
Analyse Genre du personnel de la GIZ au Bénin : graphiques montrant les positions occupées par les hommes et les femmes au sein des projets et programmes