Evento virtual – Storytelling Recogiendo experiencia desde nuestro trabajo: ¿Cómo reducimos las brechas de género desde los sectores de agua y energía? Experiencias de los proyectos EnDev y PROCUENCA de GIZ Bolivia Miércoles 20 de marzo Horas: 10:00 a 11:30…
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ICM-Lesotho: The Role of Women in Natural Resource Management
The Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) programme in Lesotho commemorates this year’s International Women´s Day with a Community-Dialogue on the role of women in natural resource management (NRM). The goal of the ICM programme is the sustainable management of land and…
MenstruAction – One goal, many initiatives
As highlighted by the German Development Minister Svenja Schulze on the international Menstrual Hygiene Day in 2022, “Menstruation should not be a taboo!” Aligned with BMZ’s ‘Feminist development policy – for just and strong societies worldwide’, we, the staff initiative…
Periods@Work – Why the topic of menstruation belongs at work
When? Tuesday, 14. March, 13:00 – 14:00 CET Where? MS TEAMS With? Daniela Spies, Equal Opportunities Commissioner, Adela Llatja, Gender Focal Person GIZ Albania, Katrin Freitag, Senior Expert Facility Management, Daphne Manolakos, Member of the GIZ Staff Initiative MenstruAction, ……
Joint Gender Transformative Approaches Working Group (GTA-WG)
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The Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility: Making Business easier for Women
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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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Small Steps Towards an Empowered Tomorrow
Check out the knowledge product ‘Small Steps Towards an Empowered Tomorrow’, compiled by the Gender Working Group, Natural Resource Management and Agroecology (NRMAE), GIZ India. The Working Group primarily supports projects in its activities towards gender sensitisation, gender equality and…
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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…
Water Women’s Day
We as the SuSanA Secretariat are delighted to jointly host a virtual Water Women’s Day on Tuesday, 7 March with the wonderful women’s networks. We believe as water women we are Stronger Together and we would love to invite you…
Schreibwerkstatt: Menstrual Health &Hygiene – Social Media Fokus
Interne Schreibwerkstatt am 09.03.2023, 10:30-15:30 im GIZ Campus Bonn mit der Autorin, Journalistin und Redenschreiberin Friederike Bauer mit dem Ziel: “Geschlechterrollen aufbrechen und soziale Normen verändern, dabei gleichzeitig öffentlichkeitswirksam und gefällig schreiben.” Hintergrund ist die wiederkehrende Kommunikation – vor allem…
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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Gender promotion messages
With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as background we will share gender promotion messages every day throughout the Gender Week.
Gender dimensions in international chemicals policy
Date: Tuesday 15.03 Time: 10:00 to 10:45 CET Where: MS teams We want to invite you all to find out….what does gender have to do with international chemicals policy? Every day, each of us is in touch with chemicals and…
The Road to Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022
When? Thursday 10th March 2022; 11:30 – 13:00 (CET) Where: MS Teams We want to invite you all to join another important and closely related global campaign, because… It’s time to get ready for Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022! 2022 is…
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…
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Webinar: Gender Lens Investing
8 March | 16.00 -17.15 CET | public virtual event|
This webinar outlines the concept of gender lens or gender smart investing, and takes a deep-dive into the regional experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean.
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
Menstrual Hygiene Day is happening. Period
Approximately 1.9 billion women and girls menstruate between two and seven days a month on average. The recurring process of menstruation has a decisive influence on the lives of women and girls worldwide. Oftentimes, they are poorly informed, or menstruation is a taboo…
Benin: Semaine du Genre
Partant d’un constat général, les femmes et les hommes font souvent l’expérience de différenciation à cause de la répartition des rôles dans la société et la famille. Cela découle sur des inégalités dans les opportunités, les conditions et les privilèges.…
Burundi: Genre, un des piliers pour le Projet « Adaptation au changement climatique pour la protection des ressources en Eau et Sol, ACCES »
Promotion du genre Contexte Au Burundi, environ 90 % de la population tire sa subsistance des ressources du sol et de l’agriculture (vivrière). Ces ressources sont soumises à de fortes pressions liées à la surpopulation et à la surexploitation des terres.…
Celebration de la Journée de la femme 2019 – GIZ, Fondation Hanns Seidel, KfW
LA GIZ en RD Congo célèbre la Journée Internationale de la Femme 2019 en collaboration avec la KfW et la Fondation Hanns Seidel. Cette journée d’échanges et de réflexion s’inscrit dans le cadre de la promotion du dialogue entre collègues (hommes-femmes) afin…
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Gender Mainstreaming in the Thai-German Climate Change Policy Programme
In order to strengthen gender mainstreaming in the project implementation and also to strengthen the capacities of all staff included in the implementation of the new BMUB Thai-German Climate Change Policy Programme, a 3-hour workshop will be held on March…
Maghreb: Conteuses de Maghreb
Contexte et initiative : C’est au nom du Programme régional « Promotion du rôle des Femmes au Maghreb » que nous avons le plaisir de vos présenter une des mesures que nous appuyons en partenariat avec le projet CREM «Coopération…
Nepal: Rebuilding life from the Rubble
In Nepal, women are usually assigned traditional gender roles related to the care economy with limited access to markets, education, health care, and decision-making processes. Thus the loss of lives and the destruction of houses and household assets, destruction of…
Congo: Il faut briser la glace – La parité, un petit pas pour les femmes, un grand pas pour la REGIDESO
Promotion de la parité entre les sexes dans la structure du partenaire Description du contexte, du secteur et de la situation dans le pays Pour le compte du gouvernement fédéral, la GIZ appuie depuis 2006 l’amélioration de l’accès à l’eau…
Photo stories “Super women” / Fotohistorietas “super mujeres”
Event Documentation: “Super women, true women” Exhibition of various photo stories about local women and their work during the events organized by local authorities in the Tungurahua and Napo provinces of Ecuador. We will also host two events where those…
Impact du Genre au niveau des partenaires directs ou indirects de la GIZ/RDC
Concernant la semaine Genre, la GIZ/RDC organise des interview auprès de ses partenaires directs ou indirects pour savoir l’impact du Genre dans leurs activités ou même leurs vies. Ses interview seront enregistrés sous forme d’un vidéo de 5 à 10…
Closing event of the gender week in Benin: 13 events in total
Event Documentation: GIZ Benin participated in the GIZ Gender Week from 06 to 10 march 2017 by organizing 13 out of 43 events held by the Africa Department, for example an exhibition about gender and equal access to energy which…
Switching traditional gender roles / Inverser les rôles traditionnels : Une journée de théâtre continu « Femmes et hommes – Hommes et femmes »
The program Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Benin (ProSEHA) organise a day of role play: for one whole day all employees of ProSEHA will switch the perspective as if they were the “opposite” sex for one day. The event will…
Gender lunchbreak Tanzania
Open discussion (ask questions, share experirences) on gender during lunch brek
Zimbabwe: Addressing gender specific needs vs creating space and opportunity to challenge gender roles and promote gender equality
GIZ Zimbabwe –Urban Water and Sanitation Programme –Submission to the Gender Week competition 2016 Addressing gender specific needs vs creating space and opportunity to challenge gender roles and promote gender equality Stephan Lidsba, AV UWSP; Rahel Hermann, Advisor UWSP; Leon…
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Palestine: GIZ Water Program Palestine
GIZ Water Program Palestine Prepared by: Fatima Radaydeh, Qasem Saleh, Sabrina Johanniemann, Dr. Thomas Riekel 1 | Promoting Gender Equality The importance of involving women and men in provision, management, and safeguarding of water is recognized globally. Therefore the GIZ…
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Jordan: Female Preachers as Water Ambassadors – Mainstreaming Gender in the Cooperation with Religious Authorities
The competition entry ”Female Preachers as Water Ambassadors – Mainstreaming Gender in the Cooperation with Religious Authorities” from GIZ Jordan can be downloaded here:
Bolivia: El agua también tiene género femenino
Por qué transversalizar género en la gestión del agua? Ningún recurso ha puesto de manifiesto la relevancia de la transversalización de género como el agua. El rol protagónico de la mujer en la provisión, gestión y protección del agua es…
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Cameroon: L’integration du genre dans la gestion et la maintenance des points d’eau comme gage de perennisation et modele de gouvernance locale
Eu égard au rôle prépondérant des femmes dans la tâche quotidienne d’approvisionnement des ménages en eau potable, mais, presque pas impliquées dans le processus décisionnel sur les questions relatives à l’eau, le Programme d’Appui à la Décentralisation et au Développement…
SADC/Botswana: Gender Mainstreaming im grenzüberschreitenden Wassermanagement in der SADC Region
Gender Mainstreaming im grenzüberschreitenden Wassermanagement in der SADC Region Hintergrund Das Management von Wasserressourcen in einer der wasserärmsten Regionen Afrikas ist noch immer vorrangig eine Männerdomäne. Allerdings gibt es große Unterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern in der Art der Nutzung…
Chad: Gestion des eaux de ruissellement dans le Tchad sahélien
Financé par la DDC (Direction de Développement et de la Coopération Suisse) et mis en oeuvre par la GIZ- International Services, il a pour objectif global d’améliorer la sécurité ali-mentaire des populations vivant autour des périmètres des seuils et d’inverser…
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DRC: L’eau potable – Un quotidien au féminin
Au début du projet, les femmes n’étaient pas représentées dans les réflexions concernant le secteur. Mainte-nant, elles jouent un rôle déterminant. (Gertrude Biaya, Point focal Genre au Cadre de Concertation du Secteur de l’Eau, l’Hygiène et l’Assainissement, CSEHA) Dans la…
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Jordan: Improved Water Resources Security for Low Income Rural and Urban Communities
Ambassadors of Change in their Communities Jordan is one of the poorest countries in water resources, as the per capita share is 145 m3 which is far below the international water-poverty line (1000m3/year). This crucial problem needs not only wise…