8 March | publication |
An article about a female entrepreneur overcoming intersectional discriminations was published in a magazine and online.
LNOB: Leave No One Behind
Empowered female entrepreneur
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.
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.
Lanzamiento de Grupo de Trabajo de Género e Integridad Empresarial
11 March | 17.00 CET | online event for GIZ staff |
Join the efforts of local organizations in Mexico and Colombia that are already working on the issue of Gender and Business Integrity.
Migración climática con perspectiva de género
11 March | 15.30 CET | Climate Change Cluster & Gender Working Group Mexico |
Session on the interlinkages between Climate Change and Migration with a gender perspective.
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.
Ganadería sustentable de montaña con equidad e inclusión de género
10 March | 18.00 CET | Gender Working group Mexico and Climate Change Cluster |
Provide a productive alternative with equity and gender inclusion, to improve the quality of life of mountain inhabitants through the sustainable use of their natural resources.
Building Back Better – With Gender-Responsive Infrastructure
10 March | 15.30 CET | online event for GIZ staff |
Highlighting the great challenges and great potential of Gender-Responsive Infrastructure to build back better.
COVID-19 Impact Analysis on Gender Equality in Tunisia
10 March | 10.00 CET | Online event for GIZ staff in French |
Presentation and discussion of the findings of a COVID-19 impact analysis on gender equality in Tunisia, including
Promoting Women’s Employment: What works?
12 March | 10.00-12.00 CET | virtual event for GIZ staff in Albanian language |
stocktaking of women’s employment promotion interventions in Kosovo
Cómo cerrar las brechas de género – buenas prácticas de Centroamérica
11 March | 17.00-18.30 CET | public virtual event |
Closing gender gaps in the sectors of transport, REDD+, violence prevention, energy and geothermal energy
Podcats from Space – Live Recording with Women Mobilize Women
9 March | 15.00 – 15:30 CET | Virtual event for GIZ staff |
In the framework of GIZ Gender Week, we would like to introduce you to our new podcast and give you the chance to be part of our conversation
Reaction – Reflection – Action: follow-up discussion on women’s economic empowerment and Covid-19
11 March | 13.30 – 15.00 CET | This is a virtual event |
What options are there towards more gender transformative change and against “business as usual”? How do we shape our COVID-19 response in collaboration with donors, partners and target groups? Do we have good experience to draw upon?
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.
Women Economic Empowerment – Best Practices from Zambia’s Agricultural Projects
17 March | 09.00 – 11.00 CET | Virtual event |
If you ever wondered what role Women Economic Empowerment can play in your project, hop in and get inspired!
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.
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…
UN DÍA CON NUESTRAS MASCULINIDADES
Fecha: 09 de marzo, 2020. Participantes: 15 Colaboradores varones de GIZ México (entre practicantes nacionales, Asesores técnicos (Junior/Senior), AV y coordinadores de clúster) Duración y Horario: 09:30-11:30 am (2 horas) Lugar: Sala de talleres – Agencia GIZ México (AGM) Objetivo:…
TALKS4INCLUSION
Fecha: 10 de marzo, 2020. Participantes: William Jensen – RainbowNetwork (GIZ) | Diego de León – QueersXclimate | Cardin Pastelería | Artistas invitad@s. Duración y Horario: 16:00 – 18:00 hrs. (2 horas) Lugar: Sala de talleres – Agencia GIZ México…
CONFLICTOS AMBIENTALES Y VIOLENCIA DE GÉNERO
Fecha: 11 de marzo, 2020. Participantes: Camilo de la Garza (Alianza Mexicana – Alemana de Cambio Climático GIZ) | Itzá Castañeda y Eugenio Fernández – Consultores especialistas | Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) Duración y Horario: 09:00…
MIGRACIÓN FORZADA DE NIÑ@S Y ADOLESCENTES NO ACOMPAÑADAS
Fecha: 12 de marzo, 2020. Participantes: Jerome Martin – Fondo Conjunto México-Alemania (GIZ) | Miguel Macias – Coord. de iniciativa regional de migración (Save the Children México) | Selvia Vargas – Experta en género (Save the Children México) Duración y…
MESA DE DISCUSIÓN SOBRE LA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA NACIONAL PARA LA PREVENCIÓN, ATENCIÓN Y SANCIÓN DE LA VIOLENCIA DE GÉNERO
Fecha: 12 de marzo, 2020. Participantes: Karina Blanco (Iniciativa Agenda 2030) |Secretaría de Gobernación (SEGOB) |Oficina de la Presidencia de la República (OPR) Duración: 13:00 – 15:00 hrs (2 horas) Lugar: Sala de talleres – Agencia GIZ México Objetivo: Contribuir…
PRESENTACIÓN GIRLS DAY MÉXICO
Fecha: 10 de marzo, 2020. Participantes: José Medrano y Alfonso Figueroa – Sistema de Formación Dual México (GIZ) | Patricia Valdés – Business Partner (NESTLE) | Aprendices de empresa-escuela | Nancy Legorreta-Directora general de la agencia de publicidad (Kreatif Media).…
MOVILIDAD CON PERSPECTIVA DE GÉNERO, ¿UNA REALIDAD EN MÉXICO?
Fecha: 13 de marzo, 2020. Participantes: Miriam Monterrubio- EUROCLIMA+ y C40CFF (GIZ) | Gisela Méndez – Ex Secretaria de Movilidad del Gobierno del Estado de Colima. Duración y Horario: 13:00 – 14:00 (1 hora) Lugar: Sala de talleres – Agencia…
AIZ Information desk
Information on current gender training courses and learning opportunities with a gender reference – here we look forward to your feedback: what meets the need, what do you want? Tips & tricks on gender sensitivity in the workplace And: 10…
Don`t miss! A Panel of Gender experts discussing Zebra style Politics & Women’s Rights
Panel Discussion concerning “Zebra style politics and women’s rights – How has this approach contributed towards curbing cultural barriers to gender equality?” This session marks the official opening of the Gender Week 2020! Refer to attachment for detailed agenda, speakers…
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
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…
Women in Media – Workshop in the Framework of the GIZ-CPS Kenya Project “UMOJA-Radio for Peace”
•• A two-day workshop for community journalist women and the Catholic Radio stations to discuss matters of leadership and policies in our media houses. In our newsrooms, sexual harassment and sexual violence is a problem and most of our stations…
El Salvador: Concurso de Género de la GIZ 2020
Contexto El Programa Regional REDD tiene como objetivo principal consolidar mecanismos de financiamiento para la implementación y monitoreo de medidas para la protección de los bosques y el manejo forestal con normas de calidad robustas. Una de las líneas de…
Mongolia: TOWARDS GENDER-RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE ULAANBAATAR CITY
ULAANBAATAR CITY BACKGROUND: Mongolia is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. The sparsely populated countryside contrasts with the capital city Ulaanbaatar, which is home to almost 1.5 million inhabitants, or half of the country’s population. In Ulaanbaatar,…
Brazil: Intersectionality and inclusive non-sexist language: Gender Working Group and SFF Human Rights
Gender mainstreaming within the company Introduction – Social and political scenario Despite the constitutionally guaranteed rights and ratified international obligations regarding human rights and gender equity, Brazil continues to face cultural and political barriers that are structurally patriarchal, sexist and…
Turkey: Bridging the Gender Gap in Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus
Community Centres and Local Initiatives Project (CLIP) in Turkey Context and initiative Turkey is one of the signatory countries of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). Refugee and migrant…
Colombia: THE COLOURS OF POST-CONFLICT
A MEMORY PROCESS WITH LGBTQI VICTIMS OF THE ARMED CONFLICT CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE Despite the advances on LGBTQI rights in Colombia, there is still a widespread lack of knowledge about the impact of the armed conflict on members of the…
Bolivia: Energía y luz para un nuevo tiempo en la vida de las mujeres de Tarija – Bolivia
SETAR: La primera empresa pública, Líder en tolerancia cero a la Violencia hacia las Mujeres “Cuando una trabajadora es víctima de la violencia hacia la mujer, su producción cae como si al año dejara de trabajar dos meses completos”. Zaida…
Bolivia: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Friendly Companies
Promoting gender equality in Bolivia Context and initiative The Bolivian Constitution of 2009, grants equality to Bolivian women and men, prohibits and punishes all forms of discrimination on the basis of sex, colour, age, sexual orientation and…
Germany: Providing Gender-responsive Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance
Closing the gender gap The InsuResilience Partnership – Envisioning Climate Risk Adaption The InsuResilience Global Partnership (IGP) for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) Solutions was established to strengthen the resilience of developing countries and pro-tect the lives…
Madagascar: LA CITOYENNETE A PART ENTIERE
Accouchement à domicile : appui à la déclaration de naissance des enfants malgaches La population de la Commune de Sadjoavato, région DIANA, en attente de la régularisation de leur copie de naissance, lors d’un processus de jugement supplétif PROMOTION…
Pakistan: Refugee Management Support Programme
1. Promoting Gender Equality In the 2018 Global Gender Gap Report Pakistan ranked 148 out of 149 countries, largely due to the low educational attainment and subsequent low economic participation and opportunities for women, as well at poor health and…
India: Targeted Public Distribution System
1. Brief Introduction As per the World Food Programme’s gender policy report (wfp.org/publications/wfp-gender-policy), women and girls make up 60% of the world’s chronically hungry. Little progress has been made in ensuring the equal right to food for women as enshrined…
India: Digital tools to empower women on nutrition security
FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY, ENHANCED RESILIENCE PROJECT (FaNS), INDIA Gender Competition 2020 – GG1 – 2nd Place CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE One fourth of undernourished people in the world live in India. In 2016-18, 39.5% of children under five in the…
Pakistan: Gender Realization and Gender Mainstreaming in the Local Councils Association of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Local Councils Association of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (LCA-KP) province in Pakistan is the representative body of the elected councils and councillors across the province. The main function of the association is to represent the collective voice of the councillors…
Germany: Women in Mining
STRENGTHENING GENDER EQUALITY IN THE EXTRACTIVE SECTOR Gender Competition 2020 – GG1 – 3rd Place CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE Women and girls account for between a third and up to half of…
Regional: Competitive African Rice Initiative
Business-driven women working in rice value chains in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania Context. Rice is one of the key staple foods in Africa. The demand is rapidly increasing: the population is growing, people are moving to urban areas…
Chad: GIZ Gender Competition 2020
CONTEXT GIZ in its global vision aims specifically at strengthening the participative dynamics of local development and the implementation of local initiatives in a balanced development with women as decision-makers. Indeed, the target groups of this contribution are rural women…
Let’s talk Gender – from local to national, on and offline!
GIZ Colombia and APC (Presidential Office for int. Cooperation) launched their gender publication and participated in an international campaign for Women in Rural areas of Latin America From the fifteen stories that brought to life the publication Junt*s transformamos Colombia…
Posted in Gender Week Blog Tagged with: Displacement, GIZ Colombia, Indigenous communities, Peace building, Rural development
Bangladesh Women’s Day 2019 Session: Innovation, Technology and Women’s Empowerment
On 21 March 2019, a session on “Innovation, Technology and Women’s Empowerment” was organized by the GIZ Bangladesh Gender Working Group focusing on the UN Theme for women’s day this year – “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change.” All…
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…
#ImNoStereotype Twitter Campaign
GIZ Pakistan launches a twitter campaign to break gender stereotypes. All GIZ staff is invited to join us on twitter on Friday, 8th of March. Just write a sentence about how you break out of the stereotype and conclude with…
Women and their environment across the ages
The German cooperation is celebrating women’s day with a day of discussions around the change women face due to a changing natural environment and changes in the legal situation of women in the past hundred years in Europa and in…
Girls2Leaders
Girls2Leaders (Communication sur le leadership féminin suivi d’un slam des 24 stagiaires intègres de la Ministère de Finances et Ministère de Plan et de Développement (MEF/MPD/INSAE) sur leur expérience comme femme en profession Une activité du projet “Appui-Conseil Macroeconomique pour…
#RealGroundbreakers – Get involved in the social media challenge!
Dear Colleagues, We are not alone. IFAD invites all IFAD Partners to join the celebration of International Women’s Day 2019 showing solidarity with rural women, the #realgroundbreakers! The #RealGroundbreakers is a global campaign for the economic and social empowerment of…
Posted in Gender Week Blog, Year 2019 Tagged with: Agriculture, Economic Empowerment, Rural developemnt
Movie Screening: A Land for Women
Women in Namibia have traditionally gotten the short end of the stick with regards to land ownership. Even though over 40% of rural households are headed by women, they still struggle against traditional practices and prejudices. The special initiative “One…
Women can do anything! Crafts, entrepreneurship, local governance!
Women can do anything! Get active in the craft sector, build enterprises, construct communities. A dual apprenticeship system exists in Kpalimé, Togo. Yet, young women are largely underrepresented in classes. They lack role models who could inspire them to go…
Enabling Equality and Economic Empowerment for all Women and Girls – A Thought Leadership Roundtable around Gender and Disability
For more information on the speakers, please see the flyer: Disability and Gender event during GIZ Gender week Description of the event: One in five women globally live with disability, about 80% of them in the global south. In Zambia,…
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…
Round Table on Girl’s Education
To honour the International Women’s Day on March 8th a round table is being hold in Labé, Guinea at the local radio station “Espace FM”. Four women are invited to talk about girls’ education with a special focus on the…
Exhibition “Life through our eyes” by women workers in the Cambodian garment industry
Life through our eyes Made by Cambodian garment workers Opening event of the exhibition on Sunday, 11 March 2018 in Phnom Penh The exhibition Life through our eyes features photographs taken by Cambodian garment workers. To enable female workers…
Get involved & stay engaged: Urban activism and more opportunities for Women’s Empowerment
Indonesia’s identity as a multicultural country, with the fourth biggest population worldwide and as one of the twenty most important industrial and emerging market economies (G 20) is one of the largest and most influential economies in the region (ASEAN)…
Gender Awareness Workshop
In the course of Gender Week 2018, GIZ Uganda’s Mainstreaming Task Team conducted a total of 4 activities. The start of Gender week was celebrated with a Join in Circuit (JIC). The JIC is a practical and interactive tool, developed…
Gender Cafe : Digital Transformation Together : Leave No One Behind
GIZ GENDER CAFÉ : 9th MARCH, 2018, NEW DELHI, INDIA Topic : Digital Transformation Together : Leave No One Behind Connectivity doesn’t always equalize opportunity : The overarching vision of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development is inclusive and sustainable…
Plurinational: The GIZ Rainbow Network
Promoting a more inclusive gender approach Advocating respect for human rights, equal opportunities and integrity are core values of GIZ. The GIZ Rainbow Network is actively pursuing to make this a lived reality by promoting structural embodiment of lesbian, gay,…
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Modernisation of Municipal Services
Sub-project: „Municipal services for the creation of employment opportunities for vulnerable groups” Component: Dissemination of the Competencies Passport to Serbia ABOUT THE COMPONENT: The Sub-Project „Municipal services for the creation of employment opportunities for vulnerable groups” is aiming to build…
Indonesia: Gender Issues are not a problem for us
LESSONS LEARNED FROM EXTENSION WORKERS FOR AGROFORESTRY AND GREEN ECONOMY – MALINAU, NORTH KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA – Just recently, after discussing gender concepts in a meeting of young extension workers (penyuluh) in Malinau, North Kalimantan, a male member of the group…
Indonesia: View of Gender Focal Points Indonesia
Indonesia has ratified the major international conventions that uphold principles of gender equality and empowerment of women. Nevertheless, there is a wide gap between the content of the Indonesian laws and their applications. The Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace…
India: Gender Sensitive Initiatives to Reduce Malnutrition
Gender Sensitive Initiatives to Reduce Malnutrition: A Joint Action by the Food & Nutrition Security & Enhanced Resilience Programme (FaNS-GIZ) & Department of Women & Child Development to Improve Dietary Diversity among Women and Children in Madhya Pradesh (India) “It…
Benin: Grünes Innovationszentrum (ProCIVA)
Grünes Innovationszentrum (ProCIVA) Benin Oder wie Unternehmerinnen für eine Besserstellung der Frauen in Benin sorgen In vielen afrikanischen Ländern haben die Frauen noch einen langen Weg bis zur Emanzipation vor sich, so auch in Benin. Das traditionelle Rollenbild ist fest…
South Africa: #NoMeansNo! Gender-based Violence Prevention
The Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme (GIZ-VCP) in cooperation with Masifunde Learner Development presents: #NoMeansNo! “Gender-based Violence Prevention Campaign” The #NoMeansNo! Gender-based Violence Prevention Campaign is a project of the Youth for Safer Communities programme (YSC) in the Eastern…
Uganda: Promoting Gender Equality for All through our Work with LGBT
Trans- and homophobia are entrenched in the Ugandan society and LBGT are discriminated in various fields of their daily lives. Morals and values play an important role in Uganda and are often put above the law. The marginalization of women…
Kenya: EnDev-Kenya Female Solar Gurus-A story of Resilience
EnDev-Kenya Female Solar Gurus-A story of Resilience, from an LME to permanent employment By Evelyn Munihu EnDev’s objective is to accelerate access to clean energy for the Kenyan rural population, in particular through fuel-saving cook stoves and small solar systems.…
Sierra Leone: Empowering Women in Sierra Leone’s Mining Communities
Please note that the following characters and dialogue are fictive and do not reflect a situation that has really happened. However, figures, events and names cited are correct. And nonetheless, just maybe, somewhere in Sierra Leone’s East and major mining…
Rwanda: Striving for gender equality in local planning processes
Country: Rwanda Project: Striving for gender equality in citizen-oriented participatory governance Submitted by: One Mainstreaming team (Anna Emil & Dieneke ter Huurne) and the Decentralisation and Good Governance programme (Dominique Habimana, Celine Mukamana, Tristan Powell) “Rwandan culture and patriarchal systems…
Tanzania: Unlocking Benefits of Electrification for Women
According to the 2017 Global Gender Gap Report, Tanzania ranks 68th out of 144 countries in terms of women’s economic participation, and is far away from closing the gender gap. Access to and utilization of electricity in Tanzania continues to…
Eschborn: GIZ Gender Award Ceremony 2018
Where? Friday, 9. March 2018, 12 noon – 3:00 pm Where? Eschborn, Audi 1+2, Live Stream With? Tanja Gönner, GIZ Board Member and Caren Grown, World Bank Group Senior Director GIZ Gender Award 2018: Gender equality is a quality feature…
Nepal: INCLUDE: Inclusive Development of the Economy Programme in Nepal
STRIVING TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY & SOCIAL INCLUSION INCLUDE stands for the Inclusive Development of the Economy Programme in Nepal. It contributes to a socially balanced economic growth, by reaching out to poor and ultra-poor inhabitants, who are or could be…
Tagged with: Economic Empowerment
Azerbaijan: Frauen – Macht – Politik: Das DAYAQ-Mentoring-Programm für starke Frauen in der Kommunalpolitik in Aserbaidschan
„Für mich ist meine Mentee Fortsetzerin und Weiterentwicklerin meiner Ideen“ Mehriban Zeynalova (l.) Vorsitzende Verein “Clean World” (Mentor 2015) “Die Treffen mit den Mentoren veränderte meine gesamte Vorstellung vom Frau-Sein. Ich bin zur Arbeit gegangen, danach die Hausarbeit und…
Tagged with: Political Participation
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