On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we would like to take the opportunity and continue with the informal series of meetings for women to women, and exchange on different topics related to challenges, barriers and biases that women face…
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Insights from Grida Duma – The Power of Communication in Empowering Women in Business
The Women Economic Chamber, with the support of GIZ ProSEED 2.0, successfully organized an inspiring communication session on Women in Business Leadership. This impactful event was held under the framework of the “Boosting Support for MSMEs in Albania” project, which…
#AccelerateAction: Stories of Women in Technology Across ASEAN
What In celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 and its theme, “Accelerate Action,” we run a social media campaign in the second week of March. The IWD 2025 theme, #AccelerateAction, advocates transformative efforts to advance gender equality, particularly in…
EU INTPA x ICR Facility – Info Point: How to make the business environment work for women’s economic empowerment (WEE)?
On Thursday 13 March 2025, from 11:00 to 12:30 (CET), the regular EU INTPA Info Point will focus on the experience from the ICR Facility, a Team Europe project led by the GIZ, that supports African, Caribbean and Pacific countries…
Breaking Barriers: Women and Power – Towards Equality
GIZ Serbia is organising a panel discussion “Breaking Barriers: Women and Power – Towards Equality”. The event will give a deeper insight into the history of women’s movement in Serbia and the position of women in modern Serbia in three…
#LetsTalkPERIOD: Impure Film Screening
GIZ Cameroon, in partnership with Team Europe, the French Embassy in Cameroon and the Institut francais du Cameroun, was proud to present the Central African premiere of the German-Kenyan feature film “IMPURE”. Following a message from the co-producer and a…
Book Reading session by Amreen Rahman
We from the GIZ Bangladesh Gender Working Group have organized a book reading session on MS Teams online by our very own colleague Ms. Amreen Rahman as a part of our Gender Month 2025 activity on the 11th March 2025…
Women in Energy Networking Iftar
H2Uppp, the program managed by GIZ Maroc and commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, along with Women in Green Hydrogen, the initiative launched by The International International Power-to-X Hub, is organizing – in collaboration with IN-VR, The Net-Zero…
GIZ Gender Focus March 2025 – Picture campaign
As part of GIZ Gender Focus March 2025, here in GIZ Pakistan we have launched a picture campaign to highlight our commitment to gender equality and inclusivity. Inspired by the 2025 International Women’s Day theme—”For All Women and Girls: Rights,…
Being & Belonging: A Discussion on Trans & Intersex Rights, Visibility and Identities
Rainbow network Serbia and Gender Network Serbia are jointly organising a discussion on trans and intersex rights, visibility and identities on 26 March 2025. The interactive discussion with a dear colleague from the local CSOs will share insights, experiences and…
InSpire session – the GIZ Gender Strategy at InS
Just a month ago, the GIZ Gender Strategy 2025-2029 was launched company-wide. Today, ensuring its implementation is the common responsibility of all staff and managers, including at International Services. Together with the InS Director General Andrea von Rauch, Theresa Rettner…
“Strike a Pose” on International Women’s Day
Strike a Pose on LinkedIn by GIZ staff – Stay tuned! Video Feature on LinkedIn – Showcasing our partners’ work and GIZ’s work #EmpowerHerJourney Series – A cross-cluster LinkedIn initiative highlighting inspiring stories. Event for I-PSD Project with the Ministry…
Podcast launch: Episode on GBV
Count to Ten with Maitre Brigitte Chelebian: GBV and Its Impact on Women’s Participation. The podcast titled “Count to Ten” is a concept created by Lebanese renowned media personnel Zaven Kouyoumdjian. Count to ten is about 10 minutes discussions to…
Presentation of the Boundless Love online exhibition🌈
🌈During Gender Month, we invite you to join us for the online presentation of the Boundless Love exhibition, reflecting on lives of LGBTIQ+ refugees, asylum seekers and people on the move currently residing in Serbia!🌈 Each person featured in this…
Think Global, Act Local: How to implement the GIZ Gender Strategy in the Middle East
The new GIZ Gender Strategy (2025-2029) was launched in a company-wide event on February 10th. It provides strategic direction and key interventions to lead the way for the coming years: Addressing gender-based discrimination by focusing on the structural and underlying…
Presentation of the Global Gender Strategy
To familiarise all colleagues with the new GIZ gender strategy and to give an overview of the adaptation of the strategy for Madagascar. (online session open to all)
Panel Discussion and Exhibition on Menstrual Hygiene Management
An insightful Panel Discussion and Exhibition focusing on the Menstrual Hygiene Management sector in Ethiopia. During the event, panel discussion led by CEOs from the menstrual hygiene management sector will be featured, they will share their insights on the challenges, innovations…
Webinar on Women in Business and Women’s Economic Empowerment
As part of our International Women’s Day 2025 celebrations, we are excited to invite you to the upcoming webinar, “Women in Business and Economic Empowerment” on March 5th, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. 💜 The session will spotlight inspiring women entrepreneurs who are…
Gender month and International Women’s day 2025 – GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS
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8 March walk – Without us the world will stop!
Traditional 8 March Walk organised by feminist CSOs where international organisations are joining the walk. Gender Network Serbia will participate in the walk.
Gender Transformative Approach Session
A Gender Transformative Approach session is lined up by GIZ Bangladesh Gender Working Group as an activity for the Gender Month 2025 at 10th March from 12:00 pm to 13:00 pm. In this interactive session we will delve into the principles and…
Gender Month 2025: Practical Approaches for Our Work!
As part of this year’s Gender Month, the Gender Working Group Bangladesh has some exciting activities lined up! We’d love to take this opportunity to introduce a few hands-on approaches that could make a real difference in our daily work:…
Gender Partner Iftar by EU Member States and GIZ Egypt
Jointly with EU Member States, GIZ Egypt organizes an Iftar (fast-breaking evening meal during Ramadan) for our Gender partners, mainly from civil society. There will be a panel discussion on women’s economic empowerment, a fun cultural program and of course…
Women Empowerment: Social Entrepreneurship in Menstrual Hygiene and Female Health – African and European Perspectives
We cordially invite you to an upcoming webinar co-hosted by Siemens Stiftung and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), on the new learning portal “Academy for Impact”: Women Empowerment: Social Entrepreneurship in Menstrual Hygiene and Female Health – African…
GIZ India : Sexual Harassment Redressal Committee for India – Open House!
GIZ is an equal employment opportunity organization and is committed to creating a healthy working environment that enables employees to work without fear of prejudice, gender bias and sexual harassment. As part of the GIZ India Gender Focus – March 2025.…
GIZ India MedTalk : Periods@Work (Menstrual health and Menopause)
GIZ INDIA ꟾ MED- TALK ꟾ Let’s talk about Periods@Work (Menstrual health and Menopause) Organized as a CHM activity for Occupational Health and Safety in collaboration with our Medical Agency It’s time to talk about one of the most natural processes –…
GIZ India Gender Focus March 2025 : GSDP Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment Study Findings
GIZ India Gender Focus March 2025 GIZ GENDER KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE MEET ꟾ GSDP GENDER EQUALITY and WOMENS EMPOWERMENT STUDY FINDINGS Organized by Indo-German Partnership for Green and Sustainable Development (GSDP) GIZ India recently carried out a study on the effective…
Launch: “Gender: First Steps”
The methodology emerges as an innovative proposal in response to the limitations of traditional gender training approaches for public servants and private sector employees. Developed from the Conversápolis exchange space, facilitated by GIZ/German Cooperation, this methodology aims to overcome the…
Photo competition “People in GIZ East Asia #AccelerateAction for Gender Equality”
In honor of the upcoming International Women’s Day 2025, which is celebrated annually on March 8, and to commemorate the GIZ Gender Week 2025, the GIZ East Asia office, specifically focusing on Mongolia and China, is organizing a photo competition. This initiative…
GIZ India Gender Focus March 2025 : Understanding the New GIZ Gender Strategy Together
GIZ India Gender Focus March 2025 : Understanding and De-coding the NEW GIZ GENDER STRATEGY 2025 – 2029 Considering GIZ’s commitment towards ensuring Gender Equality as a quality aspect of our work, a new GIZ Gender Strategy has been launched…
develoPPP impacts female entrepreneurs in Ecuador
Dear colleagues and partners, We invite you to join us for an event showcasing the cooperation between GIZ and private sector partners through develoPPP, featuring a successful project that empowered female entrepreneurs in Ecuador. In partnership with Banco ProCredit Ecuador,…
Photo competition “People in GIZ East Asia #AccelerateAction for Gender Equality
In honor of the upcoming International Women’s Day 2025, which is celebrated annually on March 8, and to commemorate the GIZ Gender Week 2025, the GIZ East Asia office (Mongolia and China) is organizing a photo competition. This initiative is themed “People…
Table ronde autour du thème de la journée
Le Projet Forêt Environnement et Climat a tenue à célébrer la femme à son bureau situé au Carrefour Golf à Yaoundé suivant deux orientations. La première était orienté sur la compréhension des concepts clés lié au genre. En effet à…
Projection du documentaire “Mi seeri ma” (Je te repudie) de l’auteur Dr Aissatou
“Mi Seeri Ma”, est un documentaire en langue Fulfulde et transcris en Français, qui aconte la parcourt de vie de mariage d’une jeune femme qui a été mariée 5 fois et répudié 7 fois. Elle relate le contexte socioculturel de…
Positive Masculinity
A session for GIZ colleagues in Cameroon to confront the root causes of inequality and to learn about positive masculinity and the role men can play in promoting gender equality. The session invites reflection on common ideas about gender relations…
Face à face with the Country Director: Women Special
This is a special March edition of the bilateral exchanges with the country director to celebrate Women’s Month in Cameroon. On 4th April, 8 female staff of GIZ Cameroon will have the chance to exchange directly with the country director…
Feminist Development Policy: Perspectives from and for Asia
The BMZ’s Feminist Development Policy (FDP) stands exemplary in the global effort to address gender disparity at its core via transformative approaches. At its heart, the FDP targets the very roots of inequality, aiming to dismantle gender-based power imbalances entrenched…
Sport x Gender Online Session
In celebration of GIZ Gender Month, the Regional Project Sport for Development in Africa is hosting an online Sport for Gender Equality session. We adapted one of our trainings to fit an online format and are excited to share our…
Gender, Mobility, and Socio-Economic Status: Perspectives from India
Exciting news! 🗣 The next premiere of Women Mobilize Women’s highly anticipated webinar series in collaboration with Mobycon is just around the corner! In this webinar series, we dive into topics surrounding the intersectionality of gender and mobility. In episode…
Inclusive Perspectives: Navigating Gender Intersectionality in Our Service Planning and Delivery
As part of this year’s GIZ Egypt Gender Month, we’re thrilled to invite you to an interactive webinar addressing an increasingly relevant topic: (Gender) Intersectionality! An intersectional approach puts the perspective of the marginalized person or group front and center…
Découverte littérature féministe locale – GIZ Bénin
With the events in March, GIZ will be celebrating the month of Gender Equality and Gender Justice. For commemorating International Women’s Day on March 8th, GIZ Benin is organising a Brown Bag Lunch on the 21st of march to discover,…
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…
Historic Rwandan’s Women Bonfire Event
Step into history at the Rwandan Women’s Bonfire, an evening dedicated to honoring the incredible stories of Rwandan women who have left an enduring impact on our nation. From the poetic strength of Nyirarumaga to Kamaliza’s diverse legacy as a…
Women in Waste Management
GIZ Rwanda/Burundi invites to a virtual Expert Exchange on Women in Waste Management. We will be discussing how to engage women in the waste sector, the topic of leadership and innovative strategies in waste management. Textile waste management, sustainable practices,…
Film Screening Event Breaking female gender roles in the light of women’s economic empowerment
GIZ Rwanda/Burundi invites to the Film Screening Event Breaking female gender roles in the light of women’s economic empowerment We will be screening the three short films The Driver, Queen of Inanga and Lake Women (Kinyarwanda with English subtitles) followed…
Opening Event #I am remarkable
GIZ Rwanda/Burundi invites to the virtual Gender Month GIZ Rwanda/Burundi Opening Event in 2024! Do you sometimes struggle with sharing your achievements because you are afraid of sounding like you are bragging? Cultural and modesty norms as well as imposter syndrome…
Men at Work – Exchange Rwanda/Burundi
In the light of the upcoming Gender Month 2024, male colleagues are invited to the very first GIZ Rwanda/Burundi men@work exchange, offering a dialogue about work, gender equality and health in GIZ. Today, achieving gender equality requires everyone to be…
Through the Lense of Intersectionality: Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities as an Integral Component of Feminist Policies
Through the Lense of Intersectionality: Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities as an Integral Component of Feminist Policies If you leaf through our clients’ most recent strategic documents, it becomes clear: whether Feminist Development Policy, the Human Rights Concept of German…
Finanzas Públicas y Género – Gender & Public Finance
En Centroamérica todavía existen brechas de equidad entre hombres y mujeres, resolver estas diferencias significaría un incremento del 10% del PIB de la región. Varios indicadores demuestran que persisten desigualdades entre hombres y mujeres, tales como las tasas de participación…
Panel GIZ Senegal – « Investir en faveur des femmes : accélérer le rythme ! » 07.03. 10-11.30 UTC+0
Dans le cadre de la célébration de la journée internationale pour les droits des femmes, le 08 Mars 2024, placé sous le thème de : « Investir en faveur des femmes : accélérer le rythme ! », nous avons le…
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…
Cluster-Dialogue: Exploring the German Feminist Development Policy
In a Cluster-Dialogue we want to explore the Feminist Development Policy (FDP) strategy launched by the BMZ in March 2023 to develop a common understanding on how to best integrate its principles into our projects within the Lesotho-specific context. Friday,…
Conférence nationale sur la femme rurale et l’agriculture sous condition irriguée
De concert avec le collège des femmes agricultrices de la Coordination togolaise des organisations paysannes et de producteurs agricoles (CTOP), cette conférence sera organisée le 12 mars sous le thème : « L’irrigation : un levier de renforcement de l’autonomisation économique des femmes…
Final conference withing the Campaign “Improve Gender equality”
The German Development Cooperation project “Support to Social Inclusion in Serbia (GIZ SIP)” has supported the Ministry of Human, Minority Rights and Social Dialogue (MHMRSD) to conduct the campaign for improvement of gender equality in Serbia. The aim of the…
“New Wave” Documentary
During the March Month we want to invite you to the screening evening of the documentary “New Wave”! For over three decades, Albanian families have gone through the hurdles of migration, and “New Wave” takes a powerful dive into this…
FemFest
GIZ Albania this year is joining BashArt on International Women’s Week, supporting the third edition of #FemFEST 2024. From 4 to 8 March, the festival gathers artists, activists, writers and politicians to give voice to issues of gender equality and…
Gender Awareness Campaign
This year, the internal service providers are organising an awareness-raising campaign at the German sites. Part of the campaign is a video that illustrates the ideas of a gender-equitable world. The video will be shown on the in-house TV screens…
ELVIS Cinema
As part of Gender Month, we are showing a relevant film that deals with gender inequality. In doing so, we are taking a look beyond national borders. The colleagues of the Procurement, Contracting, Properties, Property Management, Language Services (ELVIS) department,…
Innovando en el procesamiento y transformación de la paja toquilla
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Radio Show on Access to Resources for Women & Girls in South Sudan
The project ResPEct in cooperation with Nonviolent Peaceforce and Men for Women is organising a radio show on the topic “Access to Resources for Women and Girls”. A South Sudanese gender equality activist and two Gender Champions will discuss questions…
Navigating Feminisms: A Contextualization of BMZ´s Feminist Development Policy in MENA
Its been almost exactly a year that BMZ has published its strategy for a feminist development policy. Time to celebrate? Not really, or – at least – not yet. Resistance against feminist struggles and an ever-growing gender backlash are on…
Igualdad de género en el sector de salud: atención, prevención e inclusión
CONVERSATORIO VIRTUAL “ATENCIÓN, PREVENCIÓN EN INCLUSIÓN EN SALUD” Estimadas*os: El Área de equidad de género y diversidad de la Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud (ANLIS) “Dr. Carlos Malbrán” de Argentina y el Proyecto de Cooperación Triangular REDLAB…
Infostand of the GIZ Equal Opportunities Commissioner Bonn
8 March is International Women’s Day, a day that stands for equal rights and against discrimination against women*, a day for solidarity among and with women* – and therefore a day on which we would like to come together with…
“Lunch Quiz – How much do you know?” and movie night “Women (2019)” Arthus-Bertrad
GIZ has been active in China since 1979, focusing on promoting sustainable and inclusive development through various projects and programs. In recent years, GIZ has placed a significant emphasis on green development, working closely with Chinese partners to address environmental…
Gender, Mobility, and Disability: The intersection of varied experiences
Gender, Mobility, and Disability: The intersection of varied experiences Women Mobilize Women and Mobycon present the webinar series “Intersectionality of Gender & Mobility”. Delve into the world of mobility with us as we challenge assumptions and embrace inclusivity! 🚶♂️🚴♀️🚇 The…
Gender-Based Violence in Mongolia
Kick-off Gender Week – Gender-based violence in Mongolia: a problem without a solution? GIZ in Mongolia invites a national gender expert and Professor Tumendelger to face the facts of gender inequality in Mongolia. Homes, schools, workplaces and the internet are the…
Webinar: Oportunidades de mueres que cambian vidas de mujeres.
Seminario web: Oportunidades que transforman vidas de mujeres En conmemoración del Día Internacional de las Mujeres, 8 de marzo, el Grupo Focal de Género de GIZ Ecuador les invita a participar en este webinar dedicado a explorar…
Gender & Religion – NICD Working Group Gender
NICD WG Gender invites you to a WG meeting and talk on Gender & Religion with the Sector Project Religion for sustainable Development, Project Equal Opportunities and Social Development (EOSD) in Egypt and Islamic Relief Germany 13th March 2024, 10.30-12.00…
BMZ Gender Action Plan 2023 – 2027 – Introduction and way forward
Dear colleagues, on December 2023 the BMZ launched its 3rd Development Action Plan on Gender Equality (BMZ GAP III). It translates the German Feminist Development Strategy into concrete measures for the years 2023 to 2027 and provides concrete guidance on…
GIZ LNOB Innovation Forum: LNOB, Inequality and Fiscal Policy
FISCAL POLICIES MATTER! RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GENDER-TRANSFORMATIVE TAX-POLICY. “The wealth of the world’s five richest billionaires has more than doubled since the start of this decade, while 60% of humanity has grown poorer”. Inequality INC, Oxfam International January 2024 In times…
Presentation of the National Strategy for Women in Lebanon
The National Committee for Lebanon Women (NCLW) launched the National Strategy for Women in Lebanon 2022-2030. GIZ Lebanon – GWG, on the occasion of the International Women’s day, is organizing a debrief on the strategy with NCLW guest speaker covering…
GIZ India : Capacity Development_AIZ Gender in Practice Training
‘AIZ Gender Training – Gender in Practice’- For GIZ India in New Delhi, India GIZ India in collaboration with AIZ has organized the Gender in Practice Training for our cluster colleagues in New Delhi, India. This in-person training takes place…
InS Gender Focus Month Campaign
During the Gender Focus Month 2024, International Services (InS) is organising an online campaign to raise awareness on the constant fight for gender equality worldwide, and in particular on the topics of leadership and political participation, menstrual health and hygiene,…
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Sexual Harassment Redressal Committee for India – Open House !
GIZ is an equal employment opportunity organization and is committed to creating a healthy working environment that enables employees to work without fear of prejudice, gender bias and sexual harassment. As part of the GIZ India Gender Focus – March…
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Gender Transformative Approaches (GTA) Participatory Self-Assessment Tool
In light of Germany’s Feminist Development Policy and GIZ’s commitment towards ensuring Gender Equality is a quality aspect of our work, the FMB Department Gender Team has developed a GTA Self-Assessment Tool that can be applied by interested project/program teams.…
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Gender Knowledge Exchange Meet – Learning Together – Gender in Agrivoltaics
GIZ India – ‘Gender in Agrivoltaics’ – Knowledge Exchange Meet Agrivoltaics, the practice of having solar panels and food crops on the same land is a topic that is steadily gaining traction globally! To get ourselves ahead of the curve,…
Feminist Development Policy in practice – Are you familiar with GIZs Gender Tools?
Online Event: 13.03.2024, 16:00 – 17:00 CET (please click on the image to enlarge it) Use the following link to join the meeting: Hier klicken, um an der Besprechung teilzunehmen Besprechungs-ID: 332 941 099 990 Passcode: gD6aiq Mit einem…
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, ……
GIZ Gender Award Ceremony 2024
GIZ Gender Award Ceremony 2024 Don’t miss – the GIZ Gender Award Ceremony 2024 on Friday, 8th March, 11:00 – 13:00 h CET Where: Bonn, GIZ Campus, Auditorium and online via livestream We are honored to count on the…