GIZ Gender Website
SDG 05: Gender Equality
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…
Strengthening capacity of government agencies in integrating gender equality in the development of legal normative documents
Promoting gender equality (40% of marks)Which objectives and results has your initiative achieved?Describe the context, the organisational unit, the sector or the situation in your country or region. Tell us which approaches have proven effective, which results have already been…
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…
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…
SONDERAUSSCHREIBUNG 2021 DIASPORA FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Weltweit ist Geschlechterungleichheit nach wie vor ein gravierendes Problem: In vielen Lebensbereichen sind Frauen noch immer Opfer von Gewalt und geschlechter-spezifischen Diskriminierung und zudem unterrepräsentiert in Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft. Akteure der Diaspora, also Menschen mit Migrationsgeschichte, die sich der…
Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina are taking Rights into their own hands through a Free Legal Aid Application
Project: Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Legal ReformCountry: Bosnia and HerzegovinaCategory: GG1 Background information Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Legal ReformThe ORF Legal Reform project is one of the six Open Regional Funds (ORF), which…
Der „Nationale Preis für Mädchen im Bereich Berufliche Bildung in Somaliland“ eine Intervention im Vorhaben Förderung der Beruflichen Bildung in Somalia Phase II
Epilog: Wenn über eine Person nichts gesagt wird, wird diese schnell vergessen. In Somaliland w über junge Frauen und Mädchen nicht gesprochen, eine halbe Gesellschaft wird hier im täglichen Leben vergessen. LGBTX ist eine Straftat. Es stellt sich die Frage,…
Pakistan: “Empowering Female Staff in Male-Dominant Organization” – A success story on Gender Inclusion:
Gender inequality in Pakistan is deeply rooted in its social and economic systems. According to the ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2021’ published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Pakistan ranked 153rd out of 156 countries on the gender parity index. GIZ,…
Proyecto ROLESSS
Concurso de Género de la GIZ 2022 Postulados: Asesor y coordinadora del Programa S I Frontera. Proyecto ROLESSS (Redes de Orientación y Liderazgo para la Superación del Sufrimiento Social). Lugar de ejecución: municipios fronterizos de Cúcuta y Villa del Rosario…
From understanding to action to policy: How gender-sensitive corruption prevention and women’s economic empowerment reinforce each other
GIZ Gender Award 2022 1st Prize GG1 category
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…
MOBILITY SOLUTIONS IN INDIA FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Issues and challenges in India The transport infrastructure of a country is a key to economic development, and gives people the means to access job opportunities, education, recreation, and medical facilities. However, issues of overcrowding of buses in peak hours,…
Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food sector Kenya
Introduction In Kenya, agriculture, inclusive of the subsectors of forestry and fishing, is an important sector of the economy that accounts for around 29% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Thirty-six (36%) per cent of the population lives below the…
Gender Week 2020
GIZ Rwanda conducted a Gender Week jointly with equal opportunities officer Sabine Guertner. A number of sessions took place throughout the week, e.g. on: Sexual misconduct at the workplace Female career development in GIZ Overcoming the unconscious bias with focus…
Gender Month “Changing Gender Roles in the Household”
GIZ Rwanda conducted a Gender Month Competition on the topic of “Changing Gender Roles in Household”. All programme teams had sessions and discussions on the topic of “Changing gender roles in Household” and each programme was asked to design a…
Achievements and Challenges of women in Rwanda
8 March | Virtual event |
Sessions, discussions and music
Namibia’s Gender Week – Respect Her
All week | campaign and activities |
Joint campaign with the White Ribbon Campaign, panel discussion, masculinity session and GIZ photo campaign
Video to promote formal land usage rights
8 March | video publication – French|
Awareness raising video for formal land usage rights in Benin
Out of the Box – Efforts to promote Gender Equality at Mongolian Technical University recognized for their contribution to foster equal potentials
After | photo competition |
Empowered female entrepreneur
8 March | publication |
An article about a female entrepreneur overcoming intersectional discriminations was published in a magazine and online.
S4DA: Brunch, Challenge, Quizzes & Advocacy
All week | Online events & activities for the Sports for Development in Africa project |
Moderated discussion and exchange, quizz, advocacy articles, brunch
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.
Launch of a podcast to promote gender equality, skills development and TVET in Mongolia – Episode 1: Gender and Career
15 March | online publication and podcast – find links here |
Starting the first episode of the series in honor of the International Womens’ Day will set a sign for gender equality in TVET and skills development.
Roundtable Discussion Concerning Gender Equality
12 March | Private event for project members in Mongolia |
Discussion on how we can support gender equality initiatives with access to training, events, and workshops.
“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.
The Week of Timor-Leste’s Women Leaders
All week | online exhibition on Facebook |
Exhibition of Timorese leaders of institutions and NGOs but also women that are leading their families through the pandemic and into a better future
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.
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.
#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.
Make It in Albania- I can become a driver of change
8 March | public social media video |
Messages from 11 women who made their dream come true and broke stereotypes and prejudices, in Albania.
Online Conference “Access of women in rural areas to property rights”
26 February | Online conference for invited guests |
The online conference focused on increasing the cooperation for active promotion of positive examples of gender equality, establishment of mechanisms for education and information of the women from the rural areas for their economic and social development.
Women economic empowerment/ Women entrepreneurship
All week | physical and virtual events in French|
One or more events every day, exploring gender equality in many different sectors.
Accès au foncier de la femme
8 March | TBD | conférence pour GIZ employé-es à Madagascar |
Le Ministère de l’Aménagement du Territoire et des travaux Publics et la GIZ ProPFR, vont organiser une conférence-débat portant le thème “Accès au foncier et développement durable”
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
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.
Conférence débat sur « le genre et le professionnalisme »
8 March | event for gender FPs in Chad | reports in English et en francais |
Presentation on Gender & Professionalism and film streaming
The shadow pandemic: Online and ICT*-facilitated violence against women and girls during COVID-19
10 March | 14.00-15.00 CET | GIZ online event |
When women and girls do have access to the Internet, they face online violence more often than men in many different ways. Research and activists confirm that this problem has increased during the Covid-19.
Leadership in Fragile Contexts – The Role of Women in Peacebuilding
4 March | 16.00 – 17.30 CET |
Which countries and individuals are exemplary for the participation of women in foreign
policy? Which responsibility does German foreign policy bear? How do women perceive their
role on the foreign policy stage and are their demands heard? What special challenges arise
in fragile contexts? These are some of the questions we would like to explore at our event.
District Gender Dialogue in Mbale and Moroto
All week | dialogue streamed on Ugandan community-based radio |
Open dialogue on the roles of local government, civil society, academia and the media in achieving women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life.
Role of Women in building an energy conscious society
10 March | 09.5-11.15 CET | virtual event for APLAC gender focal points |
Panel discussion with national gender experts from academia, industry and the public sector will attempt to shed light on the rarely explored gender-energy nexus
Women share experiences in video snippets
All week | event for GIZ Mozambique staff and public video campaign |
20 short videos about female empowerment in Mozambique are published throughout the week
Gender Equality in Land Tenure
5 March | 10.00-11.00 CET | online discussion for GIZ staff |
Assuring equal right and equal access of women and men to land ownership
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
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.
GIZ INDIA ꟾ Gender Breakfast Meeting
12 March | 16.30 – 17.30 CET | virtual event for GIZ India |
We will explore corruption’s linkages to gender equality issues and how it impacts women’s empowerment.
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.
Campaign #womenmobilize
All of March | virtual activities, publication launch, #womenmobilize |
Follow the Hashtag #womenmobilize on Social Media to stay updated with new campaigns, insights and events! Publication of the third “Remarkable Women in Transport”
Generation Equality Forum – GIZ internal Info Session
4 March | 09:30-10:00 CET and 16:00-16:30 CET | virtual event for GIZ staff |
The SP Gender informs about the Generation Equality Forum, Germany’s role and thematic focus in the Action Coalition Economic Justice and Rights.
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
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.
Quiz on Gender Equality
All week | This is a private activity for the Programe Migration & Diaspora |
Each day, the quiz will focus on a different topic: Gender and Covid-19, Gender within GIZ, Gender and Migration, Facts on the topic of Gender, Women as Role Models.
Striving for Generation Equality – What a short film has to do with women entrepreneurship promotion in India
9 March | 11:00-12:30 CET | GIZ online event |
Join us for an exclusive screening of the critically acclaimed short film B. Selvi & Daughters followed by a discussion of the the film campaign and female entrepreneurship in the context of Generation Equality.
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
NICD Learning from the Field – IRC Approach Engaging Men through Accountable Practices to Reduce Gender Inequalities and Promote Non-Violence
10 March | 13.00- 14.30 CET | Virtual event – participate via MS-Teams |
EMAP is an approach to prevent gender-based violence through a structured process of overcoming violence-related gender stereotypes. IRC members are going to share valuable field experiences from different contexts and important lessons learnt.
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?
Female Leadership: Successes and Challenges during COVID-19
9 March | 10.30 – 12.00 CET | GIZ Bangladesh only – documentation here |
The event highlights how COVID-19 impacted women leaders, especially their successes and challenges during the pandemic. Three women leaders will share their experiences.
Work-life Balance during Covid-19 pandemic – Survey
March 9 | 10.00-11.30 CET | private event for GIZ-Kosovo only |
Survey and result presentation on how GIZ Kosovo staff experience the effects of the pandemic, especially in terms of gender equality perspective.
Challenging Gender Stereotypes – Online theater
11 March | 10.00-12.00 CET | private event for GIZ Kosovo and Macedonia |
Through online theater and entertainment prepared by experienced artists, GIZ Kosovo Gender Group will challenge gender stereotypes.
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 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!
“Towards a Gender-Equal World” – Official Opening of GIZ Gender Week 2021
8 March | 14.00 – 15.30 CET | public virtual event |
This year’s GIZ Gender Week will take stock of how we are dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 at present and how best we can safe-guard achievements made on gender equality against any deterioration and backlash.
WBG Women, Business and the Law 2021 report and findings & German policy provisions and actions aimed at closing existing gender gaps
10 March | 15.00 – 16.30 CET | public virtual event |
Presentation, discussion and exchange with high-level members of the WBG, BMZ and GIZ.
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.
Photo Campaign Regional Office North
In the framework of the GIZ Gender week, the regional office North conducted a photo campaign to call attention to the discrimination of women and other minorities. As the team of the regional office North is operating Germany-wide, a campaign…
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…
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…