The campaign under the slogan “I say no to sexism. What do you say?” originates from former UN Geneva Director-General Michael Møller, who in 2017 made it his commitment to launch a campaign to counter casual sexism at UN Geneva. This campaign consisted of awareness-raising, outreach activities and actions to encourage and empower staff to tackle casual sexism in their working environment.

Today, this campaign is being relaunched to support implementation of the IGC Gender-based Violence Pledge, a commitment for “Champions to uphold IGC’s core values of creating and maintaining safe workplaces and treating every person with respect and fairness; and to accelerate collective action towards the elimination of all forms of genderbased violence within Champions’ spheres of influence”. The campaign is also a part of the IGC Secretariat’s commitment to the Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition theme on gender-based violence.

The effective exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression is essential for the enjoyment of other human rights and freedoms, and crucial for women’s empowerment and the achievement of substantive gender equality. Despite the many gains for women and girls and people with diverse gender identities in the realization of this right, they continue to face structural, systemic and legal barriers. When they are additionally subjected to intersectional discrimination, these barriers are exacerbated.

On 10 December 2022, the international community will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This provides a timely opportunity to take stock of the numerous contributions of UNCLOS to peace and order in the ocean and to the sustainable development of ocean spaces and resources. In addition, it is a moment in time to celebrate the particular contribution of women to the progressive development of the law of the sea as reflected in UNCLOS and related instruments.

As a side event of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, the Global Survivors Fund and its partners are organising a high-level hybrid event on: Co-Creating Reparations with Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Lessons Learned and Emerging Best Practice.

The Women's Leadership Forum's 10th Edition is organised by the European Brand Institute in cooperation with UNIDO, taking place on September 20th , 2022 at Vienna International Centre, on the topic WOMEN.FOR.SUSTAINABILITY!

Riding on a wave of countries becoming democracies in the 1990s, IPU Member Parliaments issued the Universal Declaration on Democracy in 1997 in Cairo, Egypt.

The World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) invites all nuclear security stakeholders to attend the virtual launch of their self-assessment, evaluation and action plan tool for achieving and sustaining gender equality, diversity and inclusion in their organisations. This virtual launch is designed to inform leaders and managers, staff of organisations and human resource professionals supporting the mission of organisations involved in nuclear security.

This side event aims to showcase recent achievements and plans for the future in the implementation of the CCM.