Women@TheTable
Because a woman's place is at the decision-making table.
in governance. in the economy. in technology.
in sustainability. in sport.
We make gender visible on the global stage galvanizing programs that target systemic change
catalyzing opportunities for feminists to speak with international audiences about solutions.
We make gender a discussion point in the larger mainstream debate leveraging
five strategic pillars in fora where feminists have not traditionally been visible :
Governance where rules are made
Economy where power is held
Technology where the future is invented
and
Sustainability where innovation is survival
& Sport where myth is forged
We create spaces on mainstream platforms
by driving visibility and influence of dynamic female and male feminists,
identifying and supporting them as they speak in more traditionally 'male' fora about gender and solutions.
We invent new platforms
for women to be visible,
and have influence.
through targeted initiatives such as the International Gender Champions.
women@thetable = w@tt
equal numbers of dynamic, progressive women at the decision-making table
= a unit of power, energy flow per unit time, something that needs to be harnessed in order to be released in its most potent form.
Our Mission
Support, Propel
Coalesce & Scale
leaders who articulate the need
for equal numbers of women @decision-making tables
wherever the metaphorical table may be.
Our Vision
galvanize the voices of humanists, particularly women so that women's voices & their unique points of view are heard, and acted upon in the corridors of power.
Create more platforms. Fuel more conversations. Make a movement.
This is the moment to move the needle.
We need to join forces
to coalesce & scale achievable goals of
equal numbers of women and men @decision-making tables everywhere.
w@tt's up
women@thetable
5 mars, 2018...24 janvier, 2018...12 décembre, 2017...More PostsEvents 2018
some activities.
11 January
Trade Impact Working Group
Brown Bag Lunch
12 - 14 @ w@tt
16 January
IGC Focal Points
2018 Kick Off Meeting
10:30 -12:00 @ Palais
25 January
New Perspectives of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women In Law & In Practice
Hosted by
Ambassador Socorro Flores Liera
Permanent Mission of Mexico, Geneva
&
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
Executive Director, Women@TheTable
Co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Colombia and Mexico
Come meet the new members of the DAW WG:
Elizabeth BRODERICK (Australia)
Alda FACIO (Costa Rica) Chair
Ivana RADAčIć (Croatia)
Meskerem Geset TECHANE
Melissa UPRETI (Nepal/USA)
Reception 18:00 - 19:30 w@tt offices
6 February
What's Working? Roundtable
Preliminary findings from the2017 IGC Annual Survey
and Roundtable.
Bring the best practices that are transforming(or can transform !)
your working culture
12-14h lunch @ w@tt
7 February
EnGENDERing Success in STEM
Laura Barrowman, Chief Technology Officer, Credit Suisse
James Purvic, Head Human Resources, CERN
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Founder, Women@theTable
Sabine Süsstrunk, President EPFL-WISH Foundation
Ivana Chingovska, Data Scientist, Swisscom
Rolex Learning Center, EPFL
CoLAB Credit Suisse
10:30-12:30
22 February
Sexual Harassment Policy
with Special Guest
Ambassador Jillian Dempster, New Zealand Mission to the UN in Geneva
Roundtable to Discuss Good & Best Practice
Of particular interest to small & large Missions
12-14h, Lunch @ w@tt
5 March
International Women's Week
Kick off
Celebration of IGC Focal Points
&
Launch of the IGC 2017 Annual Report
Focal Points & Champions only
Reception 17-19h @ w@tt
8 March
The 2018 Geneva Gender Debate:
Engaging men and boys in gender equality
MOTION: This house believes that engaging men & boys is a game changer
Opening Remarks: Professor Elisabeth Prügl, Director, Gender Centre, Graduate Institute, Geneva
Moderator: Ms Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women @The Table and co-founder of the International Gender Champions
Opposing Motion
- Ms. Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Professor Keith Krause, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
Supporting Motion
- Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN Geneva, and International Gender Champion
- Professor Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
6-7:30 pm Graduate Institute Geneva,
Ivan Pictet Auditorium
20 March
Reception: Feminists of WSIS
The World Summit on the Information Society
Women@theTable and friends from the Web Foundation will gather a few of the amazing feminist technologists and advocates attending WSIS from around the world and from Geneva together for a glass of wine and conversation.
Women@theTable offices in the Maison de la Paix 6:30- 8 pm
22 March
Where are the Women?
International decision-making in ICT
Workshop
co-organized by ITU and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at WSIS, the World Summit on the Information Society
Moderated by Professor Tim Unwin
With the Participation of Women@theTable
4:30 - 6:15 pm @ WSIS / ITU
27 March
Don’t Turn a blind eye
Sexual Harassment: learn, prevent, protectBrown Bag
w/ Special Guest, Director of the University of Geneva’s Equal Opportunities Office, Brigitte Mantilleri
Case Study & discussion on the two year journey from student satisfaction survey to work with scientists, focus groups, communications agencies, students and faculty to produce a ground breaking Sexual Harassment campaign that can be reused and shared.
12-14h Lunch @w@tt
11 April
The Power of Women in Diplomacy
Junior Diplomat Initiative Conference
Opening Remarks:
Michael Møller, Director-General UN Office at Geneva
Panel:
H.E. Ambassador Rosemary McCarney, Perm Rep Canada to the UN and Conference on Disarmament
H.E. Ambassador Michael Gaffey, Perm Rep Ireland to the UN and Conference on Disarmament
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO/Founder Women@theTable
Moderator:Dr. Claire Somerville, Executive Director, Gender Centre, Graduate Institute
9- 11:30 Graduate Institute Auditorium
19 April
The Link Between Women’s Rights & Trade
A luncheon discussion between trade negotiators, human rights diplomats & think tanks to discuss links between women’s rights & trade and how this intertwines with a human rights agenda. These two critically important groups of experts central to the work of Geneva engage infrequently, if at all.
Special Guest:
Oonagh Fitzgerald, Director, International Law Research Program, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Canada.
Read essay series, Reshaping Trade Through Women’s Economic Empowerment to be discussed in depth 9am- 1pm at the World Trade Organization (WTO), 20 April.
12-2 Women@theTable's offices
week of 14 & 21 May
Missions Plus One
Brown Bag IGC only
IGC focal points from Missions are invited to bring a colleague from another Mission in their regional group NOT CURRENTLY a Gender Champion to discuss the work of the network, how to leverage it, and ideas on how to powerfully collaborate on gender impact in international fora.
May dates week of 14th or 21st to be determined
@ Women@theTable
17 May
Gender Responsive Assemblies
IGC Representation Impact Group & IGC focal points in a crowd sourcing exercise on the most transformative practices that lead to gender responsive assemblies - from planning through execution and follow up.
Special Guest:
Mariana Duarte, Gender Programme Office, Inter-Parliamentary Union
12 - 2 pm Women@theTable offices
22 May
Intensive one-day workshop to discuss emerging challenges from different viewpoints and brainstorm potential ways forward as powerful algorithms, capable of learning, are increasingly controlling aspects of modern society: from social interactions (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube), economics (e.g., Uber, AirBnB, Banking), learning (e.g., Wikipedia, MOOCs), to governance (Judgements, Policing, Voting).
Speakers:
Anita Auer, University of Lausanne
Kujtesë Bejtullahu, IRGC
Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, University of Fribourg
Stefano Duca, ETHZ
Kiran Garimella, EPFL
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@TheTable
Diego Nunez, Universidad Mayor de San Simon
Caroline Roberts, University of Lausanne
Beatrice Scarioni, EPFL
Ingo Scholtes, ETHZ/University of Zurich
8h30 - 5h30.
Bernoulli Center, EPFL.
24 May
Equal Measures 2030 Dialogue
A technical and conceptual expert roundtable:
· What gaps exist in measuring all aspects of gender equality? And what are the data needs of advocates and Champions from all sectors and levels?
· How could data that does exist be better used to drive change?
· What are the particular challenges in capturing and amplifying gender-related data?
· What promising initiatives are underway to ensure that data and evidence get used to drive change on gender equality?
Special Guest: Alison Holder, Director, Equal Measures 2030
12 - 2 pm Women@theTable offices
Women@theTable
w@tt
the beginning
Women@theTable, w@tt, was conceived in 2014 after an inspiring and searing encounter with Julienne Lusenge, storied Congolese women's human rights defender, who was leading a delegation of extraordinary women from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London. Speaking about women's efforts to end the decades long conflict Julienne explained that (basically) you need to be a man with a gun to be invited to make peace at the table.
back in Geneva
The Oak Foundation signaled its support to try a new approach for a movement building group to propel extraordinary women onto their rightful place and the gender agenda more firmly unto the global stage.
an association
In 2015, Women@theTable officially became an Association under Swiss Law with the purpose to help more women have more amplified voices, more seats, and more influence at decision-making tables wherever those decision-making tables may be in governance, economy, technology, sustainability and peace.
our mission
We work vertically (from the frontline roots to the tips - from the market woman to the central banker), and strategically across chosen sectors bringing voices where few are heard or have influence, building new platforms, and knitting together new coalitions for change.
the first initiative
w@tt approached the US Mission in Geneva to host a Salon Series to discuss various issues in the women's rights space. These Salons, which became a tremendous success, were curated to gather high level actors with a broad spectrum of portfolios to strategize and create space for more women at the table.
and first Salon
Our first Salon, March 2015, in participation with The Future She Deserves, an initiative of the US Mission, curated and moderated by w@tt founder Caitlin Kraft-Buchman dealt with Women’s Leadership. The Salon addressed the catalytic question: What are the barriers to women having visibility and influence in corridors of power from the grassroots to the top of International Geneva?
Salon goers dove into conversation. Ambassadors from New Zealand, Chile, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Belgium, Denmark, the EU; DCMs from Canada, Spain, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Sweden; Directors from ICRC, UNOG, UNHCR, UNECE, WFF, GCERF, IPU, WMO, WIPO, WHO and other Geneva organizations; as well as Geneva civil society represented by the Oak Foundation, Womanity Foundation, and Geneva Call participated in the debate. Rapporteurs read out each table’s insights and it became clear that there was interest and will to create some sort of Champion group.
Immediately afterwards the Directors from UNOG who attended the Salon called to say that the Director-General would be interested in a Champion network, and so the International Geneva Gender Champions began with its three founders the Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva Michael Møller; Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto US Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations; and Caitlin Kraft-Buchman Executive Director of Women@theTable. Listen to a podcast about the creation of the platform here.
becomes the International Gender Champions
International Geneva Gender Champions held its announcement launch July 1, 2015 at the Palais des Nations with over 30 Ambassadors and Heads of International Organizations. As of January 2018 we numbered 207 Ambassadors, Heads of International Organizations, NGOs, and CEOs based in Geneva, including a growing number of Alumni. A New York group soft launched October 2016 in preparation for a hard launch at CSW in New York March 2017 where the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, signed on (again as he was one of our first Champions in Geneva as High Commissioner of Refugees).
We changed our name to International Gender Champions – Geneva to ably include New York (International Gender Champions – New York), and our anticipated expansion to other cities and sectors in 2018, including International Gender Champions - Vienna, and International Gender Champions-Nairobi.
We have begun to effect great change in the conversation about Gender in Geneva, the composition of panels, work on balanced delegations, how to effect systemic change, and at the very least upped the profile of deserving and brilliant women in Geneva for whom a place was made at the panel table due to the initiative.
w@tt ...
Women@theTable is intimately involved in the strategic thrust and growth of International Gender Champions, however its core work is on the suite of w@tt pillars on governance, the economy, technology, sustainability, peace, and in 2018: sport, and w@tt’s ‘portrayal’ for rock star feminists. All parts which intersect, harmonize, and interact to make a whole greater than the sum of its parts for platforms, visibility and influence for feminists and humanists.
INTERNATIONAL
GENDER CHAMPIONS
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together
female & male decision-makers to break down gender barriers for system change.
An initiative co-founded by the
Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva,
the Ambassador of the US Mission to the United Nations in Geneva,
and Women@TheTable.
getting there from here
propel: established, but heretofore largely unknown, leaders, and emerging leaders to receive strategic communications support, contacts, and connections to the global stage.
support: media training & coaching for print, video, social
+ conferences/summits. Ongoing tactical & strategic support, coaching, mentorship & network beyond and past initial training
platform: existing networks in business, government, technology, sustainability + peace. Connect networks from the local to the global, within themselves,
and with other movements + activists.
Create larger networks beyond the networks currently active. Find new partners, new advocates, new alliances
converse: start conversations in places where there have been none.
Add new, add diverse + multi- disciplinary voices to reinvigorate the conversation that exists. Make the local conversation global, and the global conversation robust, urgent and vibrant.
coalesce: weave conversations together, unite for a common end, begin to interact on other networks' agendas, collaborate, make networks whole, be a movement.
objectives. outcomes. impact.
objectives
Stimulate + nurture conversations adding more innovative women's voices in new spaces vertically within disciplines and horizontally across conversations.
Identify key emerging and established FEMALE + MALE leaders whose vision needs to be amplified and supported through a strategic messaging process.
outcome
Tacticians who are focussed and armed with high-level strategic outreach
to media, governments, funders + conferences.
More dynamic and actionable communications and conversations that include robust and stimulating gender dimensions.
impact
A larger global platform in the public space,
and more frequent + vibrant conversations about equal numbers of women everywhere at decision-making tables in social, economic, and political spheres.
Join Us
Have a collaboration in mind? Want to join our team?
Follow us on social media or come visit us at Maison de la Paix in Geneva.
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WomenAtTheTable Some events and collaborations from
2015 - 2017
Events 2017
Selected events.
24 January
New York!
International Gender Champions- New York Focal Point Meeting
Breakfast @ the Swiss Mission 08:30 - 10:00
2 February
Geneva! International Gender Champions-Geneva Focal Point Meeting
Palais des Nations, Room XXV, UNOG 10:00 - 12:00
7, 21, 23 February
IGC Commitment Clinic
In Person - w@tt offices Maison de la Paix
On Line - via skype w@tt 3-5pm CET
1 March
Reception International Gender Champions
greet the women leaders of the Breakthrough Barriers Summit
KEYNOTE:
H.E. Margot Wallström,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
'What Difference Does a Feminist Foreign Policy Make?'
5 - 7:30 pm
WIPO
2 March
Breakthrough Barriers Summit
Sitting women leaders from around the world discuss accelerating gender equality in private roundtables
9am - 5pm Graduate Institute
2 March
Breakthrough Barriers Summit
Public Event
A gender reality check in global leadership
Joyce Banda, former President of Malawi
Hina Jilani, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan
Melanne Verveer, former US Ambassador Global Women's Issues
Pictet Auditorium
6 - 7:30pm
8 March
International Women's Day events with
International Gender Champions, UNOG, & Switzerland with International Sporting Federations
20 March
Launch of
International Gender Champions-New York !
With Special Guest:
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Switzerland
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women
Azadeh Khalili, NYC Commission on Gender Equity
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@theTable
30 March
President Michelle Bachelet of Chile
becomes an Honorary Gender Champion
hosted by Canton de Genève
4 April
Gender Responsive Standards Convening
10:00 - 1630
UNECE hosted by ITC
4 April
Women in Science:
Break the Cliché
Ambassador Elisabeth Laurin, France
Fabiola Gianotti - Director-General, CERN
Elena Manaekova - Deputy Director General, WMO
Dame Julia Slingo, Chief Scientist, MET Office, UK
and
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU
Nicola Spaldin, ETHZ
Fiona Tummon, ETHZ.
Pierre Vandergheynst, Director of Education, EPFL
Moderator:
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman,
Women@theTable
WMO Salle Obasi
14 - 16:00
Hosted by the French Mission
10 May
Gender Responsive Standards
Web Ex Follow up
Organized by UNECE
16 May
Brown Bag Breakfast: Single-Sex Panel Language
When a Champion is asked to participate in a panel, IGC recommends that the Champion's office include correspondence to the organisers letting them know that the Champion has taken the IGC Panel Parity Pledge & requesting that organisers consider the gender balance of the panel.
Sometimes champions turn up to find that panels are single-sex.
What's the appropriate communication piece for Champions to use when they find themselves in such situations.
8:30 - 10am (breakfast will be served)
Women@TheTable offices, Maison de la Paix
18 May
Roundtable Lunch: Strengthening Gender Responsive Language in International Fora
Special Guests:
Dr. Jannie Lilja, Swedish Mission to the UN Geneva
Veronica Birga,
Chief Women's Human Rights + Gender Section, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
How can we support our champions in advocating for strong gender responsive language?
Review gender responsive language aimed at promoting equality and women's empowerment in international fora.
This is a particularly timely event given the number of Governing Bodies meetings taking place in May and June
This roundtable is particularly for those whose champions have made commitments that reference the need to strengthen the language they use in resolutions, statements and other negotiated documents.
12:30 - 14:00 (sandwiches served @ 12:00)
Women@TheTable offices,
Maison de la Paix
23 May
Spring IGC Focal Point Meeting - Geneva
10 - 10:45 With Communications TeamsSharing information, Blasting the Network
10:45 - 11:00
Focal Points
What's Happening ?
Wisdom from the Network
Palais des Nations,Room XXV
Building E, Door 40
30 May
IGC Change Management Impact Group : Towards Gender-Responsive Change Management
with Tinna Nielsen, Anthropologist, Founder Move the Elephant.
Guest Speakers:
Jan Beagle, Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@theTable
What are the barriers? What's holding us back from gender parity?
Discussion and solutions.
For Human Resources professionals, change management and gender focal points across the IGC network
Co-Chairs: UK Mission & UNAIDS
Venue: UN AIDS,
Kofi Annan Room
11:00 - 15:30
30 May
IGC CHAMPIONS
Mid Term Review
The Champions twice yearly meeting.
Bringing strong solutions that are working
And obstacles that are difficult
For discussion.
Champions Only
17:30 - 19:30
Venue: Palais
31 May
UN Environment Launch
Global Gender & Environment Outlook
Jan DUSIK, Director, Europe Office, UN Environment
Joni SEAGER, author Global Gender Outlook, Chair Global Studies Department Bentley University, Boston
Elena VILLALOBOS PRATS, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization
Sarah LEUGERS, Gold Standard
Seline MEIJER, People in Nature (PiN) initiative, IUCN
Moderator:
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@theTable
Breakfast.
8:30 -10
in the sunshine
Maison de la Paix
in front of Women@theTable offices
RSVP:
http://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/?q=fr/events/gender-and-environment-breakfast
5 & 6 June
Advocacy Training
Youth Forum
What's an elevator pitch?
How to tell your story effectively.
Women@theTable workshops for the Youth Forum leaders gathered to advocate at the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council
15:30 - 17:30
5 June: Servette
6 June: CAGI
12 June
State of the World's Fathers 2017 Report Launch
Presentation of Report & Launch:
- Gary Barker, President/CEO, Promundo
The Personal & Political:
- Gary Barker
- Shereen El-Feki, Co-Author
- Gilles Crittenden, MenCare, Switzerland
Advocacy & Political Will:
- Gary Barker
- Madeleine Rees, Secretary-General, WILPF
- Lana Wells, Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
- ILO
Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman,
Women@theTable
10am - noon
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Maison de la Paix, Auditorium A2
Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2A Geneva
14 June
Ensuring Equal Representation Event
Human Rights Council Side Event
International Gender Champions
Representation Impact Group
Champions & Activists, including:
- Director-General Michael Møller, UNOG
- Ambassador Veronika Bard, Sweden
- Ambassador Suraya Dalil, Afghanistan
- Ambassador Julian Braithwaite, UK
- Ambassador Beatriz Londoño Soto, Colombia
- Director-General Scott Weber, Interpeace
- YWCA Youth Forum Activists from DRC, Colombia, Myanmar & Sierra Leone
Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@theTable
14.00 - 15.30
Palais des Nations,
Room XIV, Cinema room (A-building, floor 1)
4 July
Special Reception:
Greet new CEDAW Chairperson
Professor Dalia Leinarte
We are especially pleased to host this event to strengthen ties & understanding of CEDAW's work and honored that the new Chairperson will join us when CEDAW begins its session Monday, 3 July.
18.00 - 19.30
Women@theTable offices at Interpeace
Maison De La Paix, Petal 5
4th floor
9 - 11 August
Advancing Women in Leadership Forum for Africa and Asia
a platform for men and women leaders in Africa and Asia to discuss how the International Olympic Committee’s decision of setting a minimum target of 30 per cent of women in decision-making positions by 2020 can be achieved.
w@tt CEO/Founder will speak at plenary session “Championing Gender Equality– Everyone should get involved.”
Organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) & National Olympic Committee of Rwanda
Kigali 9 - 11 August
29 August
IGC Focal Point Fall Kick Off
la rentrée what's in store for the IGC Network this fall: goals & collaborations
10.00 - 11.30
UNOG Palais
room to be determined
4 September
Brown Bag: Impact Group Meeting
Action Plans & Collaborations for Representation, Change Management, Trade & Health Impact Groups
12.00 - 14.00
Women@theTable offices
@ Interpeace / Maison de la Paix
19 September
Roundtable: Gender Marker
What is it? Who does it? Why use it ?
& How?
Bring your best practices and your questions as we share insights with experts from UN AIDS, Canada, and CARE.
12.00 - 14.00
Women@theTable offices
@ Interpeace / Maison de la Paix
26 September
WTO Public Forum 2017:
'How Trade Can Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goal #5 - Gender Equality.'
H.E. Héctor Casanueva -Ambassador, Chile to the WTO
Sahra English – Vice President, Global Public Policy, Mastercard
Leslie Griffin - Senior Vice President, International Public Policy, UPS
Ranya Shamoon - Europe Vice President Femcare Global Business Unit, Proctor & Gamble
Moderated by:
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman – CEO/Founder, Women@theTable
11.30 - 13.00
WTO Room S1
* Please note it is necessary to register for the WTO PF
BEFORE 12 September
2 October
iKnowPolitics & International Gender Champions Co-Convene
A Filmed Roundtable Discussion on How Male Champions Can Catalyze Female Political Participation
H.E. Nazhat Shameem Khan, Ambassador of the Republic of Fiji
H.E. Elayne Whyte Gómez, Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica
Michael Møller, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva
Moderator: Martin Chungong, Secretary General, Interparliamentary Union
UNOG, Palais
3-5 October
GQUALS Conference: The Hague
Changing the Picture of International Justice
Proud to participate in the GQUALS Conference including presentation on Best Practices + Ideas for Improving Gender Equality: Examples from Successful Initiatives
Tamara Box, Steering Committee 30% Club
Boris Kasolowsky, Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge
Claudia Hoefer, Senior Legal Officer International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Vincent Ploton, International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@theTable
Moderator: Nani Jansen, Doughty Street Chambers
The Hague
5 October
Achieving the SDGs through Sport:
Institutional responses for achieving SDGs through and in sport by multi stake-holders initiatives and other actors
Facilitator :
- Emmanuel Bayle, University of Lausanne (UNIL)
Panelists:
John Morrison, IHRB Director, Representative of the MegaSporting Events + Human Rights Platform
World Sport Alliance (WSA), Dr. Gilles Klein, Chair
International Gender Champions,Caitlin Kraft Buchman
Lausanne, Beaulieu
9-10 October
Advancing Women in Leadership Roles Forum in Europe with International Olympic Committee
'It's Time for Women to Run for Office'
Halla Tomasdottir, Iceland business
person and public speaker
Raffaele Pagnozzi, Secretary General, European Olympic Committee
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO/Founder, Women@theTable & co-founder of International Geneva Gender Champion
Maurizio Mosca, Stakeholders Relation Officer, European Institute for Gender Equality
Vilnius, Lithuania
11 October
Day of the Girl Event
@ WHO
Keynote: Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner, OHCHR
Presentation: Global Early Adolescent Study:
Robert Blum, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Panel discussion:
Catherine Godin, DPR, Canadian Mission
Monica Ferro, Director, UNFPA Office Geneva
Sophia Pierre-Antoine, FRIDA Feminist Fund
Daniela Zelaya, YWCA
Lianne Gonsalves, WHO
V. Chandra-Mouli, WHO
Zoya Rizvi, Ministry Health & Family Welfare, India
Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman Women@theTable
World Health Organization, Salle B, 1200-1400
13 October
Brown Bag Breakfast: Small Missions,
Big Impact
for Small Missions & those who collaborate with them
Women@theTable offices
0830-1000
17 October
Roundtable: THE MAN BOX
w/ Gary Barker, Promundo
What's working in the engaging men & boys movement ? What are the surprises from The Man Box research ? Where are the opportunities for collaboration within International Geneva ?
Women@theTable offices
@ Petal 5,
Maison de la Paix
1200-1400
17 October
THE MAN BOX:
A Public Lecture & Panel
Introduction:
Claire Somerville, Executive Director, The Gender Centre, Graduate Institute of Geneva
Presentation: The Man Box research, Gary Barker, President/ CEO, Promundo
Panel:
H.E. Jorge Lomónaco, Ambassador Mexico to International Organizations in Geneva
H.E. Kok Jwee Foo, Ambassador Singapore to International Organizations in Geneva
V. Chandra-Mouli, Scientist, World Health Organization
Gary Barker, Promundo
Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman,
Women@TheTable
Graduate Institute of Geneva, Auditorium B 1830 -2000
Women@theTable offices
@ Petal 5,
Maison de la Paix
0830-1000
23 October
Gender Responsive Standards
Web Ex follow up
Organized by UNECE
23 October
Gender Responsive Standards Web Ex follow up
Organized by UNECE
30 October
Towards a Pollution Free Planet: UNEA 3 Briefing
Gender & Pollution Panel
Moderated by Women@theTable
Organized by UN Environment
1400- 1600 International Environment House II
31 October
IGC Trade Impact Group Meeting
0930-1100 International Trade Centre
3 November
Breakfast Brown Bag: UN SWAP
Women@theTable offices
0845-1000
7 November
Roundtable: Gender & Artificial Intelligence
organized with Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, Gender Division
Women@theTable offices
1300-1530
17 - 19 November
Gender Hackathon
Impact Hub Geneva
24 November
IGC-Vienna Annual Meeting
OSCE MenEngage Experts Meeting
Vienna International Centre &
Hofburg
28 November
IGC-Geneva Annual Meeting
UK Ambassadors Residence
30 November
Gender Lens to UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
Palais
5 December
IGC- Nairobi Soft Launch
The Tent @ UNEA
UN-Nairobi
6 December
Wamama Tujenge premieres throughout the DRC on local radio stations
The Democratic Republic of Congo
12 December
Handover of The Buenos Aires Declaration on Women & Trade
MC11, Buenos Aires
19 December
IGC End of Year &
Planning for International Women's Week 5 - 9 March
w@tt offices
January 2018 events
11 Jan: Impact groups Lunch 12 - 14 @ w@tt
16 Jan: Focal Point Q1
10 -11:30 @ Palais
24 Jan: Discrimination Against Women Working Group
Panel 18-20 @ Graduate Institute
Partnerships & Collaborations 2017
Women@TheTable is honored to be collaborating with some trailblazing organizations, and their exceptional members & grantees in 2017 including...
The Oak Foundation
Issues Affecting Women Programme
Oak: building a strong and vibrant movement of women who are empowered individually and collectively to challenge patriarchal norms and tackle the root causes of inequality.
International Gender Champions
Geneva, New York, Bonn-Berlin, Vienna
A leadership network that brings together female & male decision-makers to break down gender barriers for system change.
Breakthrough Barriers
Women in the Public Sphere
A co-production with the Women in Public Service Project of the Wilson Center. 2017 saw us bring together sitting women in the executive, judiciary, and legislature for a unique global gathering in Geneva.
World YWCA
Youth Forum @the Human Rights Council
Working together with the amazing youth leaders gathered in Geneva to advocate at the Human Rights Council.
Republique et Canton de Genève
post tenebras lux
w@tt is grateful for the support of the Republique et Canton de Genève.
Fondation Hirondelle
Wamama Tujenge
Hirondelle - Media for Peace & Human Dignity - and Kandindi are our producing partners in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wamama Tujenge, Les Femmes Construisons la Paix.
Media Matters For Women (MMW)
Wamama Tujenge
MMW: at the forefront of harnessing Bluetooth technology to address the unmet information needs of women and girls
in rural Africa, our partner producing Wamama Tujenge bringing these stories of extraordinary women to the last mile !
UN Environment
Gender & Environment
Launch of UN Environment's
Global Gender and Environment Outlook
during World Environment Day celebrations in Geneva
#SheTrades
Women & Trade, International Trade Centre (ITC)
bringing one million women entrepreneurs to market by 2020.
UNECE
Economic Commission for Europe
Initiative for gender-responsive standards.
Women in Global Health
Increasing the visibility and recognition of women’s contributions to global health and achieving gender equality in global health leadership.
2016
Pleased to share some of last year's events with you here:
2 February
Geneva Gender Champions:
Working Group to Plan for 2016
4 February
Salon Series:
Men & Boys, Women & Girls:
Preventing Gender-Based Violence
w/ Special Guest Nazir Afzal OBE
22 - 26 February
Geneva Gender Champions:
Double XX Economy & Saïd Business School Interviews w/
Champions + Focal Points
7 & 8 March
International Women's Day
including
GGC @ the UNOG Library
on Unconscious Bias
6, 14, 19, 27 April
Geneva Gender Champions Impact Groups:
- 6: Talent Development Chair: WHO & WIPO @WIPO
- 14: UN SWAP & HR Chair: UNOG & OHCHR
- 19: Delegations & Panels Chair: ITU @ITU
- 27: International Fora Chair: France @Palais
22 April
Brown Bag Impact #1:
co-hosted at the GCSP
The impact of women’s rights work: the impossible (?) task of charting progress from grass roots to the international level.
Experiences and exasperations of a foreign policy official.
Lunch with Chris Lomax /
UK Mission
27 April
Tech Assembly:
Visions of the Future from Women Technologists
The Greek Theatre, La Grande Boissière, International School of Geneva
27 April
Geneva Gender Champions:
Focal Point Working Group Meeting, @UNOG
17 May
Geneva Gender Champions:
Champion Mid Term Review
with Guest Panelists:
Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross
Martin Chungong, Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Janet Voûte, Global Head of Public Affairs, Nestlé
and Mid Term Remarks:
Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto, US Mission to UNOG
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Founder, Women@TheTable
Michael Møller, Director-General,
United Nations Office in Geneva
20 May
Brown Bag Impact #2:
co-hosted at the GCSP
How do we break down gender barriers in the international arena?
Practical steps for Member States and UN entities to move the gender agenda forward at upcoming intergovernmental meetings.
Lunch with Meg Riggs, US Mission
& Saori Terada, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
7 June
Leadership Presence: What does it Take ?
a extraordinary workshop led by Professor Ginka Toegel of IMD
for the Geneva Gender Champions Impact Group on Talent Development
hosted @ WIPO
16 June
Gender Equality Extravaganza:
a side event at the Human Rights Council
w/ the Geneva Gender Champions, the Power of Empowered Women, the Barbershop,
Breaking the Silence actors Katrina Syran & Femi Elofowoju jr,
Baroness Joyce Anelay, UK Minister of State,
High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein,
YWCA Youth Delegation from Canada/Ghana, Myanmar, Brazil and Zimbabwe
Ambassador Julian Braithwaite, UK
Ambassador Yvette Stevens, Sierre Leone
Ambassador Martin Elyofsson, Iceland
Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto, US
Ambassador Suraya Dalil, Afghanistan
Secretary General Martin Chungong, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Ambassador for Women & Girls Natasha Stott Despoja, Australia
28 June
Brown Bag Impact #3:
co-hosted by the GCSP
Commitments 2.0
Looking forward
What’s working? What’s not? Why not? What’s been most promising?
How do we make the next round truly S.M.A.R.T. and how do we maximize our efforts to put gender consistently on the international agenda.
Join us with members of the GGC Steering Committee in intimate conversation and our famous sandwiches.
Open to both Champions & Focal Points
14 July
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Geneva Gender Champions: Focal Point Meeting
Commitments 2.0:
Looking forward to our new evaluation tool & October's
1- year review @UNOG
1 September
Geneva Gender Champions:
Salon for Focal Point
& Reception
Rentrée & Thank You
Hosted by US Mission
September
Great Lakes Radio launch:
Wamama Tujenge:
Femmes Construisons
Paix. Stabilité. Société
Kinshasa
13 September
Geneva Gender Champions Impact Group:
Delegations
How can we incentivize
capitols to send gender-balanced delegations to achieve our long-term equality, long-term innovation, and sustainability goals?
Chair: ITU
Lunch hosted by ITU
5 September
Geneva Gender Champions Impact Group:
UN SWAP & Organizational Policies
with Special Guest Champion Jan Beagle, Deputy Executive Director UN AIDS
hosted at UN AIDS
Co-Chairs: OHCHR & UNOG
28 September
Women’s Economic Empowerment & Trade:
Contributing to the Deliberations & Recommendations of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
with panelists:
- Ambassador Yvette Stevens, Sierra Leone
- Ambassador Daniel Blockert, Sweden
- Linda Kromjong, Secretary General, International Organization of Employers
- Jos Verbeek, World Bank Group
- Vanessa Erogbogbo, Women & Trade Programme, International Trade Centre
- Manuela Tomei, Conditions of Work and Employment Programme, International Labour Organization
- Moderated by :
- Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@theTable
- &
- Katherine Hagen, Global Social Observatory
6 October
Geneva Gender Champions:
Suffragette
Opening Remarks
UNOG Director-General Michael Møller
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Screening followed by
Women & politics: beyond the right to vote
Panel:
IPU Secretary-General Martin Chungong
Ambassador Walid Doudech, Tunisia
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO/Founder Women@theTable
Co-Hosted by GGC & Cine-ONU
5 October
Brown Bag #4
CEDAW:
How does it work? How do we use CEDAW recommendations to deepen our work?
Special Guest: Patricia Schulz, Member UN CEDAW Committee
Former Head of the Swiss Federal Office for Gender Equality
Co-Hosted by Women@theTable & GCSP
3 November
Brown Bag #5
What is it? Why do we need it ? And how we can use it in our work in International Geneva?
Special Guest: Sue Harris Rimmer, Visiting Fellow, Graduate Institute Gender Centre; Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy
*Gender Audit, an assessment tool and process for organizations to use in identifying. staff perceptions of how gender issues are addressed in their programming portfolio and internal organizational processes.
Co-Hosted by Women@theTable & GCSP
With Support from the Permanent Mission of Australia
http://www.womenatthetable.net/blog/second-brown-bag-elusive-gender-audit-w-sue-harris-rimmer
2 November
International Gender Champions Geneva:
Champions One Year Anniversary Reception
and Launch of First Annual Report
at Palais de l'Athénée
1 December
Invested in Equality
Men, Women, Masculinities, Gender Equality
and Leadership in the 21st Century
Inaugural Lecturer: Professor Michael Kimmel, Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities, Stonybrook University
30 November - In partnership with Advance:
Leadership in the 21st Century, Zürich
1 December - In partnership with the US Mission:
Lunchtime SALON on Men, Organizations, and Power
1 December - In partnership with the Graduate Institute, the US Mission,
United Nations Office at Geneva & W@tt
Keynote with Michael Kimmel
Panelists:
Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General, World Trade Organization
Pamela Hamamoto, US Ambassador to the United Nations
Michael Møller, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva
Andrea Pedrazzini, CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Switzerland
8 December
Brown Bag #6
“Half the Equation: Why and How to Engage Men and Boys to Advance Gender Equality”
A precondition for achieving gender equality requires us to create new ideas about gender, masculinity and healthy relationships.
How are we currently engaging men and boys and what can we do to bring them into the movement?
With Special Guest & Violence Prevention Expert Ms Lana Wells
Associate Professor and the Brenda Strafford Chair in the Prevention of Domestic Violence at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary where she is leading Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence.
With Support from the Permanent Mission of Canada
February, April & June 2017
Men & Masculinities Lecture Series:
Invested in Equality
- 22-23 February
- 26-28 April
- 13-15 June
March 1 & 2, 2017
Breakthrough Barriers:
Women in the Public Sphere
co-produced by The Wilson Center's Women in Public Service Project & Women@theTable
hosted by Graduate Institute, Geneva
Partnerships & Collaborations 2016
Women@TheTable was thrilled to be collaborating with some trailblazing organizations, and their exceptional members & grantees in 2016, that included...
International Gender Champions
International Gender Champions
with UNOG,
the US Mission, & w@tt
powered by 120+ Champions
from
International Organizations,
Permanent Missions &
Civil Society
The Salon Series
Breakthrough Barriers:
Women in the Public Sphere
The Oak Foundation
Issues Affecting Women
Wamama Tujenge:
Great Lakes Radio Pilot
with Fonds Femmes Congolaises &
Media Matters for Women
Brown Bag Impact
2015 Collaborations
Women@TheTable was honored to collaborate with some of these organizations,
and their exceptional members & grantees in 2015 our first year of operation.
2015 WILPF:
Women Stop War
Video & DIY Storycorps
in The Hague
2015 Trailblazers' Summit & WVEF: Women Vendors' Exhibition & Forum
Conference in São Paolo
2015 Peace in a Time of Hatred:
UNSCR 1325
Forum to celebrate the 15th anniversary of SCR 1325
2015 Les femmes de RDC:
Fonds Femmes Congolaises
2015 ITC:
1st international forum on women in business
Fostering Innovation, Internationalization And Scale Of Women-Owned Businesses
Nairobi 14 December
2015 Interpeace:
women
constitution
makers project:
Voices of The Founders
2015
The Salon Series
in partnership with
The Future She Deserves:
- Women & Leadership (birth of Geneva Gender Champions idea)
- Adolescent Girls' Health
- Launch of Women, Business & The Law in conjunction w/ World Bank Group
- Girl Be Heard, The Whole Girl
2015
Geneva Gender Champions:
Co-Founded w/ UNOG + US Mission
July 1 Launch
October 1 Commitments from Champions
Women@TheTable: The Cutting Edge
Women@TheTable inaugurated its first Mistletoe Session
at Marmalade: Arts at the Old Fire Station on the fringe at Skoll 2015
with a cutting edge panel of fearless and brilliant women leaders.
Meagan Fallone, the CEO of Barefoot College in India, now scaling its revolutionary rural model around the world;
Musimbi Kanyoro, President & CEO of The Global Fund for Women, #BeTheSpark campaign to put women + technology front + center;
Antonella Notari Vischer, Director of Womanity Foundation’s groundbreaking work in Afghanistan, Brazil, Middle East + North Africa;
Jensine Larsen, Founder of World Pulse’s digital vision to connect women worldwide + give voice to the voiceless,
Sharon Bylenga, Founder, Media Matters for Women, connecting rural women to information + community through technology
Women@TheTable joyfully spoke with some of the most effective, lovely and badass women making waves and changing lives on the global social entrepreneur scene.
at Marmalade: Arts at the Old Fire Station, Oxford
© 2015