• Women@TheTable

       

      accelerating gender equality

      because a woman's place is at the decision-making table

       

      in governance. in the economy. in technology. in sustainability.

      in portrayal.

       

    • 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

      & Portrayal 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.

    • w@tt we do

      accelerating equality

      because a woman's place is at the decision-making table

      w@tt

      w@tt works on systems change by making gender visible and a discussion point in the larger mainstream debate on governance, the economy, technology, and sustainability - creating spaces and inventing new platforms for feminists to be visible, have their voices heard, and have influence. Founded in 2015, we received ECOSOC status at the United Nations in 2018.

      International Gender Champions

      Our first initiative

      One of w@tt’s first initiatives in 2015 was co-founding the International Gender Champions (IGC) with the UN Director-General in Geneva and the US Ambassador, forming a collaborative network of senior female & male decision-makers who drive systems change through implementation of practical interventions to promote equality. IGC now numbers 200+ Champions including the Secretary-General of the UN, Heads of many if not most International Organizations, NGOs, Ambassadors and private sector. Currently IGC has hubs in Geneva, New York, Vienna, and Nairobi; IGC-Den Haag launched winter 2019 at the International Criminal Court. In summer 2018, a Finance Minister (Canada) joined IGC with the intention of founding an IGC-Finance Hub for International Finance Institutions and Finance Ministers with a baseline joint commitment to begin an organizational gender budgeting process within a 12 month timeframe.

      Impact

      Our first Impact Group and coalition

      Created for impact, IGC currently mobilizes Champion-led consortiums on Representation, Trade, Standards and Disarmament (and soon Finance). Its political action and draft of its Trade Impact Group’s Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment became the Buenos Aires Joint Declaration on Women and Trade, which was joined at the WTO Ministerial in December 2017 by an unexpected 120+ Member States and Observers, making it the first time in WTO, and GATT, history that women are mentioned in an official context of international trade. (Watch the short video with the amazing Arancha Gonzalez in the thumbnail.) The Declaration is critical in that it institutionally encourages countries to identify impact of trade on women and to take this into consideration in their trade agreements; with a potential massive impact on women’s economic status globally. w@tt and IGC will continue their trade work in collaboration with the International Trade Centre, Iceland, Sierra Leone and Botswana who co-chair the group, with a 13 member circle of Member States, (Canada, EU, Argentina, UK, Australia, Korea, Moldova, Kenya, Pakistan, Chile, Costa Rica), IOs (UNCTAD), NGOs (CUTS, ICTSD) with an action plan for change taking them to the WTO Ministerial in 2020.

      w@tt's pillars

      five strategic points of focus

      In order to connect frontline feminist change-makers, drive impact, and catalyse the influence of feminists with policy-makers w@tt focuses on five strategic pillars in fora where feminists have not traditionally been influential:

       

      Governance where rules are made:

      International Gender Champions

       

      Economy where power is wielded:

      the IGC Trade Impact Group,

      Gender Responsive Standards with the major national standards bodies that achieved recommendation late fall 2018 in Geneva. This includes an action plan to move from national standards bodies to the many International Standards bodies headquartered in Geneva by the end of 2019)

       

      Technology where the future is invented:

         Artificial Intelligence & Gender stream collaborating with école polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR)

       

      Sustainability where innovation is survival:

      Conference on Gender & Cities December 2018 bringing together high tech feminist visionaries focussed on democracy and inclusion with traditional feminist groups focussed on gender to explore the nature of Smart Cities with a feminist focus -- leveraging International Organization feminist capital in Geneva and bringing the dialogue forward to the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, and the World Summit on Information Society WSIS in Geneva in 2019.

       

      & Portrayal where myth is forged.

      w@tt is a systems entrepreneur

      methodology:

      front line to the top line to the front line

      This type of collaboration and innovation at the multilateral level, with a feminist NGO driving change with larger scale institutional partners is a new concept,

      and therefore w@tt is always looking for new partners & collaborations.

       

      We are systems entrepreneurs who have been able to identify, leverage & catalyze strategic points in complex multilateral systems.

      We effect awareness, create coalitions, plan for action, and collaboratively and iteratively catalyse change.

      We nurture coalitions so that the change is carried, achieved, and reflected on by the responsible international and frontline stakeholders. And together we have forged sustainable & practical hacks to international systems.

    • 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

      accelerating gender equality

      women@thetable

    • Gender & Cities

       

    • Events 2019

      selected 2019 events

      IGC Commitment Conversations

       8, 10, 14, 17, 21, 29, 30 January

      Every IGC Champion makes an annual two commitments to advance gender equality.

      Brown Bag Breakfasts For those who wish to speak in person, or on Zoom, either individually or in groups

      08:30 - 10:00

       

      Women@theTable offices

      IGC Focal Points

      17 January

      First Focal Point Meeting of the year to share best practice and what makes a transformative commitment.

      15:00-16:30

      Palais des Nations, Room XI

      IGC-Den Haag Official Launch

      At the International Criminal Court, The Hague

      5 February 15:00-17:30

      Opening remarks by H.E. Sabine Nӧlke, Ambassador of Canada to the Netherlands

      Remarks by H.E. Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the ICC

      Panel discussion moderated by H.E. Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn, Ambassador of

      Switzerland to the Netherlands

      • H.E. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the ICC

      • H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Belal, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands

      • Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Executive Director, Women@TheTable, IGC Co-Founder

      • Hans de Boer, Chairman, Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers

      (VNO-NCW)

      Closing remarks by H.E. Peter Lewis, Registrar of the ICC

       

      Kick off International Womens Week

       

      IGC Annual Champions Luncheon

      Champions Only Event

      &

      Evening Focal Point Reception

      To kick off a full week of events commemorating

      International Women's Week (because a Day no longer suffices in Geneva)
       
      IGC Annual Report 2018 Launch
      Working Luncheon Meeting
      Co-Sponsored by Women@theTable and the Canadian Mission to the World Trade Organization, and Mission to the UN Organizations in Geneva
       
       
      IGC Focal Point Reception
      Celebrating colleagues making waves & bringing other awesome feminists with them up the ladder into the heart of systems change.

      Reception, Geneva

      4 March 17:00-19:30

      The 2019 Geneva Gender Debate

      Graduate Institute, Geneva

      6 March 18:00-19:30

      Back by popular demand the Graduate Institute / International Gender Champions Geneva Gender Debate.

       
      With the Motion: This House believes that neutral gender language is not a necessity to achieve gender equality.
       
      Our incredible line up of Debaters:
       

      Inger Andersen, Director General, International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN, newly appointed Head of UN Environment

       

      H.E. Ambassador Michael Gaffey, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN and International Organizations in Geneva

       

      Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, International Trade Centre

       

      one surprise debater

       

      Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@theTable

       

      Gender Balance Index 2019 launch

      At the Embassy of Switzerland, Ambassador's Residence, London 7 March 17:30

      Promoting gender balance in public-private finance

      OMFIF is launching the sixth annual Gender Balance Index, which tracks the presence of women in senior positions at central banks and sovereign funds.

      Alexandre Fasel, Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom

       

       

      Keynote:

      Monika Bütler, Member of the Bank Council, Swiss National Bank

       

      Speakers:

       

      Ghadir Cooper, Global Head of Equities, Barings

       

      Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Founder and Executive

      Director, Women@TheTable

       

      Martin Taylor, Member of the Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England

       

      The Smart Feminist City

      CSW Side Event, Church Center for the United Nations, New York

      12 March, 16:30-17:30

      What would a sustainable SMART humanist city  for the 21st century that has gender equality, climate change resilience, and democratic values at the core of its creativity and governance look like?   We call this The Smart Feminist City and will explore visions and plans to make it a reality with urban planners, activists, and funders at this event that also celebrates Women@theTable's first year at CSW with official ECOSOC status.    In collaboration with Plan International.    

      WTO Female Directors Network

      WTO Executive Dining Room, Geneva

      2 April, 12:30-14:00

          Women@theTable's Executive Director and Founder Caitlin Kraft-Buchman will be the Guest Speaker at the WTO Female Directors Network Luncheon.    

      (en)gendering the smart city

      WSIS World Summit on the Information Society

      International Telecommunication Union, Geneva

      11 April, 13:00-14:15

      .Technology with gender at its core - SMART Cities Enabling More Connective Human Experience

      Hosted and Moderated by Women@theTable

       gender equality

      Fédération Equestre Internationale FEI Sports Forum

      15 April, 09:30-11:00

      The Sports Forum’s first day will begin with a session dedicated to gender equality. Even though equestrian is the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete on equal terms at all levels, improvements, especially regarding representation in governance-related positions (Committees, NFs, etc.) can be improved.

      Women@theTable is thrilled to participate on the opening panel with the President of the Equestrian Federation, one of our International Gender Champions.

    • 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.

       

       

    • 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.

    • 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.

       

    • Partnerships & Collaborations 2019

      Women@TheTable is honored to be collaborating with some trailblazing organizations, and their exceptional members & grantees in 2019 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, Vienna, Nairobi, Den Haag

      A leadership network that brings together female & male decision-makers to break down gender barriers for system change.

      Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

      United Nations and International Organizations Division

      w@tt is extremely proud to be the Gender Platform working with the Swiss Government to highlight the Geneva Gender Experience in multilateral fora.

      Republique et Canton de Genève

      post tenebras lux

      w@tt is grateful for the support of the Republique et Canton de Genève.

      Paris Peace Forum

      Chosen to be one of ten projects followed by the Paris Peace Forum over the year. IGC will help open the 2019 edition.

      IP​U

      Inter-Parliamentary Union

      Co-Chairs w/ w@tt & Sweden of the IGC Representation Impact Group

      ITC

      International Trade Centre

      Co-Chairs w/ Iceland & Botswana of the IGC Trade Impact Group

      UNECE

      UN Economic Commission for Europe

      Initiative for Gender-Responsive Standards

      UNIDIR

      UN Institute for Disarmament Research

      Co-Chairs w/ Ireland, Canada, Namibia of the IGC Disarmament Impact Group

      #SheTrades

      International Trade Centre (ITC) Women & Trade Programme

      bringing one million women to market by 2020

      Graduate Institute Geneva

      Credit Suisse

      Working on w@tt's idea for Open Source Software that can track women's participation & influence in international fora

      ECOSOC

      United Nations Economic and Social Council

      w@tt is extremely proud to have achieved ECOSOC status at the UN in 2018.

      Plan International

      UNCTAD

      UN Conference on Trade & Development

      World Bank Group

      Women, Business & The Law

      Women in Global Health

      Increasing the visibility and recognition of women’s contributions to global health & achieving gender equality in global health leadership.

      Wamama Tujenge

      Femmes.

      Batisseuses de la Paix.

      Stories of ordinary women creating extraordinary change in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with partner Julienne Lusenge, recipient of  French Legion of Honour, Amnesty International’s Ginetta Sagan Award & 2018 International Women's Rights Award.

      Media Matters for Women

      Our partner in Wamama Tujenge, Media Matters for Women is at the forefront of harnessing the potential of mobile phones to address the unmet information needs of women and girls in rural Africa. 

    • 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.

      Women@TheTable

      Admin[at]WomenAtTheTable[dot]Net

      @WomenAtTheTable

    • Events 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 the

      2017 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

       

      IGC Champions Luncheon

      &

      Launch of the IGC 2017 Annual Report

       

      co-hosted by

      Canadian Mission to the UN in Geneva,

      UN Office at Geneva,

      & Women@theTable

       

       

      Champions only event 12 -14h

      Luncheon

      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, protect

       

      Brown 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

       

      Computation and Society

       

      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

       

       

      26-28 June

       

      SheTrades Global, Liverpool

       

      In association with International Trade Centre      3 days of stimulating conversation & panels with:

      • Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, International Trade Centre
      • H.E. Rula Ghani, First Lady of Afghanistan
      • Dame Stephanie Shirley, Founder FI Group
      • Dr Anna Mokgokong, Executive Chair Community Investment Holdings, South Africa
      • Adi Maimalaga Tafuna'l, Co-Founder, Women in Business Development, Samoa
      • Mariana Cortes, Founder, Juana de Arco, Argentina
      • Lanre Akinola, Editor, This is Africa
      • H.E. Adela Raz, Deputy Foreign Minister, Afghanistan
      • Hon Nataliya Mykolska, Deputy Minister Economic Development & Trade, Ukraine
      • Alison Clafin, Global Head Sales for Damco, Maersk
      • Krysta Fox, Executive Director, DMCC Free Zone, UAE
      • Soumaya Keynes, The Economist
      • Hon Dr Isatou Touray, Minister of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, The Gambia
      • Cherie Blair, Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation
      • Maria Luisa Boyce, Director Global Public Affairs,UPS
      • Anita De Werd, Global Head of Marketing Damco, Maersk
      • Sanem Oktar, President, Kagider, Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey

      International Business Festival, Liverpool

      5 July

       

      Gender Responsive Assemblies

       

      Roundtable discussion on what a Gender Responsive Assemblies Toolkit would look like from Host Country agreement to invitation letters, the Assembly itself, and follow up and evaluation.

       

       

      With participants from IPU, UNOG, IUCN, WMO, WIPO, ITU, ISO, WHO

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Lunch Women@theTable offices 12 -2

      9/10 July

       

      International Policy Forum

      No Going Back:

      Making Gender Equality Happen

       

      Consultations on Women's Economic Empowerment for a series of recommendations from the W20 to the G20 convening in Argentina.

       

      Chatham House, London

      12 July

       

      Missions + 1

       

      International Gender Champion outreach from GRULAC members Mexico & Brazil to discuss International Gender Champions impact

      with Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad & Tobago, and Haiti

       

      Women@theTable offices, 9-10:30am

      16 July

       

      IGC / Human Rights Watch outreach

       

      International Gender Champion Human Rights Watch outreach to discuss International Gender Champions impact

      with Geneva Based Human Rights Organizations

       

      Human Rights Watch offices, 1600-1830

      19 July

       

      IGC Trade Impact Group

       

      Planning meeting for the fall TIG workshop, Women in Value Chains, taking place October 01st hosted by Korea under the MIKTA group framework at the WTO.

       

       

      International Trade Centre 1400 - 1530

      28 / 29 August

       

      Design Inception Workshop

       

       

      Two day Design Workshop hosted by Credit Suisse with EPFL to co-conceive open source software to work with Gender Responsive Assemblies to track number of women speaking, for how long, on which topics.

       

      Participants include IPU, IUCN, WIPO, WMO, UNWomen.

       

       

       

       

      Women@theTable, Maison de la Paix, Geneva, 0900 - 1630

      10 September

       

      Portrait of a (Working) Mother

       

       

      Opening of an exhibition that

      explores the experience of a specific group of mothers: expatriate, well-educated professional mothers (and one father who is the primary care provider for his children) who live and mother in Geneva. Their concerns are far-reaching: issues of maternal identity, gender equality, migration. The exhibition consists of 27 panels, each combining a photographic portrait and a short interview; as well as an introductory and concluding panels.

       

      Passerelle, Palais des Nations, 1300 - 1400

      11 September

       

      Focal Point Meeting:

      La Rentrée

       

       

       

      Palais des Nations, Room XI, Building A, 3rd Floor   9.30 - 11.00

      12 September

       

      IGC Disarmament Impact Group

       

      Luncheon Launch for Experts

       

      Co-Chairs: Ireland, UNIDIR, Namibia

       

      WIPO . invitation only

      17 September

       

      Women, Business and the Law

       

      Organised in partnership with the World Bank Group and Women@theTable

       

      No economy can grow to its full potential unless both women and men participate fully. As half the world’s population, women have an equal role in driving economic growth. Women, Business and the Law 2018 is the fifth edition of the World Bank Group report measuring the legal obstacles to women who engage in economic activity around the world. The dataset examines laws affecting women’s economic inclusion in 189 economies worldwide as well as its progress and identifies opportunities for reform to ensure economic empowerment for all.

       

      Tanya Primiani, co-author of the report at the World Bank Group.

      Panel:

      Martin Chungong, Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

      Isabelle Durant, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD

      Nazhat Shameem Khan, Ambassador , Permanent Representative of the Republic of Fiji to the UN and the WTO

      Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO and Founder, Women@theTable

       

      Moderator:Lore Vandewalle, Associate Professor in Economics Department and Faculty Affiliate of the Gender Centre, The Graduate Institute, Geneva

       

      Auditorium Ivan Pictet
      Maison de la paix, Genève 18:30 - 20:00

       

      UN Palais Briefing . 18 October

      Ambassador's Lunch 18 October

      28 September

       

      Gender Responsive Assemblies Toolkit Launch: UN Gender Assembly Side Event

       

      The event is designed for all those interested in creating a more inclusive and harassment-free environment at their assemblies, encouraging gender balance on delegations, promoting meaningful participation of women in deliberations, and advancing gender equality on agendas and outcomes.

       

      Panelists will outline how they have been applying and will further apply the principles in the Gender Responsive Assemblies Toolkit in their own Assemblies. They will address the opportunities for advocacy and action by all interested parties from Member States to Civil Society, and how can they collaborate with Secretariats and Heads of Organizations to drive urgent action to sustainably include women in all decision-making processes from the international to national level, and to advance gender equality in their decisions and deliberations.

       

      A high-level conversation with:

      • PGA President H.E. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces (invited)
      • H.E. Jurg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN
      • Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,  Executive Director, UN Women
      • Martin Chungong, Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union
      • H.E. Penny Beckles, Permanent Representative of Trinidad & Tobago to the UN 

       

       

      15.30 - 17.00, Room D,

      UN HQ, New York

      2 October

       

      Towards an inclusive resilient trading system aligning gender, rights & trade

       

      How can the Sustainable Development Goals – and specifically the transversal SDG 5 for women’s equality – help reinvigorate multilateral trading systems to bring inclusiveness, relevance and trust?

      How can inclusive growth and sustainable development align with the interests and values of trade to bring us to a more inclusive trading system? Who are the potential partners in a new global coalition to use inclusive trade to effectively impact the well being of all citizens including women who have been left behind.? How can we leverage trade to reduce poverty and stimulate inclusive sustainable growth? Finally, how can rights perspectives be reincorporated into the current trading system? These questions must all be considered in order to move towards an inclusive, resilient trading system that aligns gender, human rights and trade and is fit for purpose in the turbulent times ahead that present great challenge, but also great opportunity for change.

       

      Panelists:

      Nicole Ameline, CEDAW Expert

      Marion Bethel, CEDAW Expert

      Ambassador Stephen de Boer, Permanent Representative Canada to the World Trade Organization

      Jos Verbeek, Special Representative to the UN & WTO, World Bank Group

      Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women@theTable

       

      WTO Public Forum 18

      15.30 - 17.00, Room D

      11 October

       

      International Day of the Girl

       

       

      The international community in Geneva can play a critical role spurring global action on girls’ rights, not only through its normative and standard-setting activities, but also through commitments made by individual stakeholders in the Geneva space.

      The event for International Day of the Girl will serve as a culmination of mentorship experiences with UNFPA, Plan International, Women@theTable, WHO, Mission of Mexico, Mission of Canada, OHCHR, plus a Champion level 5 October working-level meeting with the women mentees and mentors.

       

      During the 11 October event, young women and their mentors will share with the international community their experiences, as well as present the outcome of the 5 October meeting on principles and commitments for young women’s empowerment and leadership in the Geneva space.

       

       

       

      The panel discussion will be moderated by the young women mentees, including one of Women@theTable's two mentees: Shreya Rajpuriya who will give the concluding remarks and ideas for action.

       

       

       

       

       

       

      12-2pm

      Palais des Nations, Room XXIII

      18 October

       

      Roundtable: Gender Responsive Assemblies

       

      IGC Network Only. After our successful launch of Gender Responsive Assemblies Toolkit at UNGA in New York, (and its presentation at the IPU Assembly to Parliaments mid October), a Roundtable to THANK our incredible international organization focal points who participated in contributing to the Gender Responsive Assemblies Toolkit, vetting the Toolkit, and who now with many others will begin to implement the Toolkit at International Assemblies throughout the UN System and beyond. A special lunch to plan how to make Gender Responsive Assemblies a reality by 2020.

       

      12 to 2 pm, Women@theTable offices

      19 October

       

      Invitation Only: Link between Women's Rights & Trade

       

      Ever since our ‘historic’ Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment we’ve been fascinated with the vocabulary divide between trade teams and human rights teams at the same Missions and international organizations. So, we held a lunch in April to discuss this for the first time with the storied Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Then we held an event on 'Aligning Gender, Rights & Trade' at the WTO Public Forum with CEDAW Experts and Reps from the World Bank and Canada. We also launched Women, Business and The Law with the World Bank in three events in Geneva to discuss how to better use the awesome data set in crafting questions of depth and purpose at the TPR, and UPR, and at CEDAW. We are reprising the idea for a second round of discussions to sit around the table and talk. Price of admission? One colleague from the Human Rights team, one colleague from the Trade team from the same Permanent Mission. For trade negotiators, human rights activists and think tanks.

       

      9-10:30 am Women@theTable offices

      29 October

      CEDAW Reception

       

      Women@theTable is over the moon to host the International Gender Champions reception for the CEDAW Committee Members, Staff, and the International Geneva Gender Community to promote deeper, more effective appropriation of CEDAW recommendations among multilateral stakeholders.

      If you are part of our International Gender Champions network, you are invited to come share a moment with the CEDAW Committee Members as well as other gender experts and relevant stakeholders to brainstorm around new and innovative ways to collaborate on the implementation of the CEDAW convention at the international level. Come lift a glass to these extraordinary experts who lead the international discussion on women's human rights!

       

      Reception, 29 October 2018, 18:30-20:30, Women@theTable, Maison de la Paix, petal 5. RSVP Admin@womenatthetable.net

      11-13 November

      Paris Peace Forum

       

      International Gender Champions has been selected to be one of 100+ projects to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the WWI Armistice.

       

       

       

      Come celebrate with us if you are in Paris!

      La Grande Halle de La Villette, the venue of the first edition of the Paris Peace Forum.

       

      13 November

      Annual Champions Meeting

      International Gender Champions

       

      Always an exciting event, this year will be extra special as High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, formerly an Honorary Champion as President of Chile, and a new Champion in IGC-Geneva will be giving the Keynote at the meeting.

       

      Champions only. Invites non-transferable.

       

      Canadian Mission. Geneva. 1700-1930

      14 November

       

      UNCTAD Trade and Development Commission

      Trade and Globalization in an Unequal World - Promoting Inclusiveness

       

       

      Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO/Founder, Women@theTable

       

      Panel:             

      Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Chief Executive Officer, ITCSD

      Isabel Ortiz, Director, Social Protection, ILO

      Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Director, FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations

      Claudia Hernandez, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the WTO, Dominican Republic

      Roberta Piermartini, Chief, Trade Costs Analysis Section, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO

      Antonino Serra Cambaceres, Coordinator of Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean, Consumers International

       

      1500 – 1800

      Palais des Nations, Room XXVI

       

      15 November

      Gender-responsive standards

      Working Party 6 UNECE

      United Nations Economic Commission for Europe  

       

       

      Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman

      Co-founder International Gender Champions; CEO/Founder Women@theTable

       

      Panelists:

      Amb Stephen de Boer, Permanent Representative of Canada to the WTO

      Stephanie Eynon, Standards-Makers Development and Engagement Manager, BSI, British Standards Institution, UK

      Antoinette Pitteloud, External Liaisons Officer, International Electrotechnical Commission IEC

       

      Adoption: Recommendation U on Gender-Responsive standards

       

      11:30-13:00 . Room XI Palais des Nations

      4 December

       

      Gender & Cities

      Public Event

       

      What do regional and frontline feminists have in common with digital visionaries who are also focused on democracy, inclusion, and transformation?

       

      Information on public event here

       

      Ivan Pictet Auditorium

      Graduate Institute Geneva

      1830-2000 PANEL

       

      5 December

      Gender & Cities

      Invitation only

       

      Women@theTable is convening experts, and expert feminists each separately focused on technology, gender, democracy, urban planning, or climate change for a discussion on shared visions and potential collaborations for this inaugural Gender & Cities event

       

      Maison de la Paix

      0830-2200

       

      6 & 7 December

      Buenos Aires Declaration at Year One: Closing the Gender Gaps

       

      One year ago, over 120 WTO members and observers committed to foster the participation of women in trade and better study the links between trade & women’s economic empowerment.

      Now a conference in Geneva hosted by the World Bank, the Netherlands, WTO, and the Graduate Institute taking stock of the Buenos Aires Declaration’s first year

       

      6 December Graduate Institute 1700-1900

      7 December WTO . 0900-1700

       

      19 December

      End of Year Reception

      IGC Focal Points

       

      Celebration of an extraordinary year from

      • IGC being selected as one of ten projects by the Paris Peace Forum for new global governance
      •  IGC-Disarmament Impact Group being nominated as Arms Control Person(s) of the Year
      •  successful Recommendation on Gender-Responsive Standards at UN ECE
      •  Decision on Women & IP at WIPO
      •  the Buenos Aires Declaration at Year One.

       

      Maison de la Paix

      1700-1900

       

      Coming up in 2019

      IGC Commitment Conversations

      8, 10, 14, 17, 21, 29, 31 @ 0830-1000

      Geneva, January

       

      Launch of IGC-Den Haag at the International Criminal Court  

      The Hague, February

       

      Launch of the Gender Balance Index w/ OMIFIF the Official Monetary + Financial Institutions Forum think tank for central banking, economic policy & public investment London, March

       

      w@tt's 1st panel as an ECOSOC NGO #SmartFeministCity at CSW

      New York, March

      ....and more

       

    • 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

       

      Graduate Institute Geneva,

      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 Teams

      Sharing 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

       

       

    • Some  events and collaborations from

      2015 - 2017

    • 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

      .

      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

      WTO Public Forum:

      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

      The elusive Gender Audit*

      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

      Invested in Equality

      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

      with  The Future She Deserves

      Breakthrough Barriers:

      Women in the Public Sphere

      with The Women in Public Service Project

      The Oak Foundation

      Issues Affecting Women

      Wamama Tujenge:

      Great Lakes Radio Pilot

      with Fonds Femmes Congolaises &

      Media Matters for Women

      Brown Bag Impact

      with GCSP, The Geneva Centre for Security Policy

    • 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

       

       

      Meagan Fallone
      Musimbi Kanyoro
      Jensine Larsen
      Antonella Notari Vischer
      Jensine Larsen

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