The IGWG organizes regular in-person and virtual events where members from around the world can learn from and connect with each other. These events may be thematic, such as a focus on recent research in the GBV field, or dedicated to capacity strengthening, such as integrating participatory and inclusive evaluation and learning methods in gender transformative global health programming. Our annual IGWG Plenary creates space for members to meet in person and provide feedback on the network as a whole each year.

Presentations and recordings of IGWG events are available online so you can find past events you missed or want to revisit. The presentation materials are also available.


What’s Family Planning Got to Do With It? Intimate Partner Violence + Family Planning Intersectionalities and What We Can Do about Them

Join us at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum in Rio de Janeiro to exchange ideas, network, and learn about what approaches work in linking intimate partner violence and family planning. This satellite event will showcase findings from the Passages Project’s new report, “Exploring the Linkages between Intimate Partner Violence and Family Planning,” and highlight the latest research from Promundo’s Program P. Come ready...

How Can We End Violence Against Women and Girls? What We Need and What We Know

The EU and UN recently launched the Spotlight Initiative, including an initial allocation of Euro 500 million (more than half a billion US dollars) to fight violence against women and girls. How can the impact of this Fund be optimized? What does research and first-hand experience on the ground tell us about what works? And how can it inform policy and political dialogue aimed at eliminating violence against women and girls in all its forms, now and in future?

Not the Usual Suspects: Engaging Male Champions of Women, Peace and Security

The Women in Public Service Project is pleased to welcome Our Secure Future and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security to the Wilson Center for a public panel conversation on the current level of men's engagement in Women, Peace and Security and what steps we can take together to encourage more male allies to join the movement.

London ‘Launch & Learn’ Event Introducing the Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Emergencies Toolkit!

Where: The Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Join us for a 'launch & learn' event introducing the new MHM in emergencies toolkit! The development of this multi-sectoral resource, which included rigorous research, consultations, and field piloting, was led by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Columbia University, with valuable expertise and insights provided from a range of global humanitarian actors. The resource is co-published...

Women and War: Securing a More Peaceful Future

Women’s participation is key to peace: Peace processes that include women are more successful and sustainable, and societies that empower women are more peaceful than those that do not. Join the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program for a discussion on women and conflict.