Sarah Judd

Calming the Waters: Stories of Water, Peace, and Life

As part of OCIC’s World Water Day 2024 activities we are excited to announce our partnership with the 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling community for “Calming the Waters: Stories of Water, Peace, and Life,” a special themed Friday storytelling night. This event aims to highlight stories about water, including personal narratives, folk tales, fairy tales, songs, and other oral pieces. We […]

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Achieving Women’s Economic Empowerment: Innovative Models to Addressing Unpaid Care Work

Events / Sarah Judd

This CSW68 side event addresses the persistent challenges hindering the achievement of SDGs, particularly SDG5 and SDG8, with a focus on unpaid care work’s critical role in the achievement of economic empowerment, especially for women. Women shoulder disproportionate care work responsibilities, which leads to time and asset poverty limiting their economic empowerment and public leadership

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Career Journeys: Exploring Opportunities for Youth

Events / Sarah Judd

About the Event: Are you interested in a career in international cooperation? Join our virtual International Development Week 2024 (IDW2024) Career Panel to be taken on a career journey by young professionals who bring diverse personal experience, expertise and backgrounds to their role. The panel will explore: Panelists’ personal career paths Perspectives on the ways

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Gender Panel: Navigating Gender and Water Challenges Globally

Events / Sarah Judd

About the Event: Recognizing the urgent need for concerted efforts in addressing the intersectionality of gender and water issues, our International Development Week 2024 panel on ‘Navigating Gender and Water Challenges Globally’ seeks to shed light on initiatives taken by organizations and experts from across the globe. The gendered impact of lack of safe and

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Innovation Lab 2024: Exploring Innovative Approaches to Global Water & Climate Challenges

Events / Sarah Judd

Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 Time: 10:00am to 7:00pm EST Location: Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo Language: English This year OCIC’s Innovation Lab 2024 will offer a unique in-person opportunity for people and organizations interested in reflecting upon their relationship to water and climate issues in local and global contexts, and in building and

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Youth Policy-Makers Hub Recommendations for CSW68

Events / Sarah Judd

About the Event: Ahead of the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), five of our Youth Policy-Makers Hub (YPH) members have combined the diverse perspectives and suggestions of youth (ages 18-35) in the province of Ontario to present recommendations for engaging youth in discussions relating to poverty and financing, through

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Call to Action: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Israel

Calls to Action / Sarah Judd

Call to Action: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and ISRAEL November 3, 2023 We share our deep concern for the catastrophic humanitarian crisis that has been unfolding for nearly a month following the October 7 attack and killing of Israeli civilians by Hamas in Israel, and the ongoing Israeli military siege and killing of Palestinian civilians

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YPH Policy Matters Series: FIAP Area 3 – Growth That Works for Everyone

Events / Sarah Judd

OCIC’s Youth Policy Makers Hub (YPH) would like to invite you to our upcoming Policy Matter’s session on Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy, with a focus on Action Area 3: Growth that works for everyone, on November 6, 2023, from 6:00pm – 7:30pm ET. We are honoured to have Ian Thomson (he/him), Manager of Policy

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Calming the Waters: Stories of Water, Peace, and Life

Achieving Women’s Economic Empowerment: Innovative Models to Addressing Unpaid Care Work

Career Journeys: Exploring Opportunities for Youth

Gender Panel: Navigating Gender and Water Challenges Globally

Innovation Lab 2024: Exploring Innovative Approaches to Global Water & Climate Challenges

Youth Policy-Makers Hub Recommendations for CSW68

Call to Action: Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Israel

YPH Policy Matters Series: FIAP Area 3 – Growth That Works for Everyone

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