Events

The Ontario Council for International Cooperation’s Gender Equality Hub is commemorating Human Rights Day 2020 with a virtual Breakfast Dialogue, Voices From the Grassroots: COVID-19 and Women from the Global South, on December 10, 2020 at 8:30 am (EST). This dialogue will focus on sharing experiences of women and girls from Afghanistan, Guatemala, Kenya, Mali, […]

Africa is a continent made up of 54 countries that are home to 1.2 billion people. It has documented at least 1.8 million cases of Covid-19 and over 44,000 deaths, both of which may be undercounts due to limited testing. Just as damaging have been lockdowns and restrictions on trade that have impacted the economy

This year’s virtual event will honour the transformative work happening in Toronto to respond, rebuild, and create a future that is more sustainable and just. This year has been a time of upheaval and change. It has also been a time of incredible re-envisioning and re-imagining of the future of our city. We’ll shine a

The impacts of the war on pregnant women, new mothers and children are particularly devastating. Many are unable to afford the transportation costs to the few and far between hospitals that are still functioning. For those who can, this journey often involves crossing frontlines or negotiating multiple checkpoints. As a result, many expectant mothers and

Join us for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Together we will mourn the women killed at the L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6, 1989, and women killed in 2020. It is an opportunity to reflect and renew our commitment to end men’s violence against women. This year our

Join Amnesty International for Write for Rights! Every year around International Human Rights Day on December 10th, hundreds of thousands of people around the world send a letter or an e-mail on behalf of someone they’ve never met. Write for Rights will look a little different this year with COVID-19 restrictions, but the impact of

Cooperation Canada is hosting bi-weekly, high-value virtual sessions, bringing innovative and challenging ideas to the international development sector in Canada. Diverse stakeholders will prompt thought-provoking discussions on topics related to the major trends affecting the international cooperation sector in a COVID-19 era. These sessions will help inform sector leaders about some of the issues they

Our co-hosting organisations invite you to join an engaging discussion on key challenges and opportunities to support persons with disabilities in emergency education contexts. Following the 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD) on December 3rd, and ahead of the 2022 Global Disability Summit, co-chaired by the Government of Norway, this Forum will explore

Le 9 décembre prochain, 4 représentant-e-s d’organisations de la société civile (OSC) d’Afrique francophone, du Moyen-Orient et de l’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, discuterons des répercussions de la pandémie sur la solidarité internationale. *** El 9 de diciembre del presente año, invitaremos a cuatro representantes de organizaciones de la sociedad civil del África francófona, del

This session aims to enhance understanding of how to integrate gender into the testing environment through the use of FIT’s Rapid Gender Scan tool (RGS). The RGS is a gender analysis framework that helps you capture essential information about gender roles and responsibilities, capacities and vulnerabilities. It was designed to be used in situations where