Events

Strengthening Intergenerational Dialogue and Partnership on Gender Equality & Climate Change

Online

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, AGBW Lebanon and LAU’s Arab Institute for Women (AiW) jointly organize a multi-panel online conference: 

Strengthening Intergenerational Dialogue and Partnership on Gender Equality & Climate Change

Various panels will address:

  • the environment as a basic human right
  • the relationship between climate change and gender, gender equality and human rights
  • the impact of climate change on women and girls in the region 
  • the importance of including women in climate decision-making and strengthening intergenerational dialogue and partnership on gender equality and quality change

Program

Opening Remarks

Arine Ghazarian, Executive Director, AGBU Lebanon

Myriam Sfeir Murad, Director, Arab Institute for Women, LAU

 

Panel 1: Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Ensuring a Healthy Environment for the Most Vulnerable

Natasha Hall, Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, CSIS


Doing Gender with Culture in Mind

Cathia Jenainati, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Comparative Literature, LAU

 

Panel 2: Relationship Between Climate Change and Gender and Cases from the Region

Women in Climate Change

Nadim Farajalla, Director of the Climate Change and Environment Program, Issam Fares Institute, AUB


Lebanon’s Case: Women Vulnerable to Climate Change

Maya Nehme, Director of the Lebanese Reforestation Initiative (LRI – USAID)


Egypt’s Case: Rural Women Deeply affected by Climate Change

Eman Abdelazem, Researcher, Rapporteur, Consultant of Climate Change, and Chairman of the Forum Global Environment and Climate Change, Swedish Iraqi Studies Network


Climate Change Adaptation in Armenia: Women’s Perspective

Gayane Igityan, “Armenia’s National Adaptation Plan” (NAP) Project Public Outreach and Communications Expert, UNDP Armenia

 

Panel 3: Importance of Including Women in Climate Decision-Making

Strengthening Intergenerational Dialogue and Partnership on Gender Equality & Climate Change

Nisreen Elsaim, Environmental and Climate Activist
 

Case of Jordan: Women as Agents of Change

Mira Haddad, Research Associate – Spatial Analysis and Database Management, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Amman, Jordan
 

Moderator

Vahakn Kabakian, Climate Change Advisor/Project Manager, UNDP, Lebanon