Women@TheTable
Women@TheTable[edit]
Women@TheTable is a nongovernmental organization working to promote gender equality in the international arena. It was founded in 2014, and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.[1] In 2015, it officially became an organization under Swiss law.[1]
Women@TheTable’s founder and executive director, Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, was inspired to found Women@TheTable after meeting with the DRC women’s human rights advocate Julienne Lusenge and realizing that women are frequently unrepresented in peace negotiations and in general at most decision-making tables.[2]
Women@TheTable convenes leaders in international policy to advocate for gender equality, and seeks to increase the influence of feminist voices in international governance and advocacy.[2] It focuses on five pillars where have not been traditionally represented: economy, governance, technology, sustainability, and sport.[3]
In March 2015, Women@TheTable, and the US Mission to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva hosted a salon series convening ambassadors and leaders of civil society to discuss accelerating movement towards gender equality. The initial salon led to the founding in July 2015 of the Geneva Gender Champions with a third partner the United Nations Office at Geneva. The Geneva Gender Champions became the International Gender Champions in March 2017 with the addition of new hubs in New York, and Vienna in July 2017. A third hub was established in Nairobi in December 2017.[4]
The International Gender Champions, is a tri-partite network of female and male leaders of member states, international organizations, and civil society who pledge to only participate in gender balanced panels and commit to implementing two institutional commitments for gender equality in their work.[2]. According to Kraft-Buchman, International Gender Champions’ strategy is to help make organizations make “huge changes through tiny steps” by committing to realistic, achievable transformations for gender equality.[5]
There are currently over 200 International Gender Champions in Geneva, New York, Vienna, and Nairobi, and Champions include UN Secretary General António Guterres, the heads of UN Offices at Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi, the ILO, WHO, WTO, WIPO, ITU, UNHCR, OHCHR, IPU, and other member states and civil society groups.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Our Story,” Women@TheTable, https://www.womenatthetable.net/#our-story
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Solange Behoteguy and Garry Aslanyan, “How a ‘table’ could change the world,” UN Special, https://www.unspecial.org/2016/03/how-a-table-could-change-the-world/
- ↑ “Women@theTable,” Genève internationale, http://www.geneve-int.ch/node/57714
- ↑ Salon Series,” The Future She Deserves and Women@TheTable, http://salonseries.strikingly.com/
- ↑ Meg Riggs, “International Gender Champions,” Geneva Geeks, Podcast audio, March 31, 2017. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1224098484
- ↑ “About,” International Gender Champions, https://genderchampions.com/about
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