The Belgian Advisory Council on Gender and Development invites you to the COP27 side event “Climate change and gender-based violence as double threat to gender equality.” on November 16 from 16:30 to 18:00 CET. (17:30-19:00 EET – local time)

Climate change exacerbates gender inequality and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). However, SGBV are too often left out of the climate policy agenda both at UNFCCC and national level. This event will take the form of a policy dialogue around this topic between actors in charge of climate policies, gender policies and development policies at the Belgian level. The event is articulated around the policy recommendations of the Advisory Council on Gender and Development on the nexus between gender-based violence and climate (available in French or Dutch).

► Full programme via this link

► This event will be hosted in the BENELUX-EIB Pavilion at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh and accessible online

► Participation is free of charge, but registration is required via the BENELUX-EIB Pavilion’s virtual hub: https://events.eib.org/88KYR (select the event in the list)

► The language of this event will be English. There will be no simultaneous translation.

► For more information: Info@argo-ccgd.be

This side event is organised by the Advisory Council on Gender and Development, with the support of the working group "Nexus gender, climate and violence" including members from the following organisations: Oxfam België-Belgique, 11.11.11, FOS, Sensoa, CNCD-11.11.11, Le monde selon les femmes; Solidagro, Plan International België, Eclosio, UGent; Conseil des Femmes Francophones de Belgique (CFFB), Plateforme des Femmes de la Diaspora Congolaise de Belgique, MSI-BIS, FGTB-IFSI and other members of ARGO-CCGD.