The IGWG organizes regular in-person and virtual events where members from around the world can learn from and connect with each other. These events may be thematic, such as a focus on recent research in the GBV field, or dedicated to capacity building, like how to use film for social and behavior change communication. Our annual IGWG Plenary creates space for members to meet in person and provide feedback on the network as a whole each year.
Presentations and recordings of IGWG events are available online so you can find past events you missed or want to revisit. The presentation materials are also available.

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May 2019
2019 IGWG Plenary: Gender in a Changing World New Opportunities, New Challenges
The global landscape is shifting every day, and those shifts have implications for gender equality and the work of gender champions. Evidence continues to point to the importance of cross-sectoral efforts when addressing gender equality and development. This year’s plenary highlighted new opportunities and strategies for advancing gender equality and health, and offered a space for the IGWG community to provide input on new and persistent challenges. As with past IGWG plenaries, 2019’s plenary also provided time for IGWG members…
Read More »Translating Gender-Based Violence Policies Into Practice: Lessons Learned From Uganda
Translating Gender-Based Violence Policies Into Practice: Lessons Learned From Uganda How can governments, international nongovernmental organizations, and multilateral organizations effectively collaborate to strengthen a country’s response to gender-based violence in policy and practice? View presentations and video from the event held May 19, 2019 Join the IGWG’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force and representatives from the Uganda Ministry of Health, the Uganda Ministry of Gender, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Policy Plus (HP+) project for presentations and…
Read More »April 2019
IGWG and iTVS Workshop: Using Documentaries to Boost Social Impact
For decades, skilled social and behavior change communication practitioners have created and used groundbreaking media in their work, demonstrating real results. But what about the off-the-shelf documentary films found at film festivals, PBS, cable, and elsewhere? Can they be used to boost targeted development goals even though they weren’t designed for that purpose? What would it take to make these ready-made films an effective, affordable, scalable addition to toolkits for social and behavior change? In this hands-on workshop, Independent Television…
Read More »December 2018
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part II
Part II: Supporting Adolescent Girls and Working in Humanitarian Settings More money, less violence? This event was the second part in the IGWG’s Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force series on the use of cash transfer approaches to address GBV and other reproductive health outcomes. Part II of this series delved more deeply into the specifics of cash transfers for addressing GBV. What are the strengths and shortcomings for this type of intervention to reduce GBV? How have cash transfers been…
Read More »September 2018
Addressing Gender-Based Violence Through Cash Transfer Programming Part I
This series, hosted by the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG), explored the use of cash transfer approaches (an economic empowerment strategy) to address GBV and other reproductive health outcomes. Moving from theory to practice, the event included presentations on results from recent evidence reviews, as well as promising programmatic examples of cash transfer interventions and their impacts. Part I of the series, on September 17, provided an introduction to cash transfer approaches and…
Read More »July 2018
Overview of the 2018 Interagency Gender Working Group Plenary
Learn about new interventions, research, and tools relevant to gender, catch up on IGWG news to use, and connect with colleagues in the gender community.
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