{"id":17245,"date":"2025-02-18T18:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T17:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interpeace2026.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=17245"},"modified":"2025-03-11T23:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T22:41:36","slug":"the-geneva-gender-debate-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/fr\/event\/the-geneva-gender-debate-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Geneva Gender Debate 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">The internet, digital platforms, information and communications technology (ICT) and artificial intelligence (AI) offer unprecedented pathways to increase women\u2019s participation across all spheres of life, enhance gender-disaggregated data collection, advance gender-responsive standards and procurement policies, and promote global collaboration in gender equality efforts. Yet, where there is opportunity, there is also risk. While the digital transformation bears vast potential to leapfrog progress towards SDG 5, the digital gender divide, persistent gender stereotypes, the under-representation of women in tech and decision-making, significant gaps in digital literacy and a rise in technology-facilitated GBV also threaten to exacerbate existing inequalities.<br \/><br \/>In this context, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genderchampions.com\/\">International Gender Champions<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graduateinstitute.ch\/\">Geneva Graduate Institute<\/a> are hosting their 6th Geneva Gender Debate. In the tradition of the Oxford Union Debates, the motion debated on this occasion will be : \u201cThis house believes that digital and new emerging technologies are catalysts for accelerating gender equality.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graduateinstitute.ch\/communications\/events\/geneva-gender-debate-2025\">Register to attend. <\/a><br \/><br \/>Introduction:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-985b79\">\r\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Claire Somerville<\/strong>, Executive Director of the Gender Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Doreen Bogdan-Martin<\/strong>, Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Debaters:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-a33557\">\r\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Sameer Chauhan<\/strong>, Director, United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Rita French<\/strong>, Executive Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), and former UK Human Rights Ambassador<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Itonde Kakoma<\/strong>, President \/ CEO, Interpeace<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Caitlin Kraft-Buchman<\/strong>, Co-Founder and CEO, Women at the Table \/ &lt;A+&gt; Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Moderator:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-74c8d5\">\r\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Naomi Samake-B\u00e4ckert<\/strong>, PhD Student, Gender Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Closing remarks:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\" wp-block-list eplus-wrapper eplus-styles-uid-072dd8\">\r\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Martin Chungong<\/strong>, Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union and Chair, International Gender Champions Global Board<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">This event is organised in partnership with the International Gender Champions and as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.graduateinstitute.ch\/discover-institute\/initiatives-dorientation\/diversity-equity-inclusion-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute\u2019s Gender, Diversity &amp; Inclusion Initiative<\/a>. It will be livestreamed on YouTube.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\" wp-block-image size-large eplus-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-17267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8No4N2TEx2LamSIbjgPREWILcbSq70j3-1060x500.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8No4N2TEx2LamSIbjgPREWILcbSq70j3-1060x500.png 1060w, https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8No4N2TEx2LamSIbjgPREWILcbSq70j3-600x283.png 600w, https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8No4N2TEx2LamSIbjgPREWILcbSq70j3-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8No4N2TEx2LamSIbjgPREWILcbSq70j3-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8No4N2TEx2LamSIbjgPREWILcbSq70j3-1536x724.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8No4N2TEx2LamSIbjgPREWILcbSq70j3-18x8.png 18w, https:\/\/www.interpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8No4N2TEx2LamSIbjgPREWILcbSq70j3.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">This event may be filmed, recorded and\/or photographed on behalf of the Geneva Graduate Institute. The Institute may use these recordings and photographs for internal and external communications for information, teaching and research purposes, and\/or promotion and illustration through its various media channels (website, social media, newsletters).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">By participating in this event, you are agreeing to the possibility of appearing in the aforementioned films, recordings and photographs, and their subsequent use by the Institute.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Your personal data is collected only for the organisation of this event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">For further information, please consult our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.graduateinstitute.ch\/privacy_policy#Privacy%20policy\">privacy policy<\/a>, our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.graduateinstitute.ch\/communications\/faq-events\">FAQ\u00a0<\/a>or contact us directly:\u00a0<a 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