The following ideas (among others) were brainstormed during our session:
1. Media Skills-Building Session
Organize a skill-building session led by journalists on how to effectively communicate gender and environmental peacebuilding research to media and broader audiences. This session would help participants learn to present their work compellingly and identify what's missing in typical coverage.
2. Skills Training for Non-Gender Specialists
Develop a joint training session on gender and environmental peacebuilding designed specifically for conference participants who don't specialize in gender. This could be a 90-minute or 3-hour format covering foundational concepts and practical integration approaches.
3. Art Installation and Creative Expression Project
Develop a collaborative art exhibit integrating gender perspectives on environmental peace, potentially including murals, videos, postcards, posters showcasing women's movements, and songs of resistance.
4. Policy Brief and Advocacy Document
Co-author a comprehensive policy brief on gender-environment-peace intersections that includes actionable recommendations and declarations/statements from women's groups to leaders.
5. Evaluation Indicators Roundtable
Host a roundtable discussion bringing together practitioners and researchers to develop meaningful impact indicators for gender integration in environmental peacebuilding that go beyond simple attendance metrics.
6. Mixed-Format Panel Series
Organize 3-4 linked panels that deliberately combine theory and practice, featuring both academics and frontline practitioners discussing gender perspectives across different conference themes.
7. Pre-Conference Networking and Meet-and-Greet
Plan a targeted networking event for gender interest group members and allies, potentially including speed presentations where participants can briefly share their work and identify collaboration opportunities.
8. Special Journal Issue Development
Coordinate a collaborative effort to propose and develop a special journal issue on gender, decolonization, and environmental peacebuilding, with contributions from session participants.
