For Gedi

6th International Forest Policy Meeting (IFPM6)
2026-05-12 - 2026-05-15 | CZU campus in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
6th IFPM “Perception versus Reality in Forest Policy” will examine how scientific knowledge, political agendas, and public expectations intersect with the practical realities of forest management. Organizers highlight that discrepancies often emerge—between policy goals and their implementation, expert knowledge and public opinion, and official narratives and experiences on the ground. Several TF Members will attend.

ForGEDI IUFRO TF All Members Meeting (AMM) 3
2026-04-08 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Ljubljana)
ForGEDI IUFRO Task Force will hold its third meeting for all TF members.

ForGEDI MOOC 2nd Anniversary: Knowledge Co-Creation in Practice
2026-04-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Online webinar
Join us as we celebrate two years of ForGEDI MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), the first open-access course dedicated to advancing gender equity, diversity, and inclusion (GEDI) in forestry education.

Keynote Speaker: Janette Bulkan
Flash reflections with coordinators, contributors and learners
Q&A with the audience

Register HERE

Foreste: femminile, plurale
2026-02-27 09:30 - 17:00 | Progetto Fuoco, Verona – sala eventi Padiglione 6, Progetto Fuoco, sala eventi Padiglione 6, Verona, Italy
Organised by Rete Donne Foreste, and moderated by Silvia Bruschini (Compagnia delle Foreste). Elena Paoletti (IUFRO-International Union of Forest Research Organizations) will give a talk tentatively titled Donne e scienza: il contributo femminile alla ricerca forestale in collaboration with ForGEDI IUFRO TF.

3rd Annual Women in Science IUFRO Webinar Series
2026-02-11 - 2026-02-12 | Online webinar
In 2026, IUFRO will be celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science with the 3rd annual Women in Science IUFRO webinar series.
To recognize the contribution women make to forest research, we invite you to three sessions highlighting the work of 15 female scientists. This event is free and online! Register and attend up to three online sessions.
Please note that these times are in UTC.

Session 1: 11 February 2026, 07:00 to 09:00 UTC
Session 2: 11 February 2026, 20:00 to 22:00 UTC
Session 3: 12 February 2026, 14:00 to 16:00 UTC

Social and epistemic inequalities in science: insights from a multi-method study of forest research
2025-12-05 15:00 - 16:30 | Hybrid event: Online & Common rooms, CWTS, Willem Einthoven Kolffpad 1, 2333 BN Leiden, Germany
Inequalities in science have come under scrutiny in the last decade. Different strands of science studies, including scientometrics and sociological works, have examined geographic and gender inequalities in scientific fields. However, the persistent divide between these works prevents a more holistic understanding of how macro-level structures relate to micro-level experiences and practices that (re-) produce prevailing patterns. In this seminar, we present insights from the In-Forest project, a multi-method study on inequality and its epistemic effects in forest research. In our presentation, we synthesize findings from bibliometric and ethnographic analyses conducted as part of the DFG-funded project. We also reflect on the methodological learnings and challenges in linking these approaches in an in-depth empirical study, and the potential of reconciling scientometrics and sociology of science for investigating social and epistemic structures in science.
Speakers: Nelius Boshoff & Susanne Koch

Opening Ceremony of the International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF) 2026
2025-12-04 12:30 - 14:00 | Hybrid, Italy
FAO, in collaboration with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Ireland, will host an event on the sidelines of the Hundred and Seventy-nine Session of the FAO Council to launch the International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF) 2026. The event marks the official start of the United Nations observance of the International Year, and it will raise awareness of the crucial roles that women farmers around the world play in agrifood systems, as well as their contributions to food security, nutrition, and poverty eradication.
The United Nations declared 2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF 2026). The Year will spotlight the essential roles women play across agrifood systems, from production to trade, while often going unrecognised. Women farmers are central to food security, nutrition and economic resilience. IYWF 2026 will raise awareness and promote actions to close the gender gaps and improve women’s livelihoods worldwide.

2º Painel de Mulheres Florestais
2025-12-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Embrapa Florestas, Brasil, Brazil
2nd Women in Forestry Panel in Brasil

Bring gender equality into your teaching
2025-11-27 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,, Alnarp, Sweden
Do you teach at university level within the green sector? Welcome to participate in a course day on Method manual for gender equality by SNS. his is a valuable opportunity to explore how the manual can be used as a practical tool in your own work and teaching to increase gender equality in the green sectors.

ForGEDI IUFRO TF All Members Meeting No.2
2025-11-21 15:00 - 16:00
Second meeting for all members of the ForGEDI IUFRO TF

Empowering women leaders in the furniture sector
2025-11-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Online webinar
ForGEDI IUFRO TF will take part in the Webinar “Empowering women leaders in the furniture sector” on November 12, 2025.
The webinar is part of a Women for Circular Furniture conference cycle developed as part of the CirCLER Project and co-funded by the European Union. This project aims to define the professional figure of the Circular Economy Transition Manager for the wood and furniture industry and the necessary training, i.e. the set of skills expected by companies for this emerging role. It also aims to facilitate and guide the furniture industry’s transition towards a circular and sustainable economic paradigm.
The webinar will explore the challenges that women face in leadership roles within the furniture industry and highlight training tools and initiatives that foster equality and empowerment, with a special focus on how women leaders can drive sustainability and circular economy practices in the sector.
There will be a keynote speech on Leadership skills for women working in traditional industries: challenges and opportunities by Raquel Ortega Martínez, CETEM.
Presentations of key European initiatives and tools will include:

ForGEDI: Course on gender equality, diversity and inclusion (Todora Rogelja, International Union of Forest Research Organizations)
FLIER: The Future of Furniture: Circular Furniture (Irene Burroni, Experimental Centre for Furniture and Furnishings)
Be-WoodEN: Building and Education in Wood Ecosystem for the New European Bauhaus (Marta Casanova, University of Genova – Department of Architecture and Design)
Pact for Skills: Lombardy (Lucia Devescovi, FederlegnoArredo)
Women in construction, wood and forestry: A Resource Toolkit for Gender Equality at Work (Paula Cravina, European Federation of Building and Woodworkers)

Rethinking biodiversity-based economies for conservation and equity: Nurturing post-growth alternatives
2025-11-10 09:00 - 10:30
This webinar brings together researchers from the University of Cape Town, Natural Resources Institute Finland and The University of Sydney to share the conceptual underpinnings of post-growth alternatives to the bioeconomy, North-South perspectives on barriers to transformation and pathways to change. Rethinking Biodiversity-based Economies for Conservation and Equity. www.rethinking-biodiversity.org
