Women4Biodiversity held the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) orientation at the Women’s Hub during the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15) in December 2022.
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A virtual roundtable hosted by Women4Biodiversity, UNCBD Women’s Caucus and the Convention on Biological Diversity
WHAT
A 1.5 hours virtual round table designed to provide valuable support for the finalisation and operationalisation of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) in line with decision 15/5. The main objective is to identify concrete entry points for integrating gender considerations into all indicators related to the 23 targets of the KMGBF.
Women4Biodiversity hosted “Women, girls and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” a conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd in Montreal, Canada on 13 and 14 December last year. The two-part event was among the Women’s Hub activities during the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15).
A summary of a 5-day workshop organised by Women4Biodiversity from 15 May to 20 May 2023, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Women4Biodiversity and MSP Institute jointly organized a webinar “A new chemicals framework that leaves no one behind: Webinar on gender and human rights in SAICM Beyond 2020” on 13 June 2023 from 2 PM to 3.30 PM CEST.
A joint webinar on a new chemicals framework that leaves no one behind, gender and human rights in Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Beyond 2020.
To explore the practical implementation of the Gender Plan of Action (GPA), the UNCBD Women’s Caucus and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity hosted a virtual roundtable on gender justice and biodiversity “How to implement the CBD Gender Plan of Action on the ground?” on 26 May 2023.
To celebrate the International Day of Biological Diversity and to promote the gender-responsive implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through grassroots women working towards this goal through restoration and biodiversity governance, Women4Biodiversity held the event “From Agreement to Action: Ways forward for gender equality and women’s rights in building back biodiversity” on 18 May 2023.
Sharon Ruthia, a former intern with Policy Team in Women4Biodiversity recounts her journey from being engaged in the GYBN Kenya Chapter to realising a gender targer in Kunming-Montreal GBF
Women4Biodiversity, the UNCBD Women’s Caucus, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, offers this space where good practices, lessons learned, and concrete ways forward will be shared for all actors interested in implementing immediately and effectively the GPA on the ground in collaboration with women’s organisations and leaders.
