Women4Biodiversity will launch two critical documents on gender equality at the fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-4). See event details.
Event details of an in-person Information Session on Indicator Methodology to Measure Progress Towards Target 23 of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework on 11 May 2024 at UNON, Kenya.
Un court billet de Rose Pelagie Masso et Blondine Benga de REFACOF, Cameroun, sur leur visite d’échange régional dans la forêt de Kamatira à West Pokot, Kenya.
This is a guest post by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) this 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact has been conducting a series of activities to combat violence against Indigenous Women. We have conducted research on… Read More »AIPP and NIWA’s efforts to combat violence against Indigenous Women
The UNCBD Women’s Caucus held an open webinar on 26 October 2022, its last preparatory session toward CBD COP15, intending to introduce the basics of the Protocols and to reflect on key topics that will be discussed during Cartagena Protocol MOP 10 and Nagoya Protocol… Read More »UNCBD Women’s Caucus ROAD TO CBD COP 15: Webinar on Cartagena & Nagoya Protocols
Guest article by Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition Women’s groups and many other actors have frequently highlighted the need for more coherence between climate and biodiversity policy. Yet, sadly, several bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) continue to ignore discussions in… Read More »Women contribute to the UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance discussion on nature-based solutions
Guest article by Ramya Rajagopalan The 2008 Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CoP) introduced the scientific criteria for identification of areas to be designated as ecologically or biologically significant areas (EBSAs). This was basically introduced to describe and identify areas, that… Read More »Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) and Traditional Knowledge
By Sharon Nyambura Ruthia, Women4Biodiversity Watch the recording in English, Spanish, and French here. In celebration of the International Day of Rural Women (15 October) and World Food Day (16 October), Women4Biodiversity held “She Sustains Communities,” a virtual event on women, food sovereignty and the… Read More »HIGHLIGHTS – She Sustains Communities: A pre-International Day of Rural Women and World Food Day event on women, food sovereignty, and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
The UNCBD Women’s Caucus (WC) recently convened the third of its series of workshops in preparation for the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15). An expert panel within the membership of the WC guided the participants from… Read More »UNCBD WOMEN’S CAUCUS ROADMAP TO CBD COP 15: Third Open Discussion on Resource Mobilization, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, the Post-2020 Gender Plan of Action and Monitoring and Reporting Frameworks
By CoopeSoliDar RL. The following contributed to this article: Griselda Alvarado Picado, Ivannia Ayales Cruz, Vivienne Solís Rivera and Marvin Fonseca Borras. This article is a translation of the original in Spanish here. The organizations of indigenous peoples and local communities have power – power… Read More »The importance of applying free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) when approaching indigenous peoples and local communities organizations: A case study from the Pacific of Costa Rica working with mollusk-gathering women from the Chomes community
