By Shruti Ajit It is 2022, and we are still having to justify how women and biodiversity are related and why we need to have a gender-transformative framework and actionable points in international and national forums! Women’s lives have been closely intertwined with the biodiversity… Read More »Gender is indeed a biodiversity issue!
By Amelia Arreguín The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) co-hosted last June 21 the “OEWG-4 Roundtable on IPLCs and Finance: Ensuring GBF Funding Supports Locally-led Action by IPLCs”. The objective of this meeting was to… Read More »How do we make biodiversity action financing gender-responsive?
Women’s Caucus – UN CBD hybrid (in-person and virtual) morning preparatory call for the negotiations Women’s Caucus – UN CBD campaigning for a stand-alone gender equality target especially on the day it will be discussed in the contact group AFTER THE CONTACT GROUP: Women’s Caucus… Read More »Photos 22 June 2022 | Convention on Biological Diversity – CBD | Nairobi, Kenya
Women’s Caucus – UN CBD coordinator preparing to read the opening statement on behalf of the Caucus. Watch the opening statement here. Women’s Caucus – UN CBD delegates and allies expressing support for a stand-alone gender equality target in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework The… Read More »Photos 21 June 2022 | Convention on Biological Diversity – CBD | Nairobi, Kenya
Women Caucus – UN CBD (Nairobi, Kenya, 21-26 June 2022) The Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework held its third meeting in two parts. The first part was held virtually from 23 August to 3 September 2021. The second part was held… Read More »RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TEXT PROPOSALS FOR CBD OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON THE POST2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK, FOURTH MEETING
by Valeria Enderle, CAUCE Executive Director (CAUCE) and Ana Di Pangracio, FARN Deputy Director As part of the “Building resilience and weaving gender-responsive approaches to biodiversity governance” project, Women4Biodiversity aims to strengthen gender-responsive ecosystem restoration approaches in national goals and international commitments. The project, which… Read More »Wetlands restoration begins with meetings and needs assessment in Paraná City, Argentina
A Twitterchat conversationon gender and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework 13 June 2022 JOIN US on Twitter @Women4Biodiv 9 am UTC – 4 pm Bangkok 1 pm UTC – 4 pm Nairobi 5 pm UTC – 11 am Costa Rica RATIONALE Across different communities worldwide,… Read More »Twitterchat #GenderIsABiodiversityIssue
By Rhea Claire E. Madarang A stand-alone gender equality target in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework would fill the gender gaps of the previous ten-year framework for biodiversity action, said representatives from the Dominican Republic and the United Republic of Tanzania, both Parties to the… Read More »A stand-alone gender equality target in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework will address previous framework’s gaps – Dominican Republic and Tanzania
by Sharon Ruthia, Policy Associate – Africa, Women4Biodiversity The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) recently convened its fifteenth session of the Conference of Parties in Abidjan, Cote D ‘Ivoire. The conference was attended by leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society and… Read More »Empowering HER – Sharing Experiences from UNCCD COP 15: MODERN FOOD SYSTEMS VIS-À-VIS LAND DEGRADATION, and Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in the Land Restoration Process
Guest contributor – Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi, SWAGEN Uganda Seoul, May 2022 All roads led to Seoul, South Korea on the last day of April and the first day of May. It was time for the XV World Forestry Congress (WFC) hosted by the Government of… Read More »The world’s largest-ever gathering on forests does not include the rightful owners of forests