Event: What did CBD COP15 bring for women and girls?
WHAT A one-day virtual round table, which will discuss the critical outcomes of CBD COP15 to identify the needs and way forward in order to deliver a gender-responsive biodiversity results.
WHAT A one-day virtual round table, which will discuss the critical outcomes of CBD COP15 to identify the needs and way forward in order to deliver a gender-responsive biodiversity results.
The Gender Program was a 2 day event organized by United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) Women’s Caucus and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat. It was held in the Auditorium of the “Palace Québec” on the 10 and 12 December 2022. The aim was to ensure that the Post- 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) is Gender Responsive and has a Human Rights Based approach (HRBA) that highlights the importance of women in biodiversity.
An artwork by the Global Youth Biodiversity Network displayed during COP 15 Text and photo by Cristina Eghenter 12 years after Nagoya’s Aichi Targets, a new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) agreed on 19 December 2022 at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties… Read More »COP 15 Reflection: The new global biodiversity framework, human rights and civil society
CBD COP15 Event To kick off the series of events at the Women’s Hub at the Fifteenth Conference of the Meeting of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15) in Montreal, Canada, the Women4Biodiversity team launched policy briefs on gender at Palais… Read More »Women’s policy briefs for a gender-responsive biodiversity framework launched in Montreal
CBD COP15 Side Event The Data Reporting Tool for MEAs (DaRT) is a tool that aims to support Parties in the effective use of synergies in biodiversity knowledge and information management for national reporting to the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). This tool can also be… Read More »Data Reporting Tool for MEAs – DaRT and Gender
By Sharon Ruthia, Policy Intern, Women4Biodiversity The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) recently convened the Fourth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-4) on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) last 21-26 June in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting brought together Parties to… Read More »How access and benefit sharing can be implemented in the Post-2020 GBF to fully realize CBD objectives
Reflections on the UN Oceans Conference, Lisbon By Vivienne Solís Rivera and Griselda Alvarado Picado CoopeSoliDar RL The United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) was held in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 26 to July 1 and was attended by leading small-scale artisanal fisherwomen from Asia, Africa… Read More »Gender Equality and Small-scale Artisanal Fishing
Text and photo by Cristina Eghenter, WWF International The OEWG4 negotiations held in Nairobi on 21-26 June were expected to provide the right motivation and leadership for coming closer to an agreement on the new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). This is urgently needed because the… Read More »A truly ambitious post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
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