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Gender Equality, Restoration and Land Rights: A Time for Change

Gender equality, restoration and land rights are interrelated issues that affect the lives and livelihoods of millions worldwide. Women and girls are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of land degradation, as they often depend on land for their income, food production, #water supply and fuel. Multi-faceted challenges limit their ability to protect and restore land and to benefit from its resources.

Second WC Event on NBSAPs

HIGHLIGHTS: How to update NBSAPs and develop national reports gender-responsively?

A virtual roundtable on gender justice and biodiversity TEXT BY AMELIA ARREGUIN In 31 March, the UNCBD Women’s Caucus and the Convention on Biological Diversity hosted a virtual roundtable “How to update NBSAPs and develop national reports gender-responsively?” with the objective to provide concrete paths… Read More »HIGHLIGHTS: How to update NBSAPs and develop national reports gender-responsively?

Nepal women farmers using mobile devices

HIGHLIGHTS: Enabling Her with Tech International Women’s Day live interviews

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2023 in line with the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,” Women4Biodiversity held live interviews on 8 March, with women bridging technology and innovation to rural communities.  Susana Arrechea, global programs director of Californian technology start-up New Sun… Read More »HIGHLIGHTS: Enabling Her with Tech International Women’s Day live interviews

HIGHLIGHTS: What did COP 15 bring for women and girls?

To discuss the critical outcomes for gender justice, gender equality and women’s empowerment of December 2022’s Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) the UNCBD Women’s Caucus held the virtual roundtable “What did COP 15 bring for women and girls?” on 22 February this year.

Gender Program: Weaving Human Rights and Gender Equality in the Post–2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

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. 

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