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#WomenActforWetlands videos showcase women’s success stories in conservation and restoration

by Women4Biodiversity

In celebration of World Wetlands Day last February 2, Women4Biodiversity created and shared weekly videos featuring women and their communities working to protect and restore wetlands near and around their homes. From sewing bags from cloth scraps to reducing plastic pollution in wetlands to channelling… Read More »#WomenActforWetlands videos showcase women’s success stories in conservation and restoration

ENABLING HER: Indigenous Women and Their Access to Climate and Biodiversity Finance

Date: 15 March 2022 Time: 09:00-10:30 am EST Language: English, Spanish, and French Register on this link or at bit.ly/enablingher Background The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 66) will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022. Due to… Read More »ENABLING HER: Indigenous Women and Their Access to Climate and Biodiversity Finance

Reimagining Conservation: Integrating human rights in the development and implementation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Date and time: 28 February 2022 from 1:15 to 2:45 pm (Nairobi) Co-organizers: Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action; CIEL; Conservation International; Costa Rica, Earthjustice; Forest Peoples Programme; Human Rights Watch; International Indian Treaty Council; IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy; Natural… Read More »Reimagining Conservation: Integrating human rights in the development and implementation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

#HerSafetyIsPriority Roundtable Summary

by Women4Biodiversity

Watch the full event HERE Mire el evento completo AQUÍ Introduction This event is a follow-up to the October 11 a high-level event on advancing gender considerations in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, held in parallel to the opening of the first part of the… Read More »#HerSafetyIsPriority Roundtable Summary

Her Safety Is Priority

by Women4Biodiversity

VOICES FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH IN ADDRESSING GENDER INEQUALITIES AND ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK ROUNDTABLE SUMMARY HERE Date: Friday, 10 December 2021 Time: 11am – 1pm | Kenya (GMT +3) 3pm – 5pm | Thailand (GMT +7) 7 pm –… Read More »Her Safety Is Priority

Weaving gender into Ecosystem Restoration

by Mrinalini Rai

Biodiversity underpins the ecosystems and their services and functions are vital to life. As international and national campaigns to restore degraded landscapes are gaining popularity to address the UN Decade on Restoration, there is a gap that persists at the heart of the ecosystem restoration… Read More »Weaving gender into Ecosystem Restoration

Why Rights and Biodiversity Are Interdependent

by Mrinalini Rai

Building a future for all life on Earth requires incorporating human rights in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, writes Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Senior Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute. This article authored by Claudia Ituarte-Lima was originally published on October 22, 2020 on China Dialogue and Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Human… Read More »Why Rights and Biodiversity Are Interdependent

Framing biodiversity policy for post-2020: W4B reflections on Nature-based solutions

by Mrinalini Rai

By Mika Schroder atm. PhD student at the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance As participants of the second meeting of the CBD Open-ended Working Group on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (OEWG-2020) met in Rome in early February 2020, discussions were buzzing with… Read More »Framing biodiversity policy for post-2020: W4B reflections on Nature-based solutions

Webinar Series: Women, Culture and Nature: Gender responsive solutions for biodiversity conservation

Listen to the Women: Discuss women, culture and nature and make a difference Webinar to mark the International Day for Biodiversity, May 22, 2020 ONLINE on our Youtube channel Women4Biodiversity Objective: Reflect on this year’s theme of “Our solutions are in Nature” 1. Amplify good… Read More »Webinar Series: Women, Culture and Nature: Gender responsive solutions for biodiversity conservation

2020: Super year for women in biodiversity? By Cristina Eghenter

An anthropologist works with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia on local food systems and indigenous people. The article has appeared in thejakartapost.com April 22, 2020 – Earth Day 2020 On March 8, International Women”s Day, we wanted to celebrate women”s achievements and contributions… Read More »2020: Super year for women in biodiversity? By Cristina Eghenter