This is a guest post from International Funders for Indigenous Peoples in line with the Earth Day 2022 theme of “Invest in Our Planet.” International Funders for Indigenous Peoples is a global funder network dedicated to Indigenous Peoples globally. It seeks to build, foster, and… Read More »Investing in women, our planet’s guardians and defenders
Watch the event replay here. The first day of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meetings in Geneva witnessed not only the opening statements of Parties and observers but also the side event “Targeting Gender: Best Practices and Ways Forward.” It provided a platform to… Read More »Targeting Gender: Best Practices and Ways Forward
Thirteen Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have supported the call for a stand-alone gender equality target in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework during the resumed session of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in Geneva, Switzerland this month.… Read More »Parties support gender equality target in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
By Women4Biodiversity & FARN, members of Women’s Caucus – UNCBD Last September, at the 3rd meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) (Part I), Costa Rica proposed a new target (Target 22) for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF). It reads: Ensure women and girls’… Read More »This 2022, adopt Target 22, a stand-alone target for gender equality in the post-2020 GBF
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
UN CBD SBSTTA24, SBI3, OEWG-3 Side event Date: 14 March 2022 Time: 13:15-14:15 CET Venue: On line+ On site (Salle 14, Level 2, CICG conference centre) Registration: bit.ly/targetgender Background The event will discuss the Draft Post-2020 Gender Plan of Action that will be presented during the… Read More »Targeting Gender – Best Practices and Ways Forward
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
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
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
Important progress has been made, but now is the time to place women’s rights at the heart of transnational environmental law By Claudia Ituarte-Lima – Originally posted in China Dialogue – December 28, 2021 The 1972 Stockholm Conference sowed the seeds for the growth of… Read More »Women’s rights in environmental law, from 1972 to today
