Many stories of women’s traditional roles in biodiversity and agriculture are yet to be told. The limited visibility of women in policy and decision-making spaces related to natural resource governance and biodiversity is also mirrored in how their roles, knowledge and care for the land and its resources are often overlooked in many narratives.
A hybrid event featuring a high-level moderated discussion to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity 2023
Indigenous Peoples around the planet play a key role in taking care of the world’s biodiversity for the goodness of all humanity. Indigenous Peoples’ territories are rich with biodiversity, and we nurture harmony between our existence and theirs.
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?
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
The parallel event, Driving Land Restoration in Rural Communities through Feminist Climate Justice, organized and moderated by the Green Hope Foundation last 14 March at the recent Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67), enabled a very important discussion and exchange on gender and climate justice, and land restoration in rural communities.
The 5th International Marine Protected Area Congress (IMPAC5) wrapped up last March in Vancouver, Canada, on the traditional territories of the host First Nations – xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) – following days full of inspiring and thoughtful discussions. While significant progress was made, especially regarding the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ central role in marine stewardship, the authors still feel that more could have been done to highlight broader issues of justice, including gender equity. This blog post offers some insights into what was said about gender, equity and justice at the Congress. It offers a few reflections on how we can ensure greater (re)focused attention on these topics in upcoming work on marine stewardship.
A one-day live moderated discussion on identifying minimum elements that should be included in the revised and updated National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) as well as unfold entry points for gender-responsive national reporting in 2026 and 2029.
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.
WHAT Two 30-minute live interviews with Susana Arrachea (Global Programs Director at New Sun Road) on Digital education among women and girls in Guatemala and Dr Kamala Gurung {Gender Focal Person, The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)} on Gender in technology and agriculture.
