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Women Farmers in Tropical Forests Building Community Resilience: A Biodiversity Day reflection

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…
23.05.23

Event: IDB 2023, “From Agreement to Action: Ways forward for gender equality and women’s rights in building back biodiversity”

A hybrid event featuring a high-level moderated discussion to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity 2023
10.05.23

Earth Day 2023: Investing in indigenous women and their knowledge in biodiversity

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…
21.04.23

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…
11.04.23

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…
10.04.23
Meetings

Gender perspectives at IMPAC5, the marine protected area congress

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…
24.03.23

Event: How to update NBSAPs and develop National reports gender-responsively?

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…
15.03.23
Meetings

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…
10.03.23

“Enabling Her with Tech”: An International Women’s Day 2023 Event

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…
28.02.23

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…
7.02.23