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“Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights to Stop the Biodiversity Crisis”

A summary of the side event to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to inform about the intersections between SDG 5, 14, 15 and the Convention on Biological Diversity Watch the event…
18.07.22

A truly ambitious post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

Text and photo by Cristina Eghenter, WWF International The OEWG4 negotiations held in Nairobi on 21-26 June were expected to provide the right motivation and leadership for coming closer to…
11.07.22

Gender is indeed a biodiversity issue!

By Shruti Ajit It is 2022, and we are still having to justify how women and biodiversity are related and why we need to have a gender-transformative framework and actionable…
29.06.22

How do we make biodiversity action financing gender-responsive?

By Amelia Arreguín The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) co-hosted last June 21 the “OEWG-4 Roundtable on IPLCs and Finance:…
29.06.22
Restoration Sites

Wetlands restoration begins with meetings and needs assessment in Paraná City, Argentina

by Valeria Enderle, CAUCE Executive Director (CAUCE) and Ana Di Pangracio, FARN Deputy Director As part of the “Building resilience and weaving gender-responsive approaches to biodiversity governance” project, Women4Biodiversity aims…
10.06.22

A stand-alone gender equality target in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework will address previous framework’s gaps – Dominican Republic and Tanzania 

By Rhea Claire E. Madarang A stand-alone gender equality target in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework would fill the gender gaps of the previous ten-year framework for biodiversity action, said…
6.06.22

Empowering HER – Sharing Experiences from UNCCD COP 15: MODERN FOOD SYSTEMS VIS-À-VIS LAND DEGRADATION, and Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in the Land Restoration Process

by Sharon Ruthia, Policy Associate - Africa, Women4Biodiversity The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) recently convened its fifteenth session of the Conference of Parties in Abidjan, Cote D…
27.05.22

The world’s largest-ever gathering on forests does not include the rightful owners of forests

Guest contributor - Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi, SWAGEN Uganda Seoul, May 2022 All roads led to Seoul, South Korea on the last day of April and the first day of May.…
26.05.22

Escazú Agreement for women and girls

By Amelia Arreguin, Associate of Women4Biodiversity This April 20-22, the Escazu Agreement held its first meeting of the Conference of Parties in Chile under the leadership of ECLAC. The Escazu…
28.04.22

Human rights in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

by Amelia Arreguin and Claire Madarang - Women4Biodiversity Associates Originally written and posted in Spanish for Reforestamos México HERE A human rights-based approach in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework is…
27.04.22