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N Manika and Mrinalini Rai

N. Manika: Conservation ecologist with 14 years of demonstrated expertise in biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, and climate change mitigation across diverse institutional landscapes. My career has centered on the ecologically critical Terai and eastern Himalayan regions, where I've led research and implementation initiatives addressing complex conservation challenges at the science-policy-community nexus. Mrinalini Rai: She is an advocate for women's rights and environmental justice. She specializes in policy, advocacy, and research that addresses the intersectionality of human rights, gender equality, and environmental governance and is the Founder and Director of Women4Biodiversity.

The Most Exposed, the Most Equipped: Why Women Are Central to Nature-Based Solutions

On World Environment Day 2026 – Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our FutureWhen the tide pulls back along stretches of the Indian coast in Odisha, groups of women wade…
juin 5, 2026

Women Deliver 2026: Centering Biodiversity and Gender Justice

Women Deliver 2026 took place from 27 -30 April, and was regional hosted for the first time - by the Ocenic pacific - in Narrm (Melbourne), Australia on the unceded…
mai 28, 2026
Meetings

Women at CBD COP16: Reflections and Lessons

Women at CBD COP16: Reflections and Lessons captures some of the personal reflections of the women participants from Women4Biodiversity's restoration sites.
décembre 4, 2024
Restoration Sites

Restore HER Rights: Global Virtual Launch

A global launch of Restore HER Rights, a celebration of gender-responsive restoration initiatives from six women-led sites in Argentina, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Kenya, Myanmar, and the Solomon Islands.
novembre 26, 2024
Restoration Sites

Guardians of the Forest: Women Environmental Defenders in Myanmar

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2024, let's learn about women environmental human rights defenders in Myanmar who embody resilience, courage, and a commitment to both…
novembre 25, 2024
Meetings

Biodiversity and climate change: Opportunities lost and gained on ensuring significant safeguards against False Solutions

COP 16 presented itself as a great opportunity to enhance collective action towards safeguarding biodiversity as well as addressing climate change
novembre 22, 2024

Operationalising Target 23, through the indicator on National Implementation of the Gender Plan of Action?

The component indicator on the National Implementation of the Gender Plan of Action is therefore crucial in the monitoring framework, enabling Parties to track progress towards Target 23 more accurately,…
novembre 22, 2024
Meetings

Side Event at the Colombian Pavillion: Progress on the indicator methodology to measure the national implementation of the Gender Plan of Action

This 1.5 hour side event aims to build a dialogue on women’s role in ecosystem restoration and a human rights-based approach through various examples of women-led restoration initiatives.
octobre 19, 2024
MeetingsRestoration Sites

Side Event at the Colombian Pavillion: Restoration by HER – Understanding Gender Responsive Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration

This side event aims to build a dialogue on women’s role in ecosystem restoration and a human rights-based approach through various examples of women-led restoration initiatives.
octobre 18, 2024
Meetings

CBD COP16 Official Side Event 5740: Indicator methodology to measure national implementation of the Gender Plan of Action

A 1.5 hours side event that will launch the indicator methodology on the national implementation of the Gender Plan of Action
octobre 4, 2024