Providing innovative approaches, technical support, policy development and capacity building to ensure gender equality is central to sustainable global environmental solutions.
Putting Words into Action: Analysis of the status of gender mainstreaming in the main multilateral environment agreements
Putting Words into Action: Analysis of the status of gender mainstreaming in the main multilateral environment agreements
This paper explores the legal framework in relation to gender and multilateral environment agreements, such as the Millennium Development Goals, Convention to Combat Desertification, Convention on Biological Diversity, and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It also considers the status of gender mainstreaming in human rights conventions such as the UN Human Rights Council.