The author reflects on international agreements on gender equality, the levels of gender-based violence in Pakistan and the impact of climate change. Additionally, she makes a call for cross-sectoral collaboration to address GBV, including in efforts to combat climate change, to achieve development goals.

El análisis de género de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 1, 2, 5, 6, 13 y 15 revisa las políticas nacionales y los acuerdos internacionales sobre violencia de género, las barreras socio-económicas y culturales a las que se enfrentan mujeres y hombres, incluida la violencia de género, y los esfuerzos de las mujeres para conseguir alternativas sustentables de convivencia mutua entre los seres humanos y la naturaleza en cinco países de América Latina.

The gender analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 5, 6, 13 and 15 reviews national policies and international agreements on gender equality; the socio-economic and cultural barriers women and men face, including GBV; and women’s groups efforts to achieve mutual coexistence between people and nature in five countries in Latin America.

En el presente informe de la SRJS se examinan los desafíos diferenciados por género a los que se enfrentan las defensoras de los derechos humanos del medio ambiente, incluida la violencia de género, y se formulan recomendaciones para que la sociedad civil y los gobiernos refuercen las protecciones.

Cette note d’information du SRJS passe en revue les défis sexospécifiques auxquels les femmes défenseurs des droits humains environnementaux sont confrontées, y compris la violence sexiste, et formule des recommandations à l’intention de la société civile et des gouvernements pour renforcer les protections.

This SRJS brief reviews the gender-differentiated challenges women environmental human rights defenders face, including gender-based violence, and recommendations for civil society and governments to strengthen protections.

Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT), a partnership between USAID and IUCN, hosted this webinar event on International Human Rights Day to reflect on the end of this year’s 16 Days Campaign to End Violence Against Women Campaign, as well as welcome these four new grantees from Guatemala, Kenya, Peru, and Vietnam

Cette publication établit que ces modèles de VBG sont observés dans tous les contextes environnementaux, affectant la sécurité et le bien-être des nations, des communautés et des individus, et compromettant la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD). Bien que les liens entre VBG et questions environnementales soient complexes et se produisent à de multiples échelles, ces menaces aux droits humains et à la santé des écosystèmes ne sont pas insurmontables.

In April 2020, anticipating a rise in gender-based violence (GBV) in relation to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IUCN Global Programme on Governance and Rights prepared an information note to support awareness amongst conservation and sustainable development stakeholders about potential risks and to consider ways to anticipate and address them. Over the last few months, significant evidence has emerged in relation to these trends, as well as some promising practice and recommendations to inform future gender-responsive conservation and sustainable development efforts.

Article about the sexual extortion and rape of women when accessing water services in Kenya and the increase of these threats during COVID-19. The article is based on the report ‘women and corruption in the water sector’ by the Water Governance Facility.