Environmental Sectors: Extractives

The urgency of addressing gender-based violence against women environmental human rights defenders

Women environmental human rights defenders face gender-differentiated forms of violence. This article discusses the role of governments, civil society and other actors on this issue.
  • | 2021

Gender-based Violence and Environment Linkages: Summary for Policymakers

Published in this critical post-2020 period of environmental decision-making, and with less than a decade to meet targets of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,  this summary is designed to support policymakers and implementers to address and respond to GBV and environment links.
  • | 2021

Responsible Sourcing Tool

The Responsible Sourcing Tool was developed to support corporations in identifying human and sex trafficking risks in supply chains, offering resources and case studies on risks and risk management, with a focus on survivor-centered approaches.
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Gender-based Violence and Biodiversity: A briefing note on linkages to inform the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework process

This Briefing Note reviews key evidence on GBV and biodiversity linkages and suggests priority recommendations that decision-makers at all levels can consider for realising robust gender-responsive action in biodiversity policies and action.
  • | 2021

Liens entre la violence basée sur le genre et l’environnement : la violence des inégalités

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.
  • | 2020

Gender-based violence and environment linkages during COVID-19: Information note, Second edition: November 2020

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.
  • | 2020

Café Científico. Vínculos entre la Violencia de Género y Medio Ambiente

Charla conversatoria con Itzá Castañeda sobre la publicación de la UICN 'Vínculos entre la violencia de género y el medio ambiente: La violencia de la desigualdad'. En este webinar, la autora de la publicación reflexiona sobre los impactos de los conflictos ambientales en forma de violencia de género, y sobre cuales son los cambios necesarios en la sociedad y con el apoyo del sector ambiental y de conservación para eliminar la violencia de género.
  • | 2020

IUCN Issue Brief: Gender-based violence and the environment

This IUCN Issue Brief offers a topline summary of IUCN's research Gender-based violence and environment linkages: The violence of inequality. It is designed to provide information to environment decision makers, practitioners, and anyone looking to explore linkages.
  • | 2020

Vínculos entre la Violencia de Género y el Medio Ambiente: Cuestiones Clave y Voces desde América Latina

Únase a la UICN y a otras asociaciones en el lanzamiento de la versión en español de la investigación de AGENT y en la presentación de sus hallazgos clave sobre los vínculos entre la violencia de género y el medio ambiente.

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