Environmental Sectors: Water Collection

Understanding and addressing gender-based violence as part of the climate emergency

CSW66 Expert paper that provides an overview of how climate change is exacerbating different types of gender-based violence and presents recommendations to the CSW community to address the GBV-climate crisis.
  • | 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

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

How climate change and gender-based violence are connected

As donors begin to explore the links between environmental issues and GBV, "we can't close our eyes" to the issue anymore. Experts say it’s time to tackle this endemic problem. See this Devex article on the GBV-ENV Center and RISE, including a deeper look at RISE grantee Conservation International and Promsex's work in Peru.
  • | 2021

Genre et gouvernance des ressources naturelles : Lutter contre les inégalités et autonomiser les femmes pour une gestion durable des écosystèmes

Dans le monde entier, les femmes et les hommes ont des rôles et des responsabilités, des connaissances et des expériences, des droits et des pouvoirs différents lorsqu'il s'agit de gérer les ressources naturelles. Ce dossier de la SRJS examine pourquoi l'égalité des sexes et l'équité sociale sont importantes pour la gouvernance des ressources naturelles : améliorer les résultats environnementaux et sociaux.
  • | 2020

Género y gobernanza de los recursos naturales: Abordar las desigualdades y empoderar a las mujeres para la gestión sostenible de los ecosistemas

En todo el mundo, las mujeres y los hombres tienen diferentes funciones y responsabilidades, conocimientos y experiencias y derechos y poder cuando se trata de gobernar los recursos naturales. En el presente informe de la SRJS se examina por qué la igualdad de género y la equidad social son importantes para la gobernanza de los recursos naturales: mejorar los resultados ambientales y sociales.
  • | 2020

Gender and Natural Resource Governance: Addressing inequalities and empowering women for sustainable ecosystem management

Around the world, women and men hold different roles and responsibilities, knowledge and experiences and rights and power when it comes to governing natural resources. This SRJS brief reviews why gender equality and social equity is important for natural resource governance: improving environmental and social outcomes.
  • | 2020

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

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