Stakeholder: Community-Based Organisations

Profiles for change: Lola Cabnal, Ak’Tenamit

Hear from Lola Cabnal, Asociación Ak’ Tenamit, about the intrinsic links Indigenous women have with Mother Earth – and how gender-based violence disrupts dignity, safety and agency at different levels, including in the defense of the environment.

Worthy of dignity and safety

In the first-ever IUCN World Conservation Congress thematic session focused on understanding and addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in relation to environmental issues and threats such as climate change, member organizations discussed the steps they are taking to safeguard staff, partners and beneficiaries; tackle discriminatory norms that allow for or employ violence; and cooperate across sectors to better advance rights-based gender-responsive programming and results.

Protecting people and biodiversity: Addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and conservation links

In Kenya and Peru, IUCN Members are working with local partners through the USAID Resilient, Inclusive & Sustainable Environments (RISE) Challenge to address GBV in environment-related programming. See a short story on how Conservation International, PROMSEX, Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association, Fauna & Flora International, and others are taking action to protect people and biodiversity.

Profiles for change: Amelia Arreguín, Women’s Caucus of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

See this profile on Amelia Arreguín, an activist from Mexico working in various advocacy spheres on women's and girl's human rights across the environment sector, including the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Women's Caucus.

Un mar de oportunidades: Avance de las dimensiones de género en la pesca

Esta guía resume la investigación sobre la intersección entre el género y la pesca de captura, explorando las formas en que la pesca ofrece importantes puntos de entrada para mejorar la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento económico de las mujeres, al tiempo que contribuye a intervenciones más eficaces y resultados más sostenibles.
  • | 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

Breaking Down Employment Barriers In Zambia: Increasing Opportunities for Female Community Scouts

USAID is working with the DNPW, conservation NGOs, community resource management groups, and the private sector to increase gender equality and create a pipeline of women Community Scouts, increasing women’s participation and leadership in natural resource management.
  • | 2021

AGENT Webinar: Gender-Based Violence and Environment Linkages – Stories and strategies for change, a spotlight conversation with the Hariyo Ban Program

In Nepal many rural women are very dependent on natural resources such as firewood, fodder, water and traditional medicines, but they are often excluded from decision-making about their forests, and sometimes have difficulty accessing the resources they need. As part of its GESI work the Hariyo Ban Program realized it needed to tackle gender-based violence in order for women to participate more fully and safely in community forest management and sharing of forest benefits.

Toward Buen Vivir with Gender Equity and Environmental Justice

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.
  • | 2020

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