To access this article, please go to the link above and access CEESP Policy Matters Special Issue Vol. 3. The article explores the gender-differentiated forms of violence faced by environmental human rights defenders (EHRD) and highlights the need for addressing the situation of defenders from a gendered perspective. It discusses the roles of state and non-state actors in the perpetration of violence, alongside their duty to protect EHRDs’ rights, as mandated by various international agreements and guiding principles. It also details the work of civil society organisations in reporting gender-differentiated violence and in protecting EHRDs’ rights, and concludes with a set of recommendations for more gender-responsive action. This article was published in the special issue on environment defenders of Policy Matters, a peer-review journal of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP).
Academic paper
The urgency of addressing gender-based violence against women environmental human rights defenders
- 2021
Author:
- Melissa Luna, Laura Sabater, Itzá Castañeda and Cate Owren
Organization:
- IUCN
Citation:
- Luna, M., Sabater, L., Castañeda, I., Owren, C. (2021). 'The urgency of addressing gender-based violence against women environmental human rights defenders'. In: Ramos et al. (eds.). Policy Matters, Special Issue on Environment Defenders 22 (Vol.III). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. Available at: https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/Policy-Matters-Issue-22-vol3.pdf
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Academia, Academic paper, Accessing and Controlling Natural Resources, Addressing Gender-Based Violence, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Climate Action, Conservation, Deforestation and Degradation, Documents and resources, Extractives, Food Security, Gender Equality, Global, Health Impacts, Indigenous Women, IUCN, Land and Resource Rights, Life Below Water, Life on Land, Peace and Justice Strong Institutions, Protecting Defenders, Social Inclusion and Intersectionality, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders