Story | 03 Mar, 2023
Women to lead actions for climate change adaptation and mitigation
Fauzia Bilqis Malik, Programme Coordinator, IUCN Pakistan
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with extreme weather events affecting millions of people each year. To address this, the government of Pakistan has partnered with the International…
Story | 03 Mar, 2023
A gendered perspective on the horizon in community conservation
Jana M. McPherson, Typhenn A. Brichieri-Colombi, Nafeesa Esmail, Razieh Ghayoumi, & Meher Noshirwani, CEESP members
A recent global horizon scan is highlighting 15 topics as key emerging threats and opportunities in community-based conservation. We illustrate how…
Story | 03 Mar, 2023
Contributions from women defenders from LAC to the implementation of the Escazú Agreement
Amelia Arreguín Prado & Ana Di Pangracio, CEESP members
Latin America and the Caribbean, in their diversity, face similar extractive and environmental problems, as well as gender violence and social inequalities. These issues severely impact biodiversity, human…
Story | 03 Mar, 2023
UN Special Rapporteur calls for accelerated, gender-transformative climate and environmental action
Dr. David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Associate Professor of Law, Policy, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia; Stephanie Keene, International Human Rights Lawyer
Story | 03 Mar, 2023
Women fishers in Manipur’s Loktak Lake strive for its restoration
Salam Rajesh, CEESP member
The fishing community in Manipur’s Loktak Lake faces a tough life negotiating between the need to eke out a living in a wetland whose ecosystem is fairly degraded, and striving to take part in its restoration. The women fishers share equal…
Story | 03 Mar, 2023
Empowering the unheard: Why women's voices are crucial in environmental policy and action
Prof. Shri. Srinivasan Balakrishnan, National President, Bharatiya Yuva Seva Sangh (BYSS)
Women's voices are crucial in environmental policy and action because they often have deep knowledge of their local ecosystems and are habitually the primary caregivers and…
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
Protecting women’s and girl’s rights to a healthy environment
Buhle Francis, Rhodes University, South Africa; Dr. Georgina Yaa Oduro & Kenneth Amankwaah Boateng, University of Cape Coast, Ghana; Prof. Elisa Morgera & Dr. Senia Febrica, University of Strathclyde, UK
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
Supporting small-scale fisher women’s livelihoods in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
Buhle Francis, early-career researcher at One Ocean Hub and the Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC) at Rhodes University
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
Integrating voluntary, rights-based family planning in conservation
Carina Hirsch, IUCN SSC CEESP Biodiversity & Family Planning Task Force Co-Chair, Advocacy & Projects Manager at the Margaret Pyke Trust
A landslide vote led to the passing of a Resolution entitled Importance for the conservation of nature of removing barriers to…
Webinar
Forest Stewardship Council’s upcoming International Women’s Day webinar
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) invites you to an online roundtable “Linking Innovation, Technology, and Forests to Gender Equality”, 7 March, 3-4:30 pm CET. Many normative and…