Gender equality and equity are matters of fundamental human rights and social justice, as well as a pre-condition for sustainable development and the achievement of IUCN’s mission.
25 Jan
Thank you, Klaus, for your kind introduction and good morning to all. For years, the Heinrich Boll Foundation has been a highly respected thought leader focused on many critical issues of our time – this is certainly the case when it comes to addressing the complex challenges underpinning sustainable development. I want to thank you [...]
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13 Dec
Tuesday, 13 December 2011: It is with great sadness that the IUCN Gender Office learnt that Marie Khan, Gender Focal Point at the Convention on Biological Diversity, passed on earlier this week. To the IUCN Gender Office, Marie was much more than a colleague – she was part of our family. Marie was born in [...]
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8 Dec
Durban, South Africa. This event showcase successes achieved under the Global Gender and Climate Change -GGCA umbrella as well as bilateral cooperation through the Governments of Finland and Denmark demonstrating best practices examples and strategies for successfully integrating gender perspective into international and national-Level actions on climate change. In the event also participants had the [...]
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8 Dec
In most countries, women take care of the family, the cooking and cleaning. They are also farmers, water and fire collectors, as well as animal tenders. But when it comes to development or environmental issues, their voices are seldom heard. Lorena Aguilar, Senior Gender Advisor with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature is [...]
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8 Dec
Durban. For Malawian farmer Memory Magombo the challenge of putting food on the table means getting up at 5am, tying her three year old baby to her back, and working – often alone – in her field in Lilongwe. Right now as she toils hard to prepare her land for the growing season amid uncertainty [...]
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7 Dec
30 member organizations of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) are here in Durban to strengthen the COP17 decisions by ensuring all final decisions taken in Durban are gender equitable. Specifically, the GGCA urges governments to focus on promoting gender-equitable implementation of in the arenas of adaptation, the technology mechanism and climate finance. More [...]
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7 Dec
Durban, December 7. The Green Belt Movement (GBM) has launched a new report at COP17 to share our experiences piloting forest carbon projects with an aim to inform the debate about carbon offsetting, forest carbon projects and how they impact local communities. A copy of the report is available at the press conference and on [...]
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6 Dec
Technology is not gender neutral. It is conceived, designed and deployed in manners which are a reflection of the social and cultural context in which this technology has been developed. For example, social and cultural preconceptions may lead for men to be more engaged in the study, development and deployment of technologies; while women may [...]
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6 Dec
The Gender and Rural Development of ARD, in collaboration with FAO and IFAD, is pleased to announce the launch of its new, online portal dedicated to gender and agriculture. This platform - genderinag.org - was supported through funding by the Gender Action Plan (GAP) and is designed to provide a space for practitioners to access resources, tool [...]
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6 Dec
Durban, South Africa. 30 member organizations of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) are here in Durban to strengthen the COP17 decisions by ensuring all final decisions taken in Durban are gender equitable. Specifically, the GGCA urges governments to focus on promoting gender-equitable implementation of in the arenas of adaptation, the technology mechanism and [...]
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