The CBD Women's Caucus is the constituency for women to participate in the UN Biodiversity
it is a self-organised platform of individuals, community-based organisations, and civil society organisations advocating for and contributing to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in a gender-responsive manner.
Our mission is to enable women and girls to secure their rights in biodiversity policy and action.
We deliver through:
Community
building
Capacity
development
Awareness
& outreach
Knowledge
production
Policy &
advocacy
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Becoming a member of the CBD WC is your gateway to shaping the future of gender justice in biodiversity.
The latest
CBD Women’s Caucus Submission on the Mid-Term Review of the Gender Plan of Action 2023–2030
The CBD Women’s Caucus submitted views and information in preparation for the mid-term review of the Gender Plan of Action (2023–2030), drawing on contributions from member organisations across Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and globally. The submission documents the Caucus’s concrete…
CBD Women’s Caucus Submission on the Strategic Review of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA)
The CBD Women’s Caucus submitted views on the strategic review of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA), calling for a decisive shift from a narrow protected-area model toward a rights-based, gender-responsive approach to area-based conservation — one that…
Contributions of the CBD Women’s Caucus to the Global Report on Collective Progress in the Implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
The CBD Women’s Caucus, on behalf of its more than 800 members across 137 countries, submitted concrete evidence of how women and girls — including from Indigenous Peoples, local communities and Afro-descendant peoples — are advancing gender-responsive biodiversity governance, implementation,…
