The CBD Women’s Caucus submits its inputs to identify the best avenues to ensure policy coherence among the Rio Conventions. The submission highlights the need for gender-responsive, rights-based solutions to address the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and…
By Patrick Mukanga from Conseil pour la Terre des Ancêtres (CTA), and a CBD Women’s Caucus member The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has played a pivotal role in supporting African countries since 1991, helping them pursue innovative and sustainable pathways…
The overlap between the policy, legal, and programmatic actions needed for gender justice and those for biodiversity protection is striking—yet funding and political support for them remain insufficient. Coming out of #CBDCOP16 (Cali and Rome editions) and now at #CSW69,…
Every year, International Women’s Day serves as a powerful reminder of the long-standing struggle for gender justice and the undeniable power of women in shaping the past, present, and future. It is an opportunity to reflect on the remarkable contributions…
By Marie Salvatrice Musabyeyezu –Managing Director/ Go Green&Rstore Africa Action (GGRAA), Joyce Peshu – Program Officer at Kenya Wildlife Association and Nondumiso Dumakude–Climate Positive Land Use Planning Relationship Manager at Conservation South Africa From February 16 to 20, 2025, key…
By Marie Angèle Taïwo AKOWE IKPADOUN, Head of Ecological Monitoring at CREDI-ONG and CBD Women’s Caucus member The Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) fosters partnerships to enhance collective impact, focusing on communication among policymakers, scientists, and local stakeholders to achieve…
Resumed COP16 Session at FAO, Rome On 25 February 2025, at 11:00 (UTC), the CBD Women’s Caucus hosted a press conference at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The event, titled «Urgent Call for Unlocking Financial Resources for Women: CBD…
As we approach COP16.2, the CBD Women’s Caucus presents our position paper, outlining our policy recommendations for key items on the agenda. This paper reflects our commitment to ensuring that gender justice, human rights, and the voices of rights holders—especially…
By Edda Fernandez, Senior Advisor Policy at AVAAZ. Representative of the CBD Women’s Caucus to the GBF Fund Council. The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) was launched at the Seventh GEF Assembly in Vancouver, Canada, in August 2023, in response…
Imagine a coastal village where women, who have long been the stewards of land and water, are now fighting to protect not only their way of life but also the biodiversity of the planet. At COP16 in Cali, Colombia, on…
