CBD Women’s Caucus members inclyding Berta Medrano, María José Lubertino and Olimpia Castillo Blanco joined the Regional Meeting of Women Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Antigua Guatemala, sharing the Caucus’s work and advocacy priorities on the road to CBD COP17.
The Third International Conference on Health and Biodiversity (Cohab3) took place from September 14 to September 17, 2026, in Galway City, Ireland
The overarching theme was: “Partnerships for People and Planet”, and its primary focus was exploring the interlinkages between global health and biodiversity crises, alongside related challenges like climate change, food and water security, and human rights.
From 7 to 9 September 2026, the CBD Women's Caucus joined around 300 participants at the Kunming Dialogue in China to take an honest look at progress under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and to make sure women's voices shape the global review at COP17.
On 15 September 2026, the CBD Women's Caucus, University College London (UCL) and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) convened the webinar "Policies in Practice: Learning from National Experiences for Gender-Responsive Implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework". The event brought together researchers, gender focal points and practitioners from ten countries to present the key findings of a synthesis report on gender-responsive implementation, and to hear directly from those translating these commitments into practice on the ground.
On 19 August 2026, as gender, Rio Convention synergies and civil society engagement remained blocked from the negotiating floor at UNCCD COP17, the CBD Women's Caucus, FARN, WEDO and the Women and Gender Constituency brought the conversation into a room that parties can't block. Speakers from the CBD, UNFCCC, UNCCD and the Government of Armenia compared what has worked in implementing their respective Gender Action Plans — and what the new UNCCD Strategic Framework needs to get right.
The CBD Women's Caucus invites organisations, networks and individuals to propose activities for the Women Hub at CBD COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia. Located inside the Blue Zone, the Hub will be a welcoming space for exchange, collective learning and connection around gender and biodiversity. Submit your proposal by 5 September 2026.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20 August 2026 ULAANBAATAR — More than 340 civil society organisations, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women and youth organisations and networks, as well as governments and UN agencies, from around the world sent an urgent joint letter…
SBI-7 press conference, CBD Women's Caucus policy recommendations, gender-responsive biodiversity, resource mobilization, digital sequence information, Nagoya Protocol, capacity building, technical and scientific cooperation, communication and education, planning and monitoring
On 4 August, the CBD Women's Caucus and partners hosted a side event at SBI-7 in Nairobi on how the Technical and Scientific Cooperation (TSC) Mechanism can become a genuine vehicle for gender-responsive KM-GBF implementation. Moderated by Ms. Tiffany Straza, speakers from regional and subregional support centres, the CBD Secretariat and women's organisations examined the gaps, good practices and practical measures needed to make technical cooperation truly inclusive — and what it will take to deliver that ahead of COP17.
SBSTTA-28 press conference, CBD Women's cauus policy recommendations, gender-responsive biodiversity, sustainable wildlife management, protected areas, monitoring and review,
