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, monitoring and accountability under the KM-GBF.

The submission presents 12 areas of collective contribution from the Caucus itself, with a primary focus on Target 23 and Section C, covering participation and leadership in CBD decision-making, capacity development, gender-responsive resource mobilisation, gender in NBSAPs, data and monitoring, cross-MEA coherence, institutional strengthening, communications, the Gender & Biodiversity Champions initiative, youth engagement, language and accessibility, and direct technical expertise in CBD bodies.

It also features contributions from 10 member organisations operating across Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mexico, Mali, Rapa Nui and globally — demonstrating on-the-ground action by women-led and grassroots organisations in KM-GBF implementation.