This CBD Women's Caucus analysis examines the SBSTTA-28 outcomes through a gender and justice lens, covering the Global Report and Monitoring Framework, the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment, sustainable wildlife management, the Programme of Work on Protected Areas, and marine and coastal biodiversity — highlighting both progress and unresolved gaps ahead of COP17.
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.
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.
CBD Women's Caucus recommendations for SBI-7 advancing gender-responsive biodiversity implementation, equitable financing, inclusive governance, and meaningful participation of women and rights holders in the road to COP17.
On 27 July, the CBD Women's Caucus and partners hosted a side event at SBSTTA-28 in Nairobi on closing the gender data gap in biodiversity monitoring under the KM-GBF. Moderated by Ruth Spencer, speakers examined why women's knowledge and labor remain largely invisible in biodiversity data, and what it would take to change that.
Rooted in Armenia, Rising Toward Yerevan: How 60+ Women Prepared to Shape COP17
Over two months, the CBD Women's Caucus, the COP17 Armenian Presidency, the CBD Secretariat, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute delivered a four-part training series preparing 60+ Armenian women and gender justice advocates for CBD COP17. With 15+ expert speakers and four partner organisations, the series built lasting knowledge, connections, and momentum ahead of Yerevan.
The CBD Women's Caucus submits 48 peer review comments calling for a substantive gender lens, sex-disaggregated data, and traceable finance in the Global Report on the KM-GBF.
At its sixteenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted Decision 16/31 on the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF). The CBD Women’s Caucus, alongside relevant Parties and key stakeholderswas invited…
