Together we RISE: Addressing gender-based violence in conservation
Gender-based violence prevents women from benefiting from and participating in environmental action. This side event raises attention to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s leadership on addressing gender-based violence and biodiversity linkages; a strategic action that supports the CBD’s post-2020 draft Gender Plan of Action – the first-ever to address GBV impacts in the environmental sector.
Photo: Provided via KWCA
Gender-based violence is rooted in unequal power dynamics and discrimination that prevent women from participating in and benefiting from environmental action. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s (GBV-ENV Center) works to address multiple and overlapping forms of gender-based violence in the context of climate change and biodiversity loss. Through knowledge products, trainings, technical support, and starting in 2022 – the management of a the , Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ is collaborating with partners from around the world to document and challenge unequal power dynamics and build the skills of environmental organisations to build a more equitable, just and sustainable protection of the environment.Â
This event, taking place during the global 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence, brings together Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, the GEF, the Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), WildAct Vietnam and Women4Biodiversity to showcase their work to address gender-based violence in environmental action and its importance in light of the adoption of the post-2020 draft Gender Plan of Action under the Convention for Biological Diversity, which includes addressing gender-based violence as a strategic action.