This publication serves as a knowledge base to understand and enforce action concerning gender-based violence (GBV) and environmental issues. It argues that gender-based abuse is observed across environmental contexts and affects the security of communities and the realisation of sustainable development goals (SDGs). The analysis shows the interlinking nature of GBV across three main contexts: access to and control of natural resources (land, forests, agriculture, water and fisheries): environmental pressure and threats (environmental crimes, extractive industries and agribusiness and climate change and weather-related disasters): and environmental action to defend and conserve ecosystems and resources (women environmental human rights defenders, environmental projects and environmental workplaces). The publication focuses on awareness and engagement of actors working in environmental and sustainable development, gender equality and GBV policymaking to apply rights-based, gender-responsive approaches to environmental policy, programmes and projects. The publication contains a list of case studies.
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Wen, J. > (ed.)
Castañeda Camey, I.
Sabater, L.
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Resource guide on gender and climate change
Resource guide on gender and climate change
Equal Say, share and control: the Africa we want
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190 representatives of civil society from 34 countries in the 5 regions of Africa and the Diaspora, gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from November, 14 -16 2014 for the NGO Forum on the Beijing+20 Review, and building on the UNECA CSO Technical Consultation on Beijing+20 convened in October 2014. In this Beijing 20 Africa CSO position paper are recommendations to African governments, recognizing that each organ and department of government is responsible and accountable for women’s rights falling within its mandate, under coordination by the gender machineries.
Statement on the political declaration on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
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