Gender equality and equity are matters of fundamental human rights and social justice, as well as a pre-condition for sustainable development and the achievement of IUCN’s mission.
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The lack of reliable information can become one of the biggest obstacles when promoting gender equality. For the environmental sector this has been one of the main constrains. This section includes a set of documents that formulate the linkages between the use and conservation of natural resources and gender equality. The information has been divided by either ecosystems or topics.
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CIF Partnership Forum Bulletin; Side Event on the Role of Gender in Mitigation
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in collaboration with the World Bank
SUMMARY OF THE 2011
CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUNDS
PARTNERSHIP FORUM:
24-25 JUNE 2011
The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership
Forum took place from 24-25 June 2011 in Cape Town, South
Africa. The Forum was organized by the African Development
Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, in collaboration with
other multilateral development bank (MDB) partners. It
brought together approximately 450 participants, including
representatives of governments, non-governmental and
intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies,
indigenous peoples and the private sector.Documents of this publication:
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CIF PARTNERSHIP FORUM LEARNING OPPORTUNITY SUMMARY: NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES: THE ROLE OF GENDER IN MITIGATION EFFORTS
François Rogers Dr. Annette Windmeisser Lorena Aguilar Winnie Byanyima
On Saturday afternoon, 25 June 2011, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, and the Global Gender Climate Alliance (GGCA) conducted a learning opportunity on National Climate Change Strategies: The Role Of Gender In Mitigation Efforts as part of the Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum 2011, held in Cape Town, South Africa.
The event consisted of two parts: Three short presentations, followed by an interactive session where the audience was invited to participate.
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Weathering the Storm: Adolescent Girls and Climate Change
Anita Swarup, Irene Dankelman, Kanwal Ahluwalia and Kelly Hawrylyshyn. Edited by Sharon Goulds
Plan International's Weathering the Storm: Adolescent Girls and Climate Change highlights the need to better integrate the specific needs of adolescent girls in climate change and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes.
The findings presented in the report are based on interviews with girls involved in Plan International's programmes in Ethiopia and Bangladesh. We were particularly keen to hear stories from girls themselves in relation to how climate change is impacting on their lives and what they feel that policy makers should do differently.Documents of this publication:
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Cop 17: Gender and Climate Change: Actions, Results and Lesson Learned
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