A joint AGENT and GBV-ENV Center bulletin for Women’s History Month
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Innovation and technological change and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls
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Likewise, from 7 - 16 March, the 67th convening of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67) addressed how gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the digital age can be realized through inclusive and gender-responsive innovation, technological change and education.
At Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT), we celebrate CSW67 agreed conclusions and efforts across conservation organizations, including IUCN and USAID, to support women’s and girl’s voices and leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and to close the gender digital divide. We remain committed to advancing gender equality in the environment in the digital age, ensuring that women and girls are leaders in STEM sectors, and can access digital spaces safely and free from gender-based violence.
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Celebrating women’s leadership in conservation and climate action
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On International Women’s Day we celebrated the ways in which women and girls champion transformative technology and digital education.
In case you missed it, read their stories now!
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Innovation and technological change and education in the digital age as a driver for gender equality
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Improving women and girls access to STEM careers and leadership roles is key for a more inclusive conservation and climate action. Learn how local women’s groups and indigenous women representatives in Guatemala are co-designing the country’s first Climate Change Gender Action Plan (ccGAP). Through this process, these groups are building their capacities to access climate change resilience building funds. Also learn about how women Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialists are making theSTEM sector in Peru more gender-responsive by conducting a gender analysis of geospatial services focused on illegal mining.
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When we educate a woman, we educate a society
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Education is a human right and is key in the prevention of early marriages across the globe. Read about the success of the Girls’ Clubs of the Gorongosa National Park in improving girls' education attainment and the reduction in early marriages. The Girls Clubs provide a safe haven after school for girls to learn, improve their technical skills, discuss career opportunities and be exposed to female role models, such as scientists and conservationists.
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Impacts and lessons learnt from the Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Environments (RISE) challenge grantees
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Building cross-sectoral partnerships to address gender-based violence and environment linkages across the globe
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Through the RISE grants challenge, local communities and environmental practitioners are taking action towards a more equitable, inclusive and effective sustainable management and conservation of nature, free from gender-based violence.
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Advancing Equitable Gender, Social and Power Norms in Community Conservancies – Kenya
Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) and its partners Fauna & Flora International, CARE Kenya, Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW), and Taita Taveta Wildlife Conservancies Association (TTWCA) trained 658 women and men from local conservancies on GBV prevention and integrated GBV prevention and safeguarding into KWCA and TTWCA policies.
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Conservation of the Alto Mayo Landscape without Gender Violence – Peru
Conservation International (CI) and the Promotion and Defense of Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights (PROMSEX) strengthened the understanding and capacity to prevent and respond to gender-based violence of 70 women managing the Nuwas forest in Peru – who established a women’s community patrol – and engaged 24 men in positive masculinities trainings.
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Creative Capacity Building to Address Gender-Based Violence in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector – Colombia
The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) D-Lab supported the movement-building capacity of 48 women artisanal and small-scale miners, increasing their awareness on gender-based violence and environment links in small-scale mining and incorporating their voices into national dialogues.
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Tacking Resource Conflict and Addressing Gender-Based Risk in the Environment – Fiji
Marstel Day, Women Influencing Health, Education, and Rule of Law (WI-HER) and local partners updated Fiji’s Reducing Emissions for Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) Feedback, Grievances, and Redress Mechanism (FGRM) to be able to respond to gender-based violence derived from land conflicts in the context of REDD+ programming. A total of 46 women and 56 men were engaged in its co-design and also received training on gender-based violence prevention.
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Reducing Gender-Based Violence in Vietnamese Conservation – Vietnam
WildAct Vietnam and the Vietnamese Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women, and Adolescents (CGAGA) provided guidance to 50 organizations in the development of safeguarding policies, established a focal points network, and trained 222 women and 103 men to address gender inequality, harassment and unsafe working environments in wildlife conservation in Vietnam.
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Resource-ful Empowerment: Elevating Women’s Voices for Human and Environmental Protection in Congolese Small-Scale Mining – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Action to Protect Women and Abandoned Children (ASEFA), Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), and local partners trained 720 women and men miners on gender and gender-based violence, environmental protection and mining laws using different curricula to test best approaches with positive results for sexual harassment and coercion reduction.
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Rising Up! Promoting Congolese Women’s Land Access and Preventing GBV in Eastern DRC – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Women for Women International (WfWI) and Innovation and Training for Development and Peace (IFDP) engaged men, built community understanding and integrated gender-based violence prevention and response into IFDP’s existing Customary Decentralized Land Management Resource Model, supporting 133 women secure 145 land titles without experiencing gender-based violence.
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Securing Land Rights and Ending Gender Exclusion Project – Uganda
Trócaire, Land Equity Movement of Uganda (LEMU) and Soroti Catholic Diocese Integrated Development Organization (SOCADICO) trained customary and community leaders to use a gender-sensitive alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism, helped 53 women and 87 men to document and demarcate their land, and raised awareness and established community dialogues on gender-based violence prevention and response in the context of land rights.
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Tz’unun: Ending Environmental Violence Against Indigenous Women in Guatemala through Empowerment in Community Forestry, Agroecology, and Collective Healing Spaces – Guatemala
Community Forestry Association of Guatemala Utz Che’, Trees, Water & People and Q’anil improved access to agriculture schemes for 169 families from nine indigenous communities in Eastern and Southern Guatemala, created a Collective Productive Venture fund and supported 160 women through Collective Healing Spaces, building their leadership and skills to address gender-based violence at the household and community levels and be more engaged in local environmental management.
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Interested in learning more about the RISE grants challenge?
Visit us online!
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New RISE challenge winners announcement!
Addressing gender-based violence and environment linkages:
Impact of the Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Environments (RISE) grants challenge and new winners
April 18, 2023
9:30 - 11:00 am EST
Invitation coming soon. Stay tuned!
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RISE grants challenge in 2023
The RISE grants challenge will be opening a new call for proposals soon, so stay tuned!
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New to the library
The GBV-ENV Center curates a library of resources from around the globe to support informed action to address GBV and environment linkages across environmental policy and practitioner spheres.
Explore recent additions below and visit the library!
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Foundational Elements for Gender-Based Violence Programming in Development (USAID, 2022) - The Foundational Elements, a set of guidance tools that provides approaches for reducing gender-based violence (GBV) developed with CARE-GBV are now also available in Spanish, French and Arabic. Of particular relevance are the sector-specific guidance tools on Environment and Natural Resource Management, and Climate Adaptation and Mitigation.
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SERVIR Gender Analysis Tool (IUCN, SERVIR and USAID, 2023) - This tool provides tailored guidance on how to do a gender analysis for geospatial services provided by SERVIR, a joint initiative between NASA and the USAID using satellite data and geospatial technology to co-develop innovative solutions to improve resilience and sustainable resource management. The tool, developed in partnership with IUCN through AGENT, helps to better understand women’s and men’s differentiated needs and experiences as users of geospatial services. It also includes questions pertaining to gender-based violence as part of the gender analysis.
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Learn. Act. Create change.
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The GBV and Environment Linkages Center is hosted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) under its Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) partnership with USAID. It works to close the knowledge gap on GBV-environment issues while mobilizing learning and forging collaborative action towards ending GBV and securing environmental sustainability.
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Cross-sector partnerships.
Pioneering learning.
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The Resilient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Environments (RISE) grants challenge identifies and funds evidence-based strategies to address GBV in environment and climate-related programming. Hosted by AGENT under the GBV-ENV Center, RISE aims to build approaches that help close information and knowledge gaps in relation to programming that addresses GBV and environment linkages.
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Filling information gaps.
Making the case.
Tailored technical support.
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Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) is a collaboration between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to increase the effectiveness of environment programming through the robust integration of gender considerations, while improving gender equality and women’s empowerment outcomes.
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The information provided in this email is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Government.
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