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.
Policies
Policies are mechanisms through which processes are institutionalized. At the present, the formulation of policies currently faces a major challenge. In light of the global movements leading to a new millennium based on equity and equality, and within the human rights principles, policies cannot continue being "neutral". Within their stances and actions, it is essential to consider the fact that the living conditions and needs of women and men differ, depending on the cultural, economic, political, ideological and environmental context in which they take place.
In this section you will find tools, guidelines and official policies that mainstream the gender equity approach.
LAST POLICIES
Women's Political Participation: The Missing Half of Democracy, GenderReach
Entre las más comunes y persistentes barreras a una representación política más amplia están las costumbres y tradiciones que relegan y subordinan a las mujeres para tener roles públicos.
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Gender and empowerment: definitions, approaches and implications for policy
Reporte No. 40 que se enfoca en definiciones e indicadores de empoderamiento, implicaciones para políticas y estrategias.
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National machineries for women in development: experiences, lessons and strategies for institutional
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Este reporte revisa las experiencias del national women´s machineries(NWMs) en los países en desarrollo, detalla estudios de caso de países en África, el Caribe y el Pacífico.
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Gender Equity and Sustainable Development: Prioritizing Actions To Achieve Results
Thank you, Klaus, for your kind introduction and good morning to all. For years, the Heinrich Boll Foundation has been a highly respected thought leader focused on many critical issues of our time – this is certainly the case when it comes to addressing the complex challenges underpinning sustainable development. I want to thank you [...]
FAREWELL MARIE – FRIEND, FIGHTER, COLLEAGUE
Tuesday, 13 December 2011: It is with great sadness that the IUCN Gender Office learnt that Marie Khan, Gender Focal Point at the Convention on Biological Diversity, passed on earlier this week. To the IUCN Gender Office, Marie was much more than a colleague – she was part of our family. Marie was born in [...]
Cop 17: Gender and Climate Change: Actions, Results and Lesson Learned
Durban, South Africa. This event showcase successes achieved under the Global Gender and Climate Change -GGCA umbrella as well as bilateral cooperation through the Governments of Finland and Denmark demonstrating best practices examples and strategies for successfully integrating gender perspective into international and national-Level actions on climate change. In the event also participants had the [...]
