With over 104 UNFCCC decisions that include gender mandates, the call from the Generation Equality Forum to enact Feminist Action for Climate Justice, and Commission on the Status of Women outcomes and recommendations on achieving gender equality in the context of climate change – this event showcases examples on how we can rise to the challenge of meeting commitments by driving gender-responsive and inclusive climate actions.
Programme
Nov 14, 2022 @ 09:30 am - 11:00 am GMT+2
GEF events
Rising to the challenge: Driving gender-responsive and inclusive climate actions
Speakers
H.E. Ibrahim Thiaw
Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
H.E. Gerson Barrios Garrido
Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Guatemala
Lucy Mulenkei
Executive Director of the Indigenous Information Network, Chair of the GEF’s Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group, and co-founder of FIMI,
Maria Elena Herrera
Director of Forestry Development at the National Forestry Financing Fund (FONAFIFO), Costa Rica
Jamie Wen-Besson
Senior Gender Programme Manager, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Mana Omar
Founder of Sasal and Youth Leader, Generation Equality’s Feminist Action for Climate Action
Natalie Isaacs
Executive Director, 1 Million Women
Lorena Aguilar
Executive Director of the Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls, Binghamton University
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