Promoting Gender, Partnerships And Sustainability at Rio

IUCN, UNDESA AND UNEP Promote Gender, Partnerships And Sustainability At Rio

Background: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 June, 2012 (IUCN) – Around the world, progress on gender equality has been achieved in many areas, yet the potential for women to engage in and contribute to sustainable development more effectively as leaders, participants and agents of change has not been fully realized. The promotion of gender equality and the structural reform associated with it, more often than not requires leveraging effective, multi-stakeholder partnerships and alliances that can act within and across boundaries.

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) will use the opportunity presented by Rio+20 to reenergize, revitalize and strengthen the case of partnerships as effective vehicles for implementation and action on gender and sustainable development.

Key Issues:
• Thanks to work conducted over the past twenty years, our understanding of the link between gender and sustainable development is stronger than ever. “IUCN, UNDESA and UNEP have convened the global leaders in gender and sustainable development and we are looking forward to concrete recommendations on gender-sensitive goals and indicators to be considered as inputs to the agreements at Rio+20 and as a contribution to the discussions on the post-2015 development agenda,” says Lorena Aguilar, Senior Global Gender Adviser, IUCN Global Gender Office. “What is crucial after Rio is to make sure that we keep the momentum up and that we influence current and future sustainability processes effectively and strategically.”

Press Material and Events:
• Partnerships for Advancing Gender Equality and Sustainability discussion, Thursday, 21 June 2012, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Room T-3, Pavilion T (Major Groups Pavilion), RioCentro, http://www.uncsd2012.org/index.php?page=view&type=1012&nr=3&menu=23
• Partnerships for Advancing Gender Equality and Sustainability pamphlet: http://www.uncsd2012.org/content/documents/659Brochure_final-11_JUNE.pdf
• Concept Note: http://www.uncsd2012.org/content/documents/565SESSION_3_CONCEPT_NOTE-GENDER_AND_SUSTAINABILITY_16_MAY.pdf

Issues involving gender equality and sustainable development will be discussed at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Republic of Korea, from 6 to 15 September 2012.

About IUCN
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, ecosystem services, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. www.iucn.org

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