Gender in the Negotiations: where we are now

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Gender in the Negotiationswhere we are now?

• 04 November 2009 Barcelona, Resumed KP 9 LCA
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Who are we ?

• The Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) was
  launched in December 2007, at the UN Climate
  Change Conference in Bali, by IUCN, UNEP, UNDP
  and WEDO.
• In just two years, the GGCA has grown to include
  13 United Nations agencies and 25 civil society
  organizations and has been recognized as an
  effective partnership that is bringing a human
  face to climate change decision-making and
  initiatives.

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Who are we ?
Civil society organizations ActionAid African
Gender and Climate Change NetworkBahaí
International CommunityCenter for Human
DevelopmentCEPLAES (Center for Social Studies
and Planning)Energia International Network on
Gender and Sustainable EnergyENDA (Environmental
Development Action in the Third World) Gender
and Disasters NetworkGender and Water
AllianceHeifer InternationalHuairou
Commission/GROOTS InternationalInternational
Alliance of WomenIUCN (International Union for
the Conservation of Nature) International
Womens Development Agency (Australia)Lambi Fund
of HaitiNational Federation of Womens
Institutes (UK)Population Action
InternationalOxfam InternationalVisAble
DataWomens Climate InitiativeWEDO (Womens
Environment and Development Organization)WOCAN
(Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and
NRM)Young Volunteers for the Environment
(YVE) Actions for Humans and Nature (AFHON)

• UN agencies
• CBD Secretariat (Convention on Biological
  Diversity)FAO (Food and Agriculture
  Organization)IOM (International Organization for
  Migration)ISDR (International Strategy for
  Disaster Reduction)OCHA (UN Office for the
  Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)UNDP
  (United Nations Development Programme)UNEP
  (United Nations Environment Programme)UNESCO (UN
  Educational Scientific and Cultural
  Organization)UNFPA (UN Population Fund)UNICEF
  (UN Childrens Fund)UNIFEM (United Nations
  Development Fund for Women)UN-HABITATWHO (World
  Health Organization)

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What are we doing?

• The GGCA works to ensure that climate change
  policies, decision-making, and initiatives at the
  global, regional, and national levels are gender
  responsive, through
• 1.) Policy advocacy
• 2.) Capacity building
• 3.) Finance analysis and advocacy
• 4.) Information sharing and networking

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Connections between gender and environment /
sustainable development are not new
Policy advocacy

• Nearly every major global agreement includes a
  gender component
• United Nations Declaration on Human Rights (1948)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
  Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (1979)
• Convention on Biodiversity (1992)
• Chapter 24 of Agenda 21 (UNCED 1992)
• World Conference on Human Rights (1993)
• International Conference on Population and
  Development (1994)
• Convention to Combat Desertification (1994)
• World Summit for Social Development (1995)
• Beijing Platform for Action (1995)
• Millennium Declaration (2000)
• Johannesburg Plan of Action (2002)
• Hyogo Framework for Action (2005)
• ECOSOC Res. on Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective
  into all Policies and Programmes in the UN System
  (2005/31)
• UN Convention on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  (2007)

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Related language

• UNCBD

• UNCCD

• Encourage, subject to national legislation and
  consistent with the Convention on Biological
  Diversity, the effective protection and use of
  the knowledge, innovations and practices of women
  of indigenous and local communities
• in addition, safeguard the existing
  intellectual property rights of these women as
  protected under national and international law
• and encourage fair and equitable sharing of
  benefits arising from the utilization of such
  knowledge, innovation and practices.
• Recognizing also the vital role that women play
  in the conservation and sustainable use of
  biological diversity and affirming the need for
  the full participation of women at all levels of
  policy-making and implementation for biological
  diversity conservation...
• the COP welcomes the development of a Gender
  Plan of Action under the CBD as presented in the
  document UNEP/CBD/COP/9/L.4 and invites parties
  to support the Secretariat in its
  implementation.

• Stressing the important role played by women in
  regions affected by desertification and/or
  drought, particularly in rural areas of
  developing countries, and the importance of
  ensuring the full participation of both men and
  women at all levels in programmes to combat
  desertification and mitigate the effects of
  drought
• promote awareness and facilitate the
  participation of local populations, particularly
  women and youth, with the support of
  non-governmental organizations, in efforts to
  combat desertification and mitigate the effects
  of drought
• provide for effective participation at the
  local, national and regional levels of non-
  governmental organizations and local populations,
  both women and men, particularly resource users,
  including farmers and pastoralists and their
  representative organizations, in policy planning,
  decision-making, and implementation and review of
  national action programmes

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What have we achieved so far?
Ten months ago vs. today

• In Poznan No gender language in UNFCCC/ Kyoto
  Protocol
• In INF 1 - 43 references to Women and Gender
• In INF2 - 23 references to Women and Gender
• In Barcelona only 8 references in the
  non-papers (3 in SV 4 in Adap 1 in CapBldg)

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What are the remaining challenges?

• Endorsement of existing references on gender and
  women in the negotiation text(s) to secure a
  place for gender equality principles in the
  post-2012 agreement
• Reinforcement of key elements to strengthen
  gender considerations in
• The Shared Vision
• Mitigation
• Technology ?Finance
• As well as in Adaptation

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Priority issues

• Gender equality as integral to sustainable
  development and poverty eradication goals,
  commitments, strategies
• Prioritization of vulnerable/ marginalized
  populations, groups and communities
• Participation fostered and ensured for all
  stakeholders (in alignment with Agenda 21)
• Strengthening womens capacity to act as agents
  for change
• Social information gathered and reviewed,
  including data disaggregated by, inter alia, sex
  and age

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Why transport and gender?

• Both women and men use transportation, but only
  preliminary work has been done in identifying
  gendered emission patterns related to usage,
  access, etc.
• Critics argue that little could be gained from a
  gender analysis of issues such as transport,
  but gender analysis is integral to broader
  social, political, and economic infrastructure
  planning that could have a huge impact on
  mitigation strategies
• Preliminary studies made in Europe, including one
  promoted by the government of Sweden, have
  investigated the differences between the
  ecological footprint of women and men of
  different socio-economic levels, including their
  lifestyles and their resulting contributions to
  GHG emissions. The study analyzes the place of
  gender in transport an critical sector in
  mitigation strategies and how emissions related
  to transport have a clear gender differentiation

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GGCA and the Train to Copenhagen Campaign

• Raise awareness on the facts that
• Both men and women should be considered in all
  aspects of CC - not only in Adaptation, but also
  in mitigation, technology, capacity building and
  finance
• There is relevant and urgent need to examine the
  gender differentiated impacts on both the causes
  and effects of mitigation
• Women are ready and able to play a significant
  role in all sectors targeted for mitigation
  measures

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GENDER - CLIMATE CHANGE AND TRANSPORT

• A FRAMEWORK FOR
• COOPERATION AND DIALOGUE
• AS THE WAY AHEAD