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MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY INTO NBSAPs

Level: Intermediate | Estimated completion time: 2 hours | Certificate upon completion

Skills: Conducting gender analysis, designing inclusive consultations, supporting women’s leadership, tracking gender-responsive biodiversity outcomes

Gender equality is essential for effective and sustainable biodiversity action. This journey provides practical guidance on integrating gender considerations into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs). It explores key entry points—including gender analysis, economic empowerment, leadership, stakeholder engagement, resource planning, and monitoring—to support more inclusive, equitable, and impactful biodiversity policies.

Task 1: Entry point 1: Gender analysis
Task 2: Entry point 2: Economic measures
Stop and check 1
Task 3: Entry point 3:
Women’s knowledge
Task 4: Entry point 4: Stakeholder consultations
Task 5: Entry point 5: Leadership opportunities
Stop and check 2
Task 6: Entry point 6: Resource planning
Task 7: Entry point 7:
Data collection and
monitoring systems
Stop and check 3
Final test
Certificate of completion
REFERENCES

Additional Resources

Guidance
Putting Gender Equality and Social Inclusion at the Heart of NBSAPs and NDCs (UNDP)
This guidance is for embedding gender equality and social inclusion into national biodiversity strategies and action plans and nationally determined contributions.
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Website
Gender and Biodiversity (CBD)
This is an overview of gender roles in biodiversity conservation and management.
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Policy brief
A Gender-Responsive Just Transition For People and Planet (UN WOMEN)
This document describes pathways for integrating gender equality into low-carbon economies.
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Guide
Gender and Climate Change in Agriculture and Food Security For Rural Development (FAO)
This document is a guide on participatory approaches for gender-responsive climate change research in agriculture
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Website
Gender and Environment Resource Centre (IUCN)
This platform offers tools, research, and case studies on gender and the environment.
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Guide
Training Manual on Gender and Climate Resilience (UN WOMEN)
This training resource helps you integrate gender into climate policies and programs.
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Publication
Best Practices for Gender and Biodiversity: Pathways for Multiple Benefits (CBD)
This is a compilation of case studies demonstrating gender integration in biodiversity projects.
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Website
Environment and Gender Information (IUCN)
This IUCN's initiative provides gender-responsive environmental data and indicators.
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Toolkit
Gender and Biodiversity: Tools and Guidelines (CBD)
These resources help you mainstream gender into national biodiversity strategies and action plans.
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