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The human right to water and sanitation
… WCC-2012-Res-098-EN The human right to water and sanitation AWARE that humans depend on … halving by 2015 the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation (World Summit on Sustainable … of the vital role of ecosystem services in securing access to and maintaining the quality and quantity of water …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… (HIVOS) to the project: “Gender Equity and Equality in the Access and Benefit Sharing of Biodiversity Resources”. … � Acronyms ABS Access to genetic resources and fair and equitable sharing of … and women’s knowledge, skills and practices and their right to benefit from the fruits of their labour. • Sound and …
Developing gender‐equitable legal frameworks for land tenure
… Gender‐equitable implementation, dispute mechanisms and access … Special Rapporteur Reports on adequate housing, and the Right to Food movement. Women’s land rights … Discrimination in access to land may originate from a … succession law can directly or indirectly restrict women’s right to own or control property, or inherit it. The …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… Cover photo: Top left: Haseeb Md Irfanullah/IUCN; top right: Adriana Faria/IUCN; bottom left: Wanda Villeda/IUCN; … rights will allow women and men to have equal rights in access to and ownership of land. In order to reach gender … knowledge about the resource, their constrained rights to access resources, which limits their economic opportunities …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… laws and the removal of formal barriers, ensuring equal access to environmental justice, the reform of institutions … with men to economic and natural resources, including access to ownership and control over land and other forms of … achieved, with respect for all human rights, including the right to development and the right to an adequate standard of …
Safeguarding the contribution of wild living resources and ecosystems to food security
… that food security depends on the availability, access to and utilization of food, as well as the stability … many societies women play the main role in the provision, access and utilization of food and in assuring nutritional … but is above all an ethical imperative determined by the right of everybody to be free from hunger and to live in …
Sacred Natural Sites – Support for custodian protocols and customary laws in the face of global threats and challenges
… and especially the Nagoya Protocol to the CBD on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable … on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) affirms the right of indigenous peoples to determine and develop … and custodial governance systems, and determine their own access and benefit sharing arrangements (as per the CBD …
Supporting, promoting and strengthening local agri-food systems
… according to a principle of social equity, guaranteeing access for all (in terms of availability, diversity, quality … is a true vehicle of universal values, as the inalienable right of every human being to live with dignity and in a good state of health, the right of every person to enjoy an environment with a quality …