South Africa, through the DFFE, is fully committed to advancing gender transformation.
As South Africa celebrates Women’s Month, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment reflects on “30 Years of Democracy Towards Women’s Development” by examining the progress on gender mainstreaming within the environmental sector.
Target 23 calls for gender equality in the implementation of the GBF through a gender-responsive approach, ensuring that all women and girls have equal opportunities and capacities to contribute to the three objectives of the Convention. This includes recognising their equal rights and access to land and natural resources and promoting their full, equitable, meaningful, informed participation and leadership at all levels of action, engagement, policy, and decision-making related to biodiversity.
South Africa, through the DFFE, is fully committed to advancing gender transformation and has already made significant strides in closing the gender gap. Under the Goal of Transformation, the White Paper on Conservation and Sustainable of South Africa’s Biodiversity, which is the country’s policy response to the GBF, recognising the need to promote participation and the influence of women in order to enhance a gender sensitive and responsive approach to biodiversity conservation.
Furthermore, various multi-sectoral programmes such as the LandCare programme, Working for Water, Working for Land, Working for Wetlands, and Working on Fire are deliberate in supporting the empowerment of women by linking biodiversity conservation with socio-economic development. These initiatives create opportunities for women while also contributing to the overall growth and sustainability of the sector.
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