Gender

The Gender Interest Group of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association® brings together individuals and institutions committed to ensuring that intersectional gender perspectives are fully incorporated into environmental peacebuilding approaches. The Gender Interest Group is committed to the principles of inclusion and diversity and to addressing the broad range of gendered experiences and identities in its work and deliberations.

Specifically, the Gender Interest Group seeks to strengthen understanding of the gender dimensions of environmental peacebuilding, to advance research and learning on this topic, and to foster an inclusive and collaborative network that bridges existing communities of practice. The Gender Interest Group will follow closely the developments in international and national policies related to gender, security and environment, including climate action; it will also seek to identify and document approaches that respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities presented by this nexus, including planning, monitoring and learning practices and systems. Additionally, the Gender Interest Group will strive to coordinate advocacy and outreach on these topics.

The Gender Interest Group is open to all Association members interested in gender, environment, security conflict and peace, and is chaired by Natalia Jimenez Galindo and Maryruth Belsey Priebe.