Delicia Mwanyika’s Post

International IDEA has published a new policy paper, SDG 16 as an Enabler of the 2030 Agenda. It was a pleasure to work with colleagues to explore how SDG 16 underpins the success of other SDGs by fostering inclusive societies, promoting justice, and building effective institutions 🔍 Key Highlights: - Interlinkages and Synergies: A comprehensive literature review and meta-analysis of 185 articles that highlights crucial connections between SDG 16 and goals such as education, health, gender equality, and climate action. - Policy Recommendations: Practical insights and recommendations for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders to harness the potential of SDG 16 in driving sustainable development. Including targeted investments, enhanced research, and safeguarding those working on SDG 16 📘 Read the Full Paper Here: SDG 16 as an Enabler of the 2030 Agenda https://lnkd.in/emBuNZ-i Thanks to Annika Silva-Leander and Amanda Pirutti Sourek for conceptualizing this project and to everyone who shaped the research. Elena Marmo, John Romano, Peter van Sluijs, Henk-Jan Brinkman, Mike Runey

Draft Pact for the Future Action 8. "We will achieve #gender equality and the empowerment of all #women and #girls as a crucial contribution to progress across all the #Sustainable Development Goals and targets". Learn briefly about this Summit set for the 20th-23rd September here 👇 #UN #summitofthefuture #generational #pacts #commitments   https://lnkd.in/dz6k9RXy

Here is a program to boost the participation of women in Victoria's energy and manufacturing industries. aiGroup Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

“The foremost inquiry a just institution should make is this - are our systems and structures conducive to inclusivity and are women supported in making unconventional choices that may not be socially sanctioned? The Constitution guarantees the choice to opt for the conventional and the unconventional alike. Before we regard any choice as unconventional, wait for the moment to pass. Tomorrow a new future unfolds in re-imagining what it is to be a woman,” Read more: t.ly/bSsC7

International IDEA launches a new report that emphasises the need to integrate #environmentalprotection and #inclusivity in natural resource management. This report highlights that alternative development models are essential to challenge the dominant extractivist paradigm amid the #climatecrisis. The report is part of the unique series: the Women Constitution Makers’ Dialogue, the only platform for women constitution makers and peacebuilders to exchange their experiences and support inclusive and gender-sensitive constitution-building and peace processes. 🔑 Key findings 🔹 Inclusive frameworks that integrate conflict resolution, environmental protection, and inclusion of women must be developed and utilized in peace processes and subsequent constitution-making processes. 🔹 Adopting a contextual and differentiated approach to natural resource management is essential. 🔹 Environmental considerations should be integrated into broader economic, policy and legal frameworks. Read the report here ⬇ https://lnkd.in/dpWkmaaF

We need something like this for people with disabilities and neurodivergent. “This paper describes how to achieve feminist climate justice through four interlinked dimensions (recognition, redistribution, representation, and reparation) and the principles of interdependence and intersectionality. It provides practical guidance on what countries need to do to transition to low-emission economies that are resilient to a changing climate, while recognizing the leadership of women, girls, and gender-diverse people in driving the change that is so urgently needed. “

2 years ago, after leading the Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP) through Brexit&COVID and being diagnosed with an aggressive&rare tumour, I fell literally on my knees. At that time, my doctor told me: "Is your plan to work yourself to death?" Of course, as I departed from my job, I blamed myself for being weak and having failed to deliver the impossible. To make sense of this very difficult experience, I tried to find answers: Was I the only one in this situation or was there something structurally wrong with the way women leaders were operating and/or treated in the CSO sector? I feel immensely grateful for the 150 women that shared their stories of pain, resolve, resilience and hope. My dream is that through this study, and all the great intiatives that will flow from it, CSO women leaders in Europe and elsewhere, that are out there fighting for the greater good, feel less lonely, more empowered to say no and become as caring to themselves as they are to others and to society&nature. For this transfromation to take place, it is high time that funders, governments and society at large fullfil their duties of care towards those who try to repair the broken fabric of our societies. This means building a more caring economy, addressing the permanent financial insecurity in the CSO&care sector as well as questioning societal norms that underpin harmful leadership cultures. Better societies will not emerge from sacrifice, guilt, exhaustion and ill-health. They will bloom when care of oneself, of others and nature is put at the very center of all policies&practice. @Forum for Caring Societies Hot or Cool Institute Global Alliance for Care / Alianza Global por los Cuidados With very special thanks to my coauthors Angela Philp Joanna Maycock Eloïse Bodin as well as to our funders FEPS Europe, Green European Foundation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

IT IS THE LAST DAY! 🚨 As of 2020, women held only 15% of 712 environmental sector minister positions, according to IUCN. Women play a key role in #ClimateAdaptation, yet they are often excluded in key decision making roles relating to #ClimateChange. African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) #AAWLCAFellowship aims to position more #African women at the forefront of #ClimateSolutions. Do you want to be at the forefront of #ClimateAction and the development of #ClimateSolutions that are inclusive of #women smallholders? Ensure you have completed and submitted your application for our new fellowship! 👇🏾 Deadline: 10 September 2024| 23:59 (GMT+3) EAT Ensure you have completed and submitted your application! https://bit.ly/45W8QW4

On the IWD, March 8, Cristina Carreres, co-director of SOLARCA, together with 3 other managers (Miriam Guasch, Gloria Vallcorba and Laia Gomà-Camps) took part in a roundtable discussion at a local newspaper Diari de Tarragona to share their thoughts on equality. The debate, entitled Actions to develop the talent in the company discussed the challenges facing the development of female talent in organisations today, the difficulty in accessing management positions such as the ones they occupy, where they are still the exception, but also the great progress that have been made since their beginnings, such as “the concept of equality”, which did not even exist before. “There were not even safety boots of my size in the industries”, our director explained as an anecdote. Obviously, things have changed and in recent decades we have seen positive progress in terms of equality. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dyqij9y5