This summary for policy makers synthesises key issues, findings and recommendations from IUCN’s Gender-based violence and environment linkages: the violence of inequality (Castañeda et al., 2020), an expansive publication developed in partnership with USAID. Bringing together existing and new evidence from across sectors and spheres, the publication serves as a robust reference for policy makers, researchers and programming and project practitioners at all levels to understand interlinked issues and forge rights-based, gender-responsive interventions across environment-related contexts. It also
informs environment-responsive gender equality interventions, especially those focused on eliminating gender-based violence. Recommendations gear toward leveraging existing tools across sectors and forging cross-sector partnerships. Emphasis is also on urgent action needed to step up investment and innovation.
Published in this critical post-2020 period of environmental decision-making, and with less than a decade to meet the targets of the Agenda 2030 and the overlapping Sustainable Development Goals (SDDs), this Summary collates top considerations and recommendations to support policy makers in addressing and responding to gender-based violence and environment linkages.