CoP: Only 25% Nations Include Gender Discussions in Land Degradation Targets

Sep 9, 2019 | Shagun Kapil
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Only around 20 of more than 80 countries have included discussions on the role of gender and women in their targets to halt land degradation by 2030, according to a briefing note released at the 14th Conference of Parties (CoP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in New Delhi on September 5, 2019.

The UNCCD had, for the first time, come up with a Gender Action Plan (GAP) in China in 2017. It mandates gender mainstreaming in advancing the efforts of countries to achieve their Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) targets and the need to foster gender equality.