PRESENTATIONS

• May 22, 2018
  • Gender Budgeting 101: Why Greater Equality Pays Off and Why It’s So Hard to Do. Armine Yalnizyan

• May 23, 2018
  • Gender Equality & Climate Policy: Words to Action. Bridget Burns, WEDO
  • Strengthening the Gender Responsiveness of Climate Change Policies & Actions. UnaMay Gordon, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation of Jamaica
  • Gender and Climate Change in Mexico: Achievements, Opportunities, Lessons Learned, and Challenges. Itzá Castañeda, IUCN Global Gender Office
  • The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030: Articulating Global Agendas on DRR, CC and SDGs with a Gender Perspective. Jennifer Guralnick, UNISDR

• May 24, 2018
  • Gender-Responsive Disaster Response. Farmala Jacobs, Directorate of Gender Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda
  • UNFPA’s Work in Addressing Disasters. Aurora Noguera-Ramkissoon, UNFPA’s Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Waste Picker Perceptions on Health and Health Risks: Perspectives from the Ground. Ana Carolina Ogando, WIEGO
  • Gender, Health and Climate Action. Cathy Cuellar, PAHO

RESOURCES

• Gender-Responsive Budgeting Training Session Tools. ParlTools Portal, UN Women and ParlAmericas
• Climate Change Laws of the World, database, The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
• Gender Mainstreaming in Public Policies on Climate Change in Latin America. ECLAC and the European Union, 2017 (in Spanish)
• Climate Change Gender Action Plans, website, IUCN
• Paris Agreement. United Nations, 2015
• Mapping Nationally Determined Contributions, website, ParlAmericas
• A Gender Analysis of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. WEDO, 2016
• Gender Action Plan. UNFCCC, 2017
• Pocket Guide to Gender Equality under the UNFCCC. European Capacity Building Initiative, 2017
• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). UNISDR, 2015
• UN Women in Crisis and Emergency Contexts in Latin America and the Caribbean. UN Women, 2017
• Gender, Climate Change and Health. WHO, 2016
• Training Manual on Gender and Climate Change. IUCN, UNDP, GGCA, 2009
• Gender inequalities in health in the Americas. PAHO, 2016

Following the elections held at the gathering, the composition of the Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality Executive Committee is as follows:

• President:
  • Member of the Chamber of Deputies Karina Banfi (Argentina)
• Vice-President – North America:
  • Senator Mobina Jaffer (Canada)
• Vice-President – Central America:
  • Member of the Legislative Assembly Norma Cristina Cornejo (El Salvador)
• Vice-President – Caribbean:
  • President of the Senate Chester Humphrey (Grenada)
• Vice-President – South America:
  • Member of the National Assembly Karina Arteaga (Ecuador)
  • Alternate: Member of the Chamber of Deputies Marcela Sabat (Chile)
• Observer:
  • Member of the National Assembly Delsa Solórzano (Venezuela)