April 1, 2022GEM Digest of the Month - Published monthly since December 2009 Contents

The project invites women's representatives, participants from women's networks and organisations, activists, researchers and policymakers to fill in a survey to identify the key impacts of biodiversity loss on women and girls; policy and implementation gaps; and barriers to inclusion of women and girls in biodiversity and environmental leadership and decision making. [...] Women in Science The under-representation of women persists in fields traditionally dominated by men, and despite many and varied efforts to eradicate it, the “glass ceiling” for women in science is among the hardest to break. [...] Research Highlights: The Education and Science program is committed to supporting the production of evidence that can help advance the inclusion and leadership of women in stronger and more equitable science systems in the Global South. [...] The Stand for Her Land Campaign is closing the implementation gap for women’s land rights: the gulf between the strong standards in place to protect women’s rights to land, and the realization of those rights in practice, so that millions of women can realize the transformational power of rights to land. [...] • In Colombia, the government and the FAO have been helping to make women’s voices and priorities heard, and women’s participation in community forestry in the country increased from 15% in 2018 to 40% in 2020.