Annex 8: Gender Assessment and Action Plan

The report assesses gender gaps in Colombia, specifically within rural and indigenous communities, to inform the Heritage Colombia (HECO) program's efforts in climate-responsive planning and forest management. It identifies significant disparities in land tenure, labor participation, and the burden of unpaid care work, while highlighting the risks of gender-based violence against environmental leaders. The document outlines a Gender Action Plan across three project components: strengthening governance, establishing participatory monitoring systems, and improving land and forest management, with specific targets for women's participation and the integration of gender-responsive indicators.

• Colombia exhibits a paradoxical educational gap where women have higher school attendance and persistence in higher education than men, yet this does not translate into equal employability or remuneration, particularly in STEM fields.
• Women in Colombia face higher unemployment rates than men across all educational levels, with the gap most pronounced in the 18-28 age group due to motherhood and care responsibilities.
• Unpaid Domestic and Care Work (UDCW) creates a significant time burden for rural women, who spend an average of 7.52 hours daily on these roles compared to 3.06 hours for men.
• Rural women face severe structural inequalities regarding land ownership and decision-making; only 26% of rural women make decisions about their Agricultural Production Units (APU), compared to 62% of men.
• Despite legal frameworks like Law 731 of 2002, the implementation of protections for rural women is often incidental and lacks comprehensive planning or sufficient budget.
• Women environmental leaders in rural Colombia are subject to a 'continuum of violence,' facing both domestic abuse and public attacks; in 2020, 36 women leaders and human rights defenders were murdered.
• The HECO program identifies four priority mosaic landscapes for intervention: Caribbean, Central Andes, Orinoquia Transitional, and Heart of the Amazon, including the declaration of a new protected area in Serranía de San Lucas.
• The project aims to shift the paradigm of protected area management by ensuring women's participation in governance, with targets of 30% participation in rural/regional spaces and 40% in technical/institutional spaces.
• The Gender Action Plan includes specific targets for restoration and rehabilitation, such as ensuring at least 50% of new nurseries are run by women's groups or organizations.
• The document argues that 'inclusion of women is not equivalent to mainstreaming gender,' emphasizing that true transformation requires addressing power structures and relationship norms in professional and community environments.

APA

WWF International (2023). Annex 8: Gender Assessment and Action Plan. https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/2g1b13pl1i_Annex_8_Gender_Assessment_and_Action_Plan_2023.01.24_clean.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. Annex 8: Gender Assessment and Action Plan. 2023. https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/2g1b13pl1i_Annex_8_Gender_Assessment_and_Action_Plan_2023.01.24_clean.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2023annex, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{Annex 8: Gender Assessment and Action Plan}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2023}, month = jan, url = {https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/2g1b13pl1i_Annex_8_Gender_Assessment_and_Action_Plan_2023.01.24_clean.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }