EOSC-hub Project: Procurement Activities Overview
The EOSC-hub project proposal outlines a comprehensive strategy to integrate secure, agile data and distributed computing e-infrastructures, fostering the development of a sustainable and service-driven e-infrastructure. User communities, research infrastructures, technology providers, service providers, SMEs/industries, and national e-Infrastructure representatives collaborate to provide thematic services and resources for the EOSC-hub service catalogue. The mission aims to mobilize providers from various research e-infrastructures and develop a unified entry point for advanced data-driven research and innovation. Procurement activities in the EOSC-hub project involve collecting stakeholder requirements, developing business models, and designing a procurement framework.
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The Nexus of Gender and Environment Module 4: Waste Management, Policy, Governance and Financing 4.3 Social Aspect of Waste Management Annette Annette Wallgren Wallgren Gender and Environment Officer Gender and Environment Officer UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Email: annette.wallgren@unep.org Webpage: www.unep.org/regions/roap
Gender and Environment Around the world, environmental conditions impact the lives of women and men in different ways as a result of existing inequalities, responsibilities, and roles These differences between women and men can manifest through unequal land and tenure rights; obstructed access to natural resource assets; women s limited opportunities to participate in decision-making and access to basic education, markets, capital, training, and technologies; as well as through women s common double burden of responsibilities inside and outside the household Both women and men possess knowledge and skills that are critical to find solutions to environmental challenges Identifying and addressing both women s and men s needs, as well as empowering women as decision-makers, are critical to ensuring the sustainability of environmental policy, planning and programming UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 2
Increased attention to Gender and Environment Today, the understanding of gender dimensions to the use of natural resources such as water, forests, and land; responding to disasters; consumption of goods and services such as energy and food; and experiences of environmental degradation such as pollution, waste waste, , and loss of biodiversity has increased. pollution, chemicals chemicals and and It has become widely recognized that environmental gender gender responsiveness responsiveness. . Gender blindness will lead to less effective environmental protection and management in the face of climate change. environmental management management requires requires UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 3
Gender Mainstream Environment Management Establishing how environmental conditions shape the lives of women and men in different ways as a result of gender and other differentiators Developing frameworks and perspectives that allow an understanding that women and men are not only affected by, but also have important roles to play in enabling, environmental sustainability Including a gender perspective into all environmental related issues such as, climate change (adaptation and mitigation), disasters, eco-system services, air pollution, pollution, waste waste, consumption and production, etc. Also raises the importance of including gender in countries policies and plans on environment as well as in environmental institutions air UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 4
Gender and Waste Management Gender considerations in waste management needs to be understood as being part of the wider nexus of Gender and Environment, with growing attention by the international community, governments, and environment institutions There is now greater recognition of the links between gender, poverty, and hazardous chemicals and wastes, as well as of the profound significance that gender has for the sensitivity and exposure over time and thus on economic, social and environmental well-being UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 5
The UN and Gender and Waste Global Waste Management Outlook (GWMO) is an initiative by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA); a global outlook of challenges, trends and policies in relation to waste prevention, minimization and management Includes a chapter on gender considerations Gender was also addressed during the 2015 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. The main gender focus in these conventions is on the impact of poor management of hazardous chemicals and wastes on vulnerable groups, including women and young children UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 6
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit Over the next fifteen years, with these new Goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind The SDGs recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and addresses a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 8
The SDGs and chemicals and waste The SDGs have many links to chemicals and waste management, most notably in: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 9
End all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere Eliminate highly hazardous pesticide Reduced exposure to chemicals and waste Reduced climate Change from Air Pollution Harmful chemicals safely treated at workplace No harmful chemicals in ground water Chemicals, Waste and Air Quality across Reduced risks from indoor and outdoor Air Pollution No harmful chemicals in products Reduced contamination on the land, soil ASGM mercury reduced in oceans
SDG specific targets to chemicals and waste Goal 3: Good Health and well-being for all has a target to reduce substantially, by 2030, the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation target of by 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production aims to achieve, by 2020, the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle... and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 11
SDG 5: Gender Equality Goal 5: Gender Equality has its own stand-alone goal, targeting to end all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere, undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources And gender is also considered in many of the other goals, for example decent and safe work for women and men, special attention to women and girls for water and sanitation, eliminate gender disparities in education and vocational training For countries to achieve SDG 5, specific deliveries needs to be done in terms of economic, political and social empowerment of women and girls To monitor, there is a need to strengthen the availability of sex-disaggregated data UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 12
Summary Gender and Waste part of the Gender and Environment nexus All environmental challenges manifest inequalities Without a gender responsive approach, environment management will be less effective and sustainable The SDGs sets up a global framework on actions related to chemicals, waste and air quality and at the same time achieving gender equality UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 13
Discussion Points What linkages to you see between the SDGs and Gender and Waste? How should governments, the UN, civil society and environment institutions work do to achieve these goals related to gender and waste? In light of the 2030 Agenda, what needs to be done to overcome discrimination towards women and girls? What are the biggest challenges? UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 15
Thank You! UNEP ROAP Module 4/Course 4.3 16
