Gender-blind climate and environment-focused policies and implementation frameworks can inadvertently create conditions for heightened gender risks, including GBV. In the lead up to the 66th meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), join IUCN, USAID and other partners in this high-level dialogue amongst leading GBV and environment policy-makers, donors, and practitioners.

Since 2018, there has also been a significant shift in acronyms and terminology, with new words and ways of speaking developing alongside increased efforts to address the issue. But what do these acronyms mean and how do they relate to one and another? Sexual exploitation, abuse (SEA), Sexual Harassment (SH), Safeguarding and gender-based violence (GBV) are closely related but different areas of work.