The Women’s Caucus is a space for advancing the equality and empowerment of women within the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
On 7 March at 14h00 CET, this Minamata Online session showcased how gender considerations are integrated by the Specific International Programme, the Global Environment Facility and the Special Pro
This course focuses on the health effects of mercury exposure on women and children, the description of the main sources of exposure to this toxic metal, and its main risks.
The text of the Minamata Convention refers to the needs of vulnerable populations in several articles, as well as in paragraph 1 (i) of its annex C.
The Seventh Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly in Vancouver, Canada continued this week featuring several key side events, including a session addressing "Mercury Contamination from Artisan
Toxic mercury affects us all, but not all in the same way: women are disproportionately impacted by mercury, with high