This joint guidance has been developed to support gender mainstreaming in the development of artisanal and small-scale gold mining National Action Plans (NAPs) in line with Annex C of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, as well as for the development of National Implementation Plans (NIPs) for the management of persistent organic pollutants in line with the Stockholm Convention.
The aim is to incorporate gender considerations into the management of chemicals to minimize the harmful effects of mercury and POPs on human health and the environment. By integrating gender dimensions into the development of NAPs and NIPs, countries can address the disproportionate social, economic, health and environmental burdens faced by vulnerable groups such as women, children, occupational workers, refugees and people living in poverty.
Within the framework of the “Global Development, Review and Update of NIPs under the Stockholm Convention on POPs” project, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) is executing Component 4, which focuses on the dissemination of information, management of knowledge and liaising with the Stockholm Convention Secretariat in providing information and tools to be integrated with existing materials and to make them easily accessible and understandable by all parties to the convention.