BONN, Germany (May 8, 2017) – Kate Cahoon of GenderCC, in the opening intervention of the SBI addressed the indigenous peoples platform and emphasized that indigenous peoples rights and especially indigenous women’s rights and perspectives have to be upheld when implementing and monitoring NDCs. She also welcomed the discussion of the technical expert groups on how to ensure economic transformation as well as a just transition of the workforce in the context of sustainable and gender-just development. She stressed that when talking about just transition from a women’s rights and feminist perspective it is crucial to look at current socially constructed roles and sectors including unpaid care work.