In 2002, ICIMOD organised the international conference ‘Celebrating Mountain Women‘, as the only global event during the International Year of Mountains to focus on mountain women in the context of sustainable mountain development. It brought together 250 participants from 35 countries around the world. A decade later, globalisation, climate change and other drivers of change are creating new challenges and dilemmas, as well as opportunities, for mountain women and men. In light of these changes, emerging concerns, and persistent challenges, the Bhutan+10 conference will bring together mountain women and men, researchers, policy makers, and development practitioners from the HKH region and around the world in a post-Rio+20 world for a comprehensive update, stock-taking, and new agenda setting.

Conference Themes
The conference will include plenary sessions, panels, and discussions on the following six themes:
1. Climate Change: Gender and Adaptation
2. Livelihoods: Inclusive Sustainable Development
3. Governance: Gender-Responsive Policies and Plural Institutions
4. Gender-Positive Change: Successes, Challenges, and Agenda-Setting for Gender ‘Mainstreaming’
5. Ecosystems: Benefit Sharing, Access, and Equity in Diverse Environments and Common Property Regimes
6. Water: Equitable Access, Control, and Benefits of Water Resources