Gender

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Gender inequality coupled with the climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time. It poses threats to ways of life, livelihoods, health, safety and security for women and girls around the world.

Current efforts to combat climate change leave women behind. But drawing women fully into the fight is a win-win—accelerating climate progress and advancing gender equity.

Op 8 maart 2022, Internationale Vrouwendag, vroegen organisaties over de hele wereld aandacht voor genderongelijkheid en de gevolgen daarvan. Genderongelijkheid en klimaat zijn immers onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden. De combinatie bedreigt de levens, gezondheid en veiligheid van vrouwen en meisjes over de hele wereld. De oplossingen voor deze enorme uitdagingen zouden dan ook hand in hand moeten gaan, zeggen experts.

For practical and effective climate change mitigation, we must unleash their knowledge and capability.

Lake Chad has shrunk to a tenth its size, with climate change one of the factors. This has a huge impact on the lives of people dependent on it for food and water. A local explains.

Despite being underrepresented in climate leadership, women and girls are crucial in the work to achieve more effective and equitable climate outcomes.

New research shows that women and children are the last to receive help in extreme weather events.

In southeast Kenya people are redefining gender roles in an effort to beat climate change. From helping with laundry to sweeping, men are increasingly sharing the housework in a bid to cut poverty.

More often than not in the discourse around gender and climate change, the word “gender” is used primarily to refer to women. There is no disputing that women are acutely vulnerable to the [...]

The World Bank is making strides in mainstreaming gender-sensitive approaches to climate action on the ground. Ensuring that men and women have equal access to education, economic opportunities, productive inputs and equal chances to become socially and politically active can generate broad productivity gains, and lead to more inclusive and greener development path for all. For the World Bank, gender analysis is an integral aspect of the upstream social analysis that is required to inform both development policy lending (DPL) and investment lending (IL). It helps identify and suggest ways to mitigate possible risks in terms of exacerbating gender inequality, and highlight opportunities to enhance positive outcomes for gender equality. The entry points for such upstream gender analysis include Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in the case of DPL, climate financing mechanisms are beginning to adopt gender-sensitive approaches in program design and results frameworks, but more needs to be done. Much can be done to improve the effectiveness of climate finance and actions on the ground by ensuring that gender relations are taken into account in design, implementation, and measurement of results. But this can only be achieved through a concerted effort to apply a gender lens in climate finance mechanisms. It matters for development, and it matters for effective action on climate change.

all publications of unwomen on climate and gender ca, be found with topic=climate change

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) and climate change are two of the most pressing global emergencies and sustainable development challenges of our time. This paper provides a brief overview of the evidence of the impact of climate change on VAWG and makes recommendations across both the climate change and ending VAWG sectors. Infographic: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Infographic-Tackling-violence-against-women-and-girls-in-the-context-of-climate-change-en.pdf

BREAKING NEWS: We found a country that has achieved gender equality! In Equiterra all people have equal rights and opportunities, regardless of their gender. Women and girls feel safe when walking at night. They get paid equally as men, for work of equal value. Men and women share chores and care duties at home, and they can access high quality care at affordable rates.

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