In the face of extreme weather events, desertification, and a rise in the sea levels, governments and communities increasingly recognize that the need to adapt and mitigate to climate change is urgent. the global agenda and negotiations focus on what governments, corporations, and institutions can do in the search for large-scale technological solutions. Yet women, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
29 Jun
Case Study: Gender and Climate Change Finance, Philippines
What do women’s rights have to do with climate finance? Investing in women is one of the most effective ways to advance sustainable development and fight climate change devastation. Taking an in-depth look at the Philippines, WEDO explores the gender dimensions of climate finance at the national level in our latest publication Gender and Climate [...]
26 Jun
Rebecca Pearl on Gender and Climate Change
Rebecca Pearl, Coordinator of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance discusses UNDP efforts to raise the profile of gender issues in the global climate change dialogue. Source: UNDP Gender
25 Jun
Resource Guide on Gender and Climate Change
Climate change is the defining human development issue of our generation. The 2007 Human Development report acknowledges that climate change threatens to erode human freedoms and limit choice and the report further underscores that gender inequality intersects with climate risks and vulnerabilities. Poor women’s limited access to resources, restricted rights, limited mobility and muted voice in shaping decisions make [...]
24 Jun
Monrovia Call for Action on Gender and Climate Change
The Monrovia Call for Action on Gender and Climate Change was the outcome document of the International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership, Development, International Peace and Security, addressing climate change among its main themes, in Monrovia, Liberia, 7-8 March 2009. To view the document, please click here.
23 Jun
Gender and Climate Finance: Double Mainstreaming for Sustainable Development
Climate change is real, it is happening already and its impact on people are not gender-neutral. It is affecting men and women all over the world differently, especially in the world’s poorest countries and amongst the most vulnerable people and communities. As women and men have different adaptive and mitigative capabilities, the financing instruments and [...]
22 Jun
Human Rights, Climate Change, Women
STATEMENT TO THE ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HUMAN RIGHTS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND WOMEN By the Worldwide Organization for Women 15 June 2009 This statement is joined by the following members of the CoNGO NGO Committee on the Status of Women: Worldwide Organization for Women (WOW), Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s [...]
21 Jun
Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management
The resource guide on gender and IWRM is meant as a reference document to assist water and gender practitioners and professionals as well as persons responsible for gender mainstreaming, and anybody else who is interested in the water sector. It is a reference guide that should be used in conjunction with the texts and materials [...]
19 Jun
Mainstreaming Gender in Environmental Assessment and Early Warning
The purpose of this report is to assist the Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), a division within the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in meeting its goals of incorporating gender mainstreaming throughout the entirety of its programme of work, activities and products. Gender mainstreaming is best understood as a continuous process of infusing [...]
18 Jun
Gender Perspective: Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction, Good Practices and Lessons Learned
Promoting a gender-inclusive approach to disaster risk reduction The Hyogo Framework for Action requires the full, active and balanced participation of both sexes, yet gender issues are often overlooked in the implementation of disaster risk reduction. This report from the UN/ISDR seeks to increase understanding of the gender vulnerabilities and risks, and to highlight women’s valuable [...]
