At the Nexus of Reproductive Health, Gender Equity, & Climate Change
The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health hosted gender and climate expert Sono Aibe for a webinar on the topic of reproductive health, gender equity, and […]
Why Climate Change Matters for Women
This research highlight shares new data on the important intersection of gender and climate change in Asia and the Pacific. Year: 2023 Source: UN Women Access the resource
Solutions Guide for Climate Change, Gender, and Health: Essential Evidence for Action
This solutions guide on climate change, gender, and health brings together research, case studies, and best practices from around the world. Here’s what you’ll find in the Guide: Chapter 1: […]
Family Planning and the Gendered Impacts of Crises on Women: An Effective Tool Across Sectors to Support Women’s Empowerment and Build Resilience to Shocks
Women are disproportionately affected by the combined impacts of crises such as COVID-19 and climate change, from spikes in gender-based violence to setbacks in the global workforce and diminished access […]
Women’s Role in Adapting to Climate Change and Variability
This article highlights women’s important role in the adaptation of and search for safer communities, which leads them to understand better the causes and consequences of changes in climatic conditions.
Women’s Organizations and Climate Finance: Engaging in Processes and Accessing Resources
This report is one piece of the ongoing work and advocacy undertaken by many colleagues and collaborators, to transform our climate finance system into one that is gender-responsive and equitable.
Women as Environmental Stewards: The Experience of the Small Grants Programme
This paper attempts to “document good practices featuring women as environmental stewards and focuses exclusively on projects led and implemented by women.”
The Interaction of Human Population, Food Production, and Biodiversity Protection
An important approach to sustaining biodiversity and human well-being is through actions that can slow and eventually reverse population growth: investing in universal access to reproductive health services and contraceptive technologies, advancing women’s education, and achieving gender equality.
HOPE-LVB Gender Equality: At the Center of Health, Rights, and Sustainability
The Health of People and the Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB) project works to promote gender equality by implementing a range of activities, including training women’s and young mother’s groups on integrated health and conservation practices and conducting community dialogue sessions surrounding the intersection between gender, sexual and reproductive health, and the environment to bridge gender divides and encourage input and support from all community members.
Gender and Resilience: From Theory to Practice
This paper synthesizes four case studies from Uganda, Myanmar, Sudan/Chad, and Burkina Faso, documenting strategies towards building gender equality through resilience projects.
