[Assignment- First Two Year Batch-MEd. 2015-17
- Govt. College of Teacher Education, Thiruvananthapuram]
Addressing the gender issue in climate change
-Shaila Mahmud
December 08, 2016
*Climate
change impacts women in specific ways /REUTERS
*An inclusive, gender-balanced
approach is need to fight climate change.
The
momentum achieved in Paris
last year in embracing gender equality and women’s empowerment in climate
change decisions and actions reached greater heights this year in Morocco at
the 22nd session of the Conference of Parties (COP).
Women are more vulnerable to the
effects of climate change than men—primarily as they constitute the majority of
the world’s poor and are more dependent for their livelihood on natural
resources that are threatened by climate change. Furthermore, they face social,
economic and political barriers that limit their coping capacity. Women and men
in rural areas in developing countries are especially vulnerable when they are
highly dependent on local natural resources for their livelihood. Those charged
with the responsibility to secure water, food and fuel for cooking and heating
face the greatest challenges. Secondly, when coupled with unequal access to
resources and to decision-making processes, limited mobility places women in
rural areas in a position where they are disproportionately affected by climate
change. It is thus important to identify gender-sensitive strategies to respond
to the environmental and humanitarian crises caused by climate change.
Climate change has a
greater impact on those sections of the population, in all countries, that are
most reliant on natural resources for their livelihoods and/or who have the
least capacity to respond to natural hazards, such as droughts, landslides,
floods and hurricanes. Women commonly face higher risks and greater burdens
from the impacts of climate change in situations of poverty, and the majority
of the world’s poor are women. Women’s unequal participation in decision-making
processes and labour markets compound inequalities and often prevent women from
fully contributing to climate-related planning, policy-making and
implementation.
Suggestions
*Greater female participation in economic development will
lead to productivity gains
*Women’s paid employment rates were raised to the same level
as men’s
*Women’s greater participation is also likely to enhance the
effectiveness and sustainability of climate change projects and policies.
*Have a clear understanding of what strategies are needed at
the local level.
References
http://unfccc.int/gender_and_climate_change/items/7516.php
http://www.wcdrr.org/wcdrr-data/uploads/854/Women_and_Climate_Change_Factsheet_UNWomenWatch.pdf
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/climate_change/factsheet.html
http://www.uncclearn.org/sites/default/files/inventory/unwomen704.pdf
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/gender/Gender%20and%20Environment/PB1-AP-Overview-Gender-and-climate-change.pdf
Submitted by
Ms.Fathima Nazrin
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