The climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our times. It threatens to reverse progress on human rights and sustainable development and worsens gender inequality ““ posing specific risks to the ways of life, livelihoods, health, safety and security for all women and girls around the world.
As more data and research reveal the connections between gender, social equity and climate change, it’s time to talk about how climate change impacts women and girls, why gender equality is key to global climate action, and how we must support solutions for women, by women.
The Gender Snapshot 2024 report indicates that by 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty (16 million more than the total number of men and boys). Even today, 47.8 million more women face food insecurity and hunger than men.
Read more in this UN Women article 👇
https://www.unwomen.org/en/articles/explainer/how-gender-inequality-and-climate-change-are-interconnected
(Photo: When floods destroyed Nurun Nahar’s house in a remote part of the Jamalpur District of Bangladesh in 2019, she had to move her family to a shelter. Credit: UN Women/Mohammad Rakibul Hasan)
NCWGB has been campaiging for more to be done to combat climate change, as well as for better access to education for women and girls to help reduce poverty. The interconnectedness of climate change and gender inequality needs further research and solutions that help combat both issues need to be found.