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Women play a critical role in sustaining communities and managing natural resources, but their contributions are often undervalued and neglected. Women are also more likely than men to live in poverty, and they are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and other environmental hazards, especially in developing countries. Because women tend to be more vulnerable to the impacts of natural resource degradation than men, environmental protection and green policies can help improve gender equality, with many economic and social co-benefits.
Numerous studies indicate that improving gender equality and women’s participation in the workforce can have a positive impact on economic growth. It can also enhance productivity, improve development outcomes for future generations, and increase the quality of societal policies and institutions, including more representative decision-making.
Achieving gender equality is so important that it is one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, which aims to redress the disproportionate impact on women and girls of economic, social and environmental shocks and views women as central actors, recognizing that their knowledge and collective action can improve resource productivity and encourage the sustainable use of natural resources.
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Sustainable finance and gender equality are at a crossroads.
Tomorrow, celebrating the women’s history month, join @GGKP_Finance & GGKP Gender Expert Group to discuss challenges & opportunities for gender-just energy transitions.
Speakers include: In Woo Jung, Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) Ingvild Solvang, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Inka Schomer, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Irene Giner-Reichl, Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) Maria Elena Valenzuela, International Labour Organization (ILO) Taciana Peão Lopes, Mozambique Women of Energy (MWE) Zonibel Woods, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The webinar will be livestreamed on different platforms at 10AM CET as well! ➡️https://ggkp.org/Facebook ➡️https://ggkp.org/YouTube ➡️https://ggkp.org/LinkedIn ➡️http://thegreenforum.org/
?https://ggkp.org/FinanceMeetsGender
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For International Women Day... Join the ISLANDS Call to Action on Gender Equality & Technology!
How do you think technology - especially in the waste & chemicals sector - can support gender equality? And also, how do you think women empowerment and participation can bring innovation?
Join the Call to Action and read the article to find out more.
Created an Event in Gender Equality - ISLANDS, Climate Change, Gender
Created an Event in Gender
Created a Post in Climate Change, Gender
Just Energy Transition
Just found a very interesting article about Just Energy Transition in South Africa I would highly recommend to this community. We often talk about "energy transition", "green transition" without thinking about the concrete effects that these plans will have to people on the ground working in these sectors. Women particularly are often overlooked.
The GGKP Gender Expert Group has worked on this topic, preparing a report on how a Just Energy Transition could look like and how to assess projects through just energy transition lenses.The report will be published soon. Luisa Kim and Sohna Ngum - I think the South African policy was also examined, do you have any insights?
Also, I am very fascinated by the gender aspects of coal-dependent communities, in the context of a green transition. Margaux Granat are you still working on this topic? if yes, could you share something about it?
Created a Post in Gender Equality - ISLANDS, Climate Change, Gender
Interested in gender in global environmental governance? Have a look at the Gender Climate Tracker!
This platform tracks the progress in integrating gender mandates in environmental policies at the global and national level, checks on women participation in international negotiations while also providing country-specific data and resources.
You can also become a tracker by adding resources to this link https://genderclimatetracker.org/node/12222
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"If women farmers had the same access to productive resources as men, 100-150 million people would be lifted out of hunger [...]."
Women are in the frontline of the agricultural labor force, yet represent only 15% of all landholders globally. What's more, only 1.7% of climate finance is estimated to reach small-scale producers in Global South countries.
Why is this important, and how can we address these intersecting layers of challenges beyond just the talk?
I wanted to invite you to join the FinEquity’s 2023 Annual Meeting. FinEquity is a community of pratice to empower women through financial inclusion. Our annual meeting is virtual, free, and open to everyone. We will be exploring the nexus that links financial inclusion, women’s empowerment, and climate change, with the purpose of understanding how financial services can help women adapt their livelihoods to erratic rainfall patterns and rising temperatures to mitigate climate risks. You can also participate by submitting an expression of interest. For how to do this and register, see the event landing page.
COP27: Nordic Region wants to ensure a gender-equal climate transition
The green transition will leave no stone in society unturned – so how are men and women affected by this change? On 14 on 15 November, the Nordic countries will host several debates at the COP27 climate summit on what a just climate policy might look like.