Systemic solutions for Climate Changes

Making Gender Equity a Reality

Climate change has a disproportionate impact on women due to gender roles. It reduces women’s ability to be financially independent and has an overall negative impact on the social and political rights of women, especially in the developing world.Yet women play a crucial role in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Because women see and experience climate change differently, they have a different and valuable understanding of how societies can adapt to changing conditions and devise practical solutions. They remain, however, a largely untapped resource. 

During this webinar, speakers discussed the importance of understanding climate change as a product of social and economic inequalities facing women and other marginalized populations.

Key Takeaways from this Webinar:

• Communicating in an effective way can help mitigate these inequities that climate change causes and directly impact women’s lives. 
• A different world is already here. It doesn’t look like the one that we want. It requires confronting our fear and making changes that push our society forward.
• People are thinking about change and working together in collations. We are not alone in this fight. It’s all about the process and asking questions along the way.

“That’s the joy and power of this work is helping people think what they could be and who they could be with and the communities that could be so much better and fulfilling. This would require deconstruction.” - Dr. Julia Hathaway