Women Groups in Environment - Nature - Peace - Climate Action

WOMEN4CLIMATEWomen make up close to half the world’s population, and although they are often disproportionately impacted by climate change, their voices are not always heard due to lack of inclusion and representation at the decision-making level. Now more than ever, enhancing women’s participation and leadership in the conversation around climate action will be critical to securing a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future for us all.

Women's Environment & Development OrganizationWEDO is a global women’s advocacy organization for a just world that promotes & protects human rights, gender equality and the integrity of the environment.

Empower Women for Climate-Resilient Societies

Women and marginalized groups are a fountain of solutions for climate change and disaster risk reduction. For women to be able to adapt to climate change and ...

Women, environment & climate actionAct for climate, environment, sustainability: GoodWork.ca

Women's Action Against Climate Change Association

Women's Action Against Climate Change Association. Org #51706 ... To advocate for the promotion of women's rights and women empowerment.

OHCHR | Gender-responsive climate actionOverview Climate change affects women, men, boys and girls in different ways. Entrenched and systemic discrimination can lead to gender-differentiated impacts of climate change with respect to health, food security, livelihoods and human mobility, among other things. Intersectional forms of discrimination can make some women and girls more vulnerable to climate change, while excluding women and girls from climate action makes it less effective and further exacerbates climate harms.

International Women’s Day: Women at the heart of climate actionThe theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2022 is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” recognizing the leading role of women and girls in climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response.

Five Reasons Why Climate Action Needs Women

Mar 8, 2023 — By including more women in climate action, we can create a more sustainable and equitable future for all. Reason 2: Empowering women means ...

Science MomsWe are a group of climate scientists and mothers who care deeply about the planet that our children will inherit. Together, we aim to demystify climate change, talk honestly about how it will affect our children and give moms the facts they need to take action.

Why women’s leadership is key to climate actionDespite being underrepresented in climate leadership, women and girls are crucial in the work to achieve more effective and equitable climate outcomes.

Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) InternationalThe Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International is a solutions-based, multi-faceted organization established to engage women worldwide in policy advocacy, on-the-ground projects, direct action, trainings, and movement building for global climate justice.

Women's Earth Alliance - Home - Womens Earth AllianceWomen's Earth Alliance (WEA) catalyzes women-led, grassroots solutions to protect our environment and strengthen communities from the inside out.

Home page - WenWe're Wen, the Women's Environmental Network. A charity working on issues that connect gender, health and the environment.

Women's Action Against Climate Change Association (WAACCA)Women's Action Against Climate Change Association (WAACCA)

Girls' education for climate action - CAMFED Girls, Women and Climate Change. 33%. Around one third of the young educated women in our CAMFED Association are dependent on agriculture for their ...

Explainer: Why women need to be at the heart of climate action | UN Women – HeadquartersThose who are most affected by climate change today–women, girls and marginalised communities–must be involved in the design and implementation of climate response actions to ensure the equal sharing of benefits.

Funding Women-Led Organizations for Climate Justice

Funding Women-led Organizations for Climate JusticeWE LEAD, a fund by Tides, generates impactful support for often under-recognized women-led organizations in the environmental justice sector.

The Women's Environmental Leadership FundTides initiative WE LEAD — the Women’s Environmental Leadership fund — helps to elevate, center, and resource women’s grassroots leadership on the frontlines of climate disruption in the United States.

Climate Organizing Hub The Climate Organizing Hub is grounded in the idea that abolishing the Fossil Fuel industry is the main way to meaningfully address climate change.Our mission is to connect community groups, climate organizations and individual activists to powerful campaigns that take direct aim at the Fossil Fuel industry.

International Women’s Day Needs a Political Makeover. Here are a few Activists Leading the Change.

Women’s Environmental Action | Global Greengrants FundThe Challenge Climate change and subsequent damage to water, land, and clean air impacts women disproportionately. They walk farther when water and firewood runs out, work harder for less when erratic weather patterns wreak havoc on crops, and die at higher rates when natural disasters strike. To confront these pressing environmental challenges, women must have

Invest in Women to Tackle Climate Change and Conserve the Environment – Women DeliverWomen bear the brunt of climate change, but they are the world’s best bet in the fight for a clean, healthy, and sustainable planet. Climate change and environmental degradation represent a great threat to poverty reduction and to achieving the SDGs. They impact health, food security, nutrition, production, and people’s earnings. Yet given their traditional … Continued

Women and Climate Impact Fund - Wplus Standard

Funding women’s rights is crucial for effective climate action - Equality NowWomen are bearing the brunt of climate change and must be fully represented at climate negotiations and within climate finance to ensure their distinct vulnerabilities, requirements, and contributions are prioritized.

The Fuller ProjectThe global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women.

SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES

World Vision strives to empower women in Australia and abroad. Learn more about women’s empowerment, including facts, definitions and real-life stories here.www.worldvision.com.au/womens-empowerment/

Women’s empowerment is key to reducing climate change - Earth DayEmpowering women and girls in developing countries ranked second among 76 solutions for curbing global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

Sustainable Development and Climate ChangeSustainable development requires action on three fronts: social, economic and environmental. Women are central to progress in each area, as reaffirmed by the 2012 Rio+20 agreement, which makes commitments to ensuring women’s equal rights and opportunities.

Empowering women to empower the world of sustainability - Greenpeace AfricaEarth, our source of life, is now becoming the barren, toxic wasteland we have always feared with only 23% of our wildlife remaining.

Women as Agents of Change | United NationsThe UN Secretary-General has singled out women’s leadership for their unique ability as “drivers of solutions” when they are empowered. In rural and developing countries, women play a significant role in supporting their households, as care-takers, providers of food, and income generators for the family.

Why women are key to solving the climate crisis | One EarthResearch shows that women are more likely to be impacted by climate change, and they are also our best advocates to fight it.

Girl-led Action on Climate ChangeOur new programme on climate change and its gender dimension, in partnership with the AKO and the Swedish Postcode Foundations.

Mary RobinsonFirst woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Chair of The Elders; a passionate advocate for gender equality, women’s participation in peace-building, human dignity and climate justice.

Meet 15 Women Leading the Fight Against Climate ChangeWomen bear an outsized burden of the global-warming crisis

Supporting women’s empowerment through green policies and finance | en | OECDIt is increasingly recognised that women and girls tend to be disproportionately impacted by climate change and other environmental challenges, especially in developing countries. Yet, little research or policy action has focused on how gender...

Why is women’s empowerment key to fighting climate change? - IGCYou can listen to the audio recording here: IGC Admin · Why is women’s empowerment key to fighting climate change? Evidence shows that women’s empowerment and advancing gender equality can lead to more environmentally friendly decision-making at household and national levels as countries with high representation of women in parliament are more likely to […]

Gender and Climate ChangeAcross Asia and the Pacific, climate change and disasters undermine human well being and basic human rights to life, health, food, education and employment. In turn, deep rooted inequalities further expose many populations to the ravages of climate change. Women and girls in the region, who constitute 80 per cent of all those living under USD 2 per day, are often on the frontiers of the fight against climate change. Rural women earn their livelihoods from climate-sensitive sectors, such as...

We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Fighting for Gender Equity

Sustainable and Resilient Communities through Women Empowerment | United Nations Development ProgrammeMoldova’s rural women are four times more prone to absolute poverty and more vulnerable to climate change, requiring targeted actions towards enhancing their access to alternative income generation activities and support services (i.e. subsidies), as well as information and knowledge on sustainable and resilient management of natural and agricultural resources on which they depend.

Women, Gender Equality and Climate Change

— Climate Change, a Further Challenge for Gender Equity: How men and women farmers are ... social relations, health, and freedom of choices and actions.

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500 Women Scientists

An open letter from women scientists. We declare our support to each other and resolve to take action towards a more inclusive society.

Women Are Leading the Fight to Stop Climate ChangeA new cast of leaders is taking over the world’s efforts to halt global warming as familiar climate diplomats step aside.

CLIMATE FEMINISM

Data point: Climate change is a feminist issueThis year’s International Women’s Day theme recognised the importance of gender equality for a sustainable future

A FEMINIST APPROACH TO CLIMATE JUSTICE

A feminist approach to climate justice thus means to address the issue of climate change as a complex social issue but also through an intersectional analysis ...

The Crucial Intersection of Feminism and Climate Justice

We must see environmental issues through an intersectional feminist lens, working to uplift and empower those most greatly affected by the ...

This is why climate change is a feminist issueClimate change is already here, and it’s having a disproportionate impact on women around the world. Natasha Preskey asks experts why

How Feminist Research Will Help Solve the Climate CrisisVisit the post for more.

5 Reasons Why Climate Change is a Feminist Issue - Gender at WorkSophie Creswell Climate change is the most pressing issue of the 21st century. The warming of the planet has increased the frequency and severity of natural disasters, meaning millions of people have been, and will be displaced. Marginalised groups such as race and ethnic minorities and those with low socioeconomic backgrounds experience the effects of

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What Is Climate Feminism?The climate crisis disproportionately impacts women—and women of color in particular. This is why women must lead on its solutions.