Expert Group Meeting: Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes
UN Women convened a virtual expert group meeting (EGM) on the priority theme, Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes, from 11 - 14 October 2021.
Background Papers
- Mary Picard, Director and Senior Consultant, Humanitarian Consulting
Empowering Women in Climate, Environment and Disaster Risk Governance: from National Policy to Local Action - Bernadette P. Resurrección, Associate Professor, Queen’s University
Gender, Climate Change and Disasters: Vulnerabilities, Responses and Imagining a more Caring and Better World
Expert Papers
- Aleksandar Macura, Co-Founder and Programme Director, RES Foundation
Gender responsiveness and energy poverty in Serbia – an opportunity to promote women’s empowerment and active participation - Angelique Pouponneau, CEO, Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCat)
Ocean protection and conservation in the context of climate change and disaster risk reduction - Catarina Sofia Carvalho and Natassha Kaur, International Planned Parenthood Federation
Impacts of the climate crisis on sexual and reproductive health and rights - Cate Owren, Senior Gender Programme Manager, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Understanding and addressing gender-based violence as part of the climate emergency - Christina Suprapti (Titi) Soentoro, Executive Director, Aksi! for gender, social and ecological justice
Building women’s resilience through urban climate policies - Erika Pires Ramos, Federal Attorney and Researcher, South American Network of Environmental Migrations (RESAMA)
Gender, migration, climate change and disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean - Farah Kabir, Country Director, Action Aid Bangladesh
No climate justice without gender justice: Integrating gender equality into national climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction and recovery efforts - Georgina M. Catacora-Vargas, Academic Peasant Unit “Tiahuanacu”, Bolivian Catholic University
Indigenous women’s rights in biodiversity conservation and sustainable use - Joanna Edghill, Managing Director, MEGAPOWER
Integrating gender equality and climate resilience into private sector policies and initiatives – a transport sector case study discussion - Kizzann Sammy, Senior Associate, E.T. Jackson & Associates
Gender lens investing and green financing: The role of women-owned small and medium businesses in climate vulnerable communities - Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Professor, Australian National University
Gendering just energy transition - Liane Schalatek, Associate Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation North America
Core policy steps to increase quality and quantity of gender-responsive climate finance - Lorena Aguilar, Independent Expert on Gender and Environment for Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Promising practices that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in response to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean - Marta Guadaloupe Rivera Ferre, Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV)
Sustainable food systems and gender equality in the context of climate change and biodiversity conservation - Meriel Watts, Director of Science & Policy, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia Pacific
Pesticides and farming: promoting gender equality and minimizing environmental degradation - Mrinalini Rai, Director, Women4Biodiversity
Routes for Change: Ensuring gender considerations in biodiversity governance - Nalini Singh, Executive Director, Fiji Women’s Rights Movement
Women's resilience to disasters and climate change - Salina Sanou, Head of Programmes, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA)
Feminist Just Recovery - Samantha Smith, Director, Just Transition Centre
Just Transition and gender – A review - Sarah El Battouty, Chairwoman and Founder, ECOnsult
Environmental policy and advocacy for sustainable resource management - Sarah Gammage, Latin America Director of Public Policy & Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy
Gender and equity in policies and programs to foster climate mitigation and adaptation in Latin America
Observer Papers
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Gender equality action for climate-resilient food systems and agriculture - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Achieving human rights and gender equality in the context of environmental crises: key messages - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Enhancing women’s vital contributions in the fight against land degradation, desertification and drought - United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Accelerating gender equality in the water domain: A call for action - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
Measuring the nexus between gender equality and women’s empowerment and the environment, including climate change and disaster risk reduction