April 2010 News
Is climate change a gendered problem?
Gender and the Climate Change Agenda
The Women’s Environmental Network certainly argue that it is. In their recently launched report ‘Gender and the Climate Change Agenda’ (PDF), WEN state that
<>WEN argue that set gender roles, including responsibility for food production and preparation, water collection and health...because of prescribed gender roles, and the fact that, the world over, women are more likely to live in poverty than men, women are disproportionately affected by climate change
