Women, gender equality, and climate change

This week's blog post is being put aside to instead feature reports from inside the UN on Climate Change and General Assembly happenings.
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To coincide with the Summit on Climate Change today, 22 September, and to mark Global Climate Week, 'WomenWatch', the UN portal on gender equality and women’s empowerment, launched a new online feature on the gender perspectives of climate change. Illustrating the need for gender-sensitive responses to climate change, and for involving women as agents of change and decision-makers, the web page offers a downloadable sheet with key facts, issues and recommendations.

Visit WomenWatch for comprehensive information for advocacy, research and programming for Governments, NGOs, United Nations entities, global and regional bodies, academia, women’s groups and networks and interested individuals. There is also comprehensive information on all relevant global UN commitments, resolutions and other intergovernmental outcomes, UN publications, UN events, and other resources on UN web sites.

WomenWatch was developed by staff of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for the Advancement of Women, the WomenWatch Task Manager, in close collaboration with the UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality Task Force on Gender Equality and Climate Change, an initiative co-chaired by the UN Development Programme and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.