International Women's Day 2023

The theme for this year’s UN International Women’s Day is ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.’

Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis because existing gender inequalities are exacerbated in times of crisis. Educating women and girls, is one of the most effective ways to tackle the climate crisis.

An estimated 80% of people displaced by climate disasters and women and girls. UNDP (2016) Gender and Climate Change Policy Brief
It will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.
It is estimated that at least 200 million adolescent girls living in the poorest communities face a heightened risk from the effects of climate change. Sims (2021) Education, Girls’ Education and Climate Change
Equipping women and girls with the skills and knowledge about how to adapt to the climate crisis can have profound impacts at country level resilience. The Notre Dame Environmental Change Index measures a country’s ability to adapt to climate change and recover from climate disasters by looking at factors such as infrastructure, food insecurity and level of civil conflict. One study has found that for every year of schooling a girl receives, her country’s resilience to climate change grows by 3.2 points. Over time, this resiliency could help reduce the number of deaths that occur due to climate disasters. https://gain.nd.edu/

In 2017, the Dawson Project researched the most effective and long-term solutions to climate change – educating girls ranked 6, solar panels were ranked 10 and electric vehicles ranked 26.

Nine in 10 countries worldwide have laws impeding women’s economic opportunities, such as those which bar women from factory jobs, working at night, or getting a job without permission from their husband. https://care.exposure.co/far-from-home
“Girls’ education is the starting point for securing the rights of women and girls globally. Educating girls also unlocks women’s leadership for effective, concrete climate action, and helps build more resilient communities that are equipped to tackle the effects of climate change.” Girls’ education for climate action – CAMFED
Indigenous peoples make up 5 percent of the world’s population, yet they steward, manage and protect over 80 percent of Earth’s biodiversity. More than lip service: In the struggle to curb climate change, we must listen to women – POLITICO

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Posted on 8th March 2023

International Women’s Day 2023

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