Seattle + 10 Seattle
This is a space to post what is being organized in Seattle for the 10th Anniversary of the WTO protests. We are part of the national/international Seattle +10 movement!
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Is Climate Change a Gender Issue?
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Sustainable Communities | Gender Equality | Environmental Justice | Environmental Health | Environmental Education | Women's Empowerment | Women's Economic Development | Women's Education | Women's Safety from Violence | Women's Health | Women's Rights | Environmental Law and Policy | Women and the Environment
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Women are particularly vulnerable to climate change because they are more prone to the adverse impacts from climate change. Their limited adaptive capacities arise from prevailing social inequalities and ascribed social and economic roles that manifest itself in differences in property rights, access to information, lack of employment and in equal access to resources.
Further, changes in the climate usually impact on sectors that are traditionally associated with women, such as paddy cultivation, cotton and tea plantations, and fishing. This means increased hardship for women. For example, studies show that climate change has an adverse impact on fishing, as the sea level rises and saline water enters into freshwater systems, making fishing difficult. Further, in extreme events more women deaths are observed for women’s inability to swim or run or lack of strength to withstand physically demanding situation such as storms, floods, typhoons etc. Full paper in PDF format; Number of pages: 4p
Further, changes in the climate usually impact on sectors that are traditionally associated with women, such as paddy cultivation, cotton and tea plantations, and fishing. This means increased hardship for women. For example, studies show that climate change has an adverse impact on fishing, as the sea level rises and saline water enters into freshwater systems, making fishing difficult. Further, in extreme events more women deaths are observed for women’s inability to swim or run or lack of strength to withstand physically demanding situation such as storms, floods, typhoons etc. Full paper in PDF format; Number of pages: 4p
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