Climate change is gendered. It affects women, girls and transgender individuals in ways that men, boys or cisgender people don’t experience. For example:
- Women make up the majority of the world’s poor, and members of the trans community also have meager incomes.
- Across the globe, women and girls eat the least and last, making up at least 60% of those experiencing hunger. Collectively, they spend 200 million hours daily collecting water, and those living without a toilet spend more than
260 million hours finding places to go.
- Food and water scarcity cause girls to miss educational opportunities and face higher health and safety risks, often leading to gender-based violence, including forced child marriage.
- Members of the trans community are affected by air and water pollution while also experiencing disproportionate amounts of violence and discrimination after a disaster.
As we continue to witness the increasing impacts of wildfires, flooding, storms and other climate-related natural hazards on communities worldwide, CDP believes that we cannot discuss disasters without looking at climate change. And that conversation cannot happen without an honest and open look at the role of climate change on gender equity.
During this webinar, panelists will discuss how climate change inequitably affects women, girls and trans people. Panelists will share clear examples and promising inclusive practices that lead to positive outcomes for these underserved populations.
At the end of the webinar, grantmakers will:
- Understand the intersection between gender and climate change.
- Discover why women’s priorities and needs are critical to all phases of disaster- and climate-related risk reduction, mitigation, response and recovery.
- Learn about funding opportunities to change the interaction between climate and gender.
While primarily aimed at funders, it may also interest emergency managers, government staff, academics, disaster responders and nongovernmental organization staff interested in or working on disasters and other crises.
- Vera J. Soto, Research and Data Collection Analyst, Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Trafficking in Persons
- Supriya Akerkar, Director, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP), Oxford Brookes University
- Jenna Wallace, Program Officer, Economic and Climate Justice, Global Fund for Women
This webinar is co-sponsored by Giving Compass, United Philanthropy Forum, Alliance Magazine and Women’s Funding Network.
Automatic closed captioning will be available via Zoom during the webinar. The webinar will be recorded and posted on this page. We will email the link to the fully captioned recording to everyone who registered.
CDP is striving to increase the accessibility of its webinars. Please email Katie Huang and let us know what accommodations you need by July 1; we will do our best to meet your needs as feasible.