The article
by the Inter Press Service (IPS) highlights how environmental emergencies can have a more exacerbated impact on women.
As part of a series of stories for International Women’s Day on 8 March 2018, IPS released a series of stories related to gender and emergency management. In this article, Victor Tsang (UN Environment Gender Expert) and Shari Nijman (UN Environment Communications Officer) describe how cyclones, floods, droughts and other slow-onset disasters linked to climate change often lead to early child marriage, forced labor, sexual violence, increased rates of school drop outs among girls, longer distances to obtain water, and higher rates of death among women due to inefficient cooking technology and air pollution.
The authors shed light on to the importance of adopting a holistic approach to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by empowering women and young girls who play a key role in building a sustainable future.
Consult the series here.