Putting gender equality at the heart of climate action and resilience
Raising women’s voices and leadership is critical for decision-making in climate change
Renewable energy can be a catalyst for women’s sustainable livelihoods
Women and marginalized groups are a fountain of solutions for climate change and disaster risk reduction
For women to be able to adapt to climate change and disasters, they need to be able to access, use and feed into knowledge, technology, finance and policy
Women for Climate-Resilient Societies
The Asia and the Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change impacts in the world. Women are extremely sensitive to these changes given their lack of access to essential resources such as land, finance or information. Because the nexus between gender and climate change is often underestimated, UN Women and UN Environment jointly created the EmPower project. Targeting Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam, EmPower aims to build women’s resilience facing climate change, over a period of five years (2018-2022) with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Read more
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Stories of EmPowerment
Can renewable energy give climate-displaced women in Bangladesh a new beginning?
It is nightfall in the village of Char Baghutia in Manikganj district in central Bangladesh. Twenty-seven-year-old Miriam is hunched over a rickety old sewing machine, under a single incandescent lamp, with one hand over the cloth and...
Viet Nam’s journalists learn how to report on women and risks of climate change
Hue, Viet Nam — Two dozen Vietnamese journalists are now able to better report on how women can help prepare for and mitigate the effects of natural disasters, thanks to a training co-organized by UN Women. Empower Women for...
The case for women running shift to renewables
There is a harsh truth that Southeast Asia must face. While the region remains one of the most vulnerable in the world to climate change, member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are a long way behind on meeting...
Vegetable gardens bring veritable gains for women in climate-struck Cambodia
On the road winding into Chreng village in Cambodia’s Pursat province, a group of boys are playing volleyball on an arid plot of land as villagers watch and cheer. Around the corner, 24-year-old Lang Sokang is knee-deep in mulch,...
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