Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Women and gender issues

WOM/2218

Speakers from Civil Society Present Path Forward to Ensure Female Voices, Needs Shape Global Climate Crisis Response, as Women’s Commission Concludes General Discussion

Despite progress in bringing women to the table when shaping climate change responses, more must be done to ensure equality in local to global decision-making roles, delegates and civil society representatives said today, as the Commission on the Status of Women concluded the general discussion segment of its sixty-sixth session.

WOM/2216

Women, Girls, as Agents of Positive Change, Must Be Included in All Efforts to Combat Gender Inequality, Climate Change, Delegates Tell Commission

Strong female-based societies, indigenous women, women legislators and girls are agents of positive change and role models for sustainability, protecting the Earth and forging monumental achievements along the common global path towards sustainable development, delegates said today, calling for action to include their knowledge and experiences, as the Commission on the Status of Women continued the general discussion segment of its sixty-sixth session.

WOM/2215

Rural, Coastal, Indigenous Women Bear Brunt of Climate Change, Must Be Empowered to Lead Response Efforts, Speakers Say as Women’s Commission Continues Session

Delegates urged the Commission on the Status of Women, on the third day of its annual session, to account for the differentiated impact climate change has on vulnerable groups ill-equipped to address the phenomenon — particularly rural, coastal and indigenous women — and empower these individuals to lead national and international efforts in response.