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The violence of inequality garnered coverage from more than 60 news articles in the first week of the report’s launch. Since then, this research and its coverage has inspired investments, investigations and actions, creating change every day.
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Challenging gender-based violence for women’s engagement in environmental protection
Environmental protection is one area where women are generating different success stories while their engagement is obstructed by gender-based violence and unpaid care work – a view from IUCN Bangladesh.
Lessons from Texas: Advocates Warn of Extreme Weather’s Link to Domestic Violence
Focusing on the 2021 Texas winter storm, this report draws on expertise from IUCN and other UN reports on the link between severe weather events and gender-based violence, which has been shown to be more lethal during incidents of extreme weather which is a global problem that is not just linked to smaller, less-wealthy countries.
GBV and climate
The author reflects on international agreements on gender equality, the levels of gender-based violence in Pakistan and the impact of climate change. Additionally, she makes a call for cross-sectoral collaboration to address GBV, including in efforts to combat climate change, to achieve development goals.
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The violence of inequality has not only been widely reported, but increased attention to gender-based violence and environment linkages continues to grow. Explore coverage on our study and related topics here:
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Challenging gender-based violence for women’s engagement in environmental protection
Lessons from Texas: Advocates Warn of Extreme Weather’s Link to Domestic Violence
GBV and climate
The risk of gender-based violence grows after weather disasters
Amazon ‘women warriors’ show gender equality, forest conservation go hand in hand
Kenya Is Trying to End Child Marriage. But Climate Change Is Putting More Young Girls at Risk
Marriage of survival: Will climate change mean more child brides?
Climate change leads to more violence against women, girls
Plans to prevent future pandemics must consider gender issues, too
Q+A with the gender team at the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Clima una questione (anche) di genere
Climate Change is a Gender Issue, Take It From A Woman Who Knows
¿Cómo se relaciona la degradación ambiental con la violencia de género?
Violencia de género y medio ambiente
Climate change exacerbates women’s insecurity
Five women setting net-zero emissions targets in states and regions
Climate Change Worsening Violence Against Women
How climate change affects women more and why they need to be listened to
Why Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women
Explained: How climate change leads to more violence against women, girls
Medio ambiente y violencia de género
Women fighting environmental degradation targets of attack
Se demuestra un vínculo entre la destrucción del medio ambiente y la violencia hacia la mujer
El vínculo entre el medio ambiente y la violencia de género
Un estudio expone la reación entre la crisis climática y el aumento de la violencia sobre las mujeres
Massive study links gender-based violence to climate change, environmental degradation
Violence Increases with Climate Change
IUCN Report Connects Gender-based Violence to Environmental Degradation
The climate crisis is putting women in danger, study finds
Laura Sabater: «La violencia de género se usa para mantener el ‘status quo’»
La mujer ante el reto del clima
How women are changing statehouses
Study: Climate challenges linked to gender-based violence
Pourquoi la crise climatique engendre toujours plus de violences envers les femmes
Environmental degradation can drive gender-based violence, study finds
Climate change is contributing to exploitation of women, new report details
Climate breakdown ‘is increasing violence against women’
Women Face ‘Pervasive’ Violence in the Face of the Environmental Crisis, Report Finds
La degradación ambiental propicia la violencia de género
New Study Details Overlooked Link Between Climate Breakdown and Violence Against Women
Environmental degradation driving gender-based violence – IUCN study
Study Says Climate Change Has Increased Violence Against Women
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