This exclusive reporting by The Guardian covers findings by IUCN that attempts to tackle crisis fail because gender issues are not addressed and gender-based violence occurs when climates breakdown and environments degrade.
This article reports on IUCN’s gender-based violence and environment linkages study, with a close look at women environmental human rights defenders.
A medida que unos recursos naturales ya limitados se vuelven aún más escasos debido al cambio climático las niñas y mujeres reciben la peor parte, según el estudio Vínculos entre la violencia de género y el medio ambiente: la violencia de la desigualdad presentado hoy por la Uicn.
This coverage shares findings from IUCN’s study on gender-based violence and environment linkages, with a focus on climate change impacting stability and violence. It includes views from women’s rights advocates as well as complementary studies by CARE.
This article reports on IUCN’s study showing that sexual assault, domestic violence, and forced prostitution are more prevalent in parts of the world where desperation for natural resources is at a high.
This paper makes a case for advancing women’s tenure rights and how international law can be used to promote those rights in the context of REDD+. It is intended for women’s rights advocates involved in climate change and REDD+, and thus presumes a general familiarity with REDD+. International human rights law is presented as an additional framework for advocates to use in their strategies and messages to advance women’s tenure rights in REDD+.
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that securing land and resource rights for women and men has a positive impact on food security and broader development outcomes, including women’s empowerment. This brief provides an overview of existing literature findings.
