Resource type: Brief

Understanding and addressing gender-based violence as part of the climate emergency

CSW66 Expert paper that provides an overview of how climate change is exacerbating different types of gender-based violence and presents recommendations to the CSW community to address the GBV-climate crisis.
  • | 2021

Men, Masculinities & Climate Change: A Discussion Paper

This paper aims to establish a rationale for understanding male roles in climate change to identify opportunities to engage them as agents of positive change, alongside women and girls, and further strengthen the call for social, economic and environmental justice for all.
  • | 2021

Samoa: Strengthening Protection, Gender and Inclusion in Disaster Law

The Samoa Red Cross Society (SRCS) partnered with UNFPA to train national relief agencies, councils and ministries on identifying and responding to GBV during crises. Practitioners can draw inspiration from these approaches by focusing on strengthening strategies and training to improve policies and plans for GBV prevention and response measures.
  • | 2018

How to identify and advance equitable social norms

This brief introduces the definition of social norms, including gender norms, and how they relate to GBV, as well as various tools to identify and address social norms.
  • | 2021

Climate Change and Gender-Based Violence: What are the Risks?

The Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) Helpdesk has produced this introductory learning brief on the links between GBV and climate change as a introduction to increase literacy for GBV actors as a first step to define interventions. The brief also presents innovative programming case studies for reducing GBV in climate-related emergencies.
  • | 2021

The Climate-Gender-Conflict Nexus

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security provides an overview of the linkages within the climate-gender-conflict nexus. It explores the climate change and conflict nexus with a gender lens, identifies gaps in frameworks, policies, knowledge and evidence, and presents best practice studies from Colombia, Sudan and Nepal. The report calls for policymakers and practitioners to invest in research and policy on the nexus to build evidence on women's meaningful engagement for successfully addressing these challenges.
  • | 2021

Mujeres Defensoras de los Derechos Humanos Ambientales: Enfrentarse a la violencia de género en defensa de las tierras, los recursos naturales y los derechos humanos

En el presente informe de la SRJS se examinan los desafíos diferenciados por género a los que se enfrentan las defensoras de los derechos humanos del medio ambiente, incluida la violencia de género, y se formulan recomendaciones para que la sociedad civil y los gobiernos refuercen las protecciones.
  • | 2020

Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders: Facing gender-based violence in defense of land, natural resources and human rights

This SRJS brief reviews the gender-differentiated challenges women environmental human rights defenders face, including gender-based violence, and recommendations for civil society and governments to strengthen protections.
  • | 2020

Género y producción sostenible: Abordar las brechas de género y las desigualdades sociales para mejorar las cadenas de suministro agrícolas

Las cadenas de suministro agrícola representan fuentes importantes para la población de todo el mundo. Sin embargo, se necesita más para garantizar unas cadenas de suministro agrícola responsables y sostenibles. En el presente informe de la SRJS se examinan los datos y los puntos de entrada sobre la mejora de las consideraciones de género en la producción agrícola sostenible.
  • | 2020

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