Women Face ‘Pervasive’ Violence in the Face of the Environmental Crisis, Report Finds

2020

Author:

Yessenia Funes

Organization:

Earther Gizmodo

Citation:

Funes, Y. (2020). 'Women Face 'Pervasive' Violence in the Face of the Environmental Crisis, Report Finds' (29 January 2020). Earther Gizmodo. Available at: https://earther.gizmodo.com/women-face-pervasive-violence-in-the-face-of-the-enviro-1841333396

Synopsis

This article reports on IUCN’s gender-based violence and environment linkages study, with a close look at women environmental human rights defenders.

Classifications

Sustainable Development Goals

Contact

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gender@iucn.org
www.iucn.org

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Community

IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,400 Member organisations and the input of some 15,000 experts. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.