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Challenges experienced by women in southern Africa oblige us to motivate for gender-sensitive approaches to climate change responses.

Stella Gama looks back to the early calls to address the heavy underrepresentation of women at the international climate summits. Given the mixed bag of progress to date, Gama asks: what’s slowing things down?

PS hopes African negotiators will be aligned for the best possible outcomes of COP28

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was conspicuously gender-blind for a long

Organised by UNDRR, UNFPA and UN Women, this multi-stakeholder consultation process will support the finalisation of the Gender Action Plan for the Sendai Framework and will be held on 17th May 2023, 11:30-13:00 EDT.

Three weeks have gone by since the much-ballyhooed mega-gathering of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), generally known by its easy-to-say-

Studies show women feel the impacts of climate change most acutely, but gender was low on the agenda at the Egypt summit

A person’s vulnerability to climate change varies and gender has emerged as a key element to consider for effective climate planning and adaptation.

Only a third of leadership positions in climate-change negotiations are held by women, even though women are the most vulnerable to the worst effects of global warming

The world is well aware that the climate crisis is one of the main stumbling blocks to sustainable development. And yet, despite the dramatic evidence of the