E-LIBRARY - GENDER MAINSTREAMING
May 30, 2010
The term 'gender' refers to women's and men's different roles, resources, and experiences aspects of cultuer that all of us learn in our own societies as we grow up. Gender roles and resources are different in different societies, and they change over the course of time event within the same societies.
May 30, 2010
Detrimental effects of climate change can be
felt in the short-term through natural hazards,
such as landslides, floods and hurricanes; and
in the long-term, through more gradual degradation of the environment. The adverse ef-
fects of these events are already felt in many
areas, including in relation to, inter alia, agriculture and food security; biodiversity and
ecosystems; water resources; human health;
human settlements and migration patterns;
and energy, transport and industry.
In many of these contexts, women are more
vulnerable to the effects of climate change
than men-primarily as they constitute the
majority of the world's poor and are more
dependent for their livelihood on natural resources that are threatened by climate change.