Women have a high stake in climate change. They stand to be adversely affected by any strong shifts in weather patterns. Being more “vulnerable,” they often bear the brunt of social upheavals. And global warming and other such changes in our climate can lead to social upheavals.
It is crucial that women’s voices are included in the dialogue on climate change- in multiple ways. And it is equally important that women in low-income countries are made part of the global discourse. When women become aware of the adverse effects of climate change, they will be more willing to make the requisite sacrifices that everyone needs to make in order to save our planet from doom.
Women’s primary role in climate change is to join others to become good stewards of our environment, natural resources and minimize actions that will lead to the rapid depletion of our planet’s natural resources.
This is a comment to the blog post, “Don’t ignore half of humanity in the climate change debate.”
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Is it fair that;
Globally, women are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to different and unequal social roles and status.
Women contribute less to climate change, are impacted more by it, and have less say in decisions about the problem.
"If more women live in poverty than men, it must be because of single-mother-families, and that is a whole-society issue."
In order for that argument to hold, men must be failing to meet their share of the financial responsibility for their children.
93 women currently serve in the US 111th Congress - that is 17% - and that is a damn record - and it’s pathetic.
Since 1917, there have been a total of 260 women that have served in the House and Senate - and that total is still not ½ of 1 Congress.
There certainly are socio-cultural historical reasons that more women than men live in poverty, but they have more to do with fewer freedoms and limited access to opportunity and power than to their living arrangements.
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joan.Osa Oviawe is the Co-founder of Grace Foundation, a non-profit organization in Edo State, Nigeria. She is a research and multi-media event consultant. She has been called a “social artist,” who is adept at bringing people together. As a self proclaimed Womanist, she spends her time in advocating against issues that dis-empower and disenfranchise women. joan.Osa is an active participant in various women empowerment initiatives. Ms. Oviawe is the recipient of various awards, including the 2009 Woman of the Year award at Washington State University.
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Fortch
Tuesday 12th January, 2010, 8:56am
I think this is a wonderful piece. I believe the subject of climatic change has not been giventhe necessary attention it deserves.
Good work!!