How Women Can Lead The Resistance Against Climate Change

Jun 10, 2020 | Nancy Wang
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In the past decade, women have made great strides attaining key leadership roles in technology, education, and politics. Another area that has shot to international focus, inspired by the Rio+20 agreement (in 2012) is climate change. Because women typically provide for their families, for example, by sourcing and sometimes physically hauling water, food, and fuel, and often earn less incomes, climate change disproportionately affects women. Therefore, according to the United Nations Women organization, women’s economic empowerment should be a focus of green economics and climate change.