Climate Change Is Not Gender-Neutral
by The Daily Eye Team April 30 2016, 6:32 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 28 secsIt is well established that the poor are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and that women—who account for the majority of the world’s poor—are disproportionately impacted. Why is this fact so important? And what are we doing to address it? Women farmers account for 45 to 80 percent of all food production in developing countries. This means that any changes in climate—such as droughts and floods—affect their livelihoods, incomes and food security more than they do men.