caribbean.unwomen.org/en/stories/n... 1/ " #Global and #regional data demonstrate that #women are more at #risk from #climatechange impacts than #men. This is not because women are naturally more susceptible to #natural #hazards, resulting #disasters or #health #crises."

Disasters Affect Us All, Diffe...
Disasters Affect Us All, Differently

Evidence of women’s increased vulnerability is in the pre-existing social and cultural demands on women and girls as primary caregivers with the imbalanced responsibilities for care of the elderly, children and the sick. This care work increases in the immediate aftermath of a disaster and continues long after.

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2/ "Instead, it is the stubborn structural barriers to #equality based on harmful #gender #stereotypes and #inequality of #power in decision making that increase women’s vulnerability, reducing their opportunities to build #resiliency."
A New Faith

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