What is gender inequality costing the Caribbean region?

Countries in the Caribbean are recovering from a recent volcanic eruption, coping with COVID-19, and preparing for the hurricane season. This case study highlights the work of the EnGenDER Project and the gender inequality studies carried out across eight countries to date.

“Women in the communities are active participants in building disaster preparedness”

The importance of women's leadership in disaster preparedness in the Philippines.

The climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis for women and girls in particular

Wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy increases preterm birth risk, Stanford study finds

Women are using forecasts to plan ahead

"Climate change is happening."

The case for equity to reduce disaster risk: an analysis of Bolivia

Germany: Inaction on heat plans threatens health

Strengthening disaster recovery in the Caribbean using a gender lens

What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change

Climate change is not gender neutral: harnessing data to empower women and girls as change agents

The struggle of a women-led business in Vanuatu

Vanuatu micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are facing parallel disasters

The big question: why is gender central to climate change action?

Women’s absence from COVID-19 task forces will perpetuate gender divide, says UNDP, UN Women

In Central America, women and girls bear the brunt of storm disaster fallout

4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)

Gender dynamics of disaster risk and resilience

Women are addressing gender inequalities of disasters including violence against women

“Six to eleven percent of women in ASEAN countries report having been victims of violence against women by a partner in the past 12 months.”

Can SE Asian workers take the heat? Researchers tackle rising temperatures