Pathways to integrate gendered care work into climate crisis preparedness and response

This brief offers six evidence-based, actionable recommendation pathways for emergency preparedness, response and crisis governance that can leverage gendered caregiving for solutions in climate-related emergencies.

The authors recommend the following six pathways: redistributing care responsibilities equitably, establishing shock-responsive social protection, institutionalizing care-sensitive risk mapping, bringing caregiver voices into crisis management, sharing knowledge effectively, and integrating gendered care responsibilities as cross-cutting issues in international cooperation. These measures can help avoid disproportionate, negative impacts on caregivers, reduce wider societal vulnerabilities, and better optimize financial aid in coming years when needs are expected to escalate.