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Gendercc Updates Constituency of Women & Gender NGOs The UNFCCC secretariat decided to recognize women and gender NGOs as official constituency in its own right as of Nov 2009. Gotelind Alber, GenderCC, is the constituency's focal point in the first phase. more Women on the Road ...
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Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue | Jess McCabe
The Guardian | Environment — ... Gender CC, a network of activists and academics working on this issue has a compendium of research on this area, with case studies and materials, all of which paint a clear picture that ignoring gender in tackling climate change risks both failing to get the job done and perpetuating – or even worsening – gender inequality. ...

Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue
Worldchanging: Bright Green — ... nevertheless speaks to a significant shortfall in political representation of women in this process. Gender CC , a network of activists and academics working on this issue has a compendium of research on this area, with case studies and materials, all of which paint a clear picture that ignoring gender in tackling climate change risks both failing to get the job done and perpetuating – or even worsening – gender inequality. And this is not just relevant in the developing world either; a ...

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