CSW66 Side Event: Building a Gender-just Response to Climate Change

Dr. Melania Chiponda and fellow panelists hold discussions in accordance with the Priority Theme for the 66th session of CSW i.e.
“Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change,
environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes”,
this side event took stock of and analysed the gendered impacts of the climate crisis – in Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and Latin America;
and discussed ways in which current policies and programmes can be better aligned with international human rights standards and commitments,
including the Paris Agreement and CEDAW Committee’s General Recommendation No. 35.

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