Making waves: Sustainable health solutions for women and girls at the forefront of climate crisis
Climate change is not gender neutral. While women and girls bear the brunt of the climate crisis, they are also at the forefront of leading change. The unique rights, needs and perspectives of women and girls must be central to climate policies, investments and actions – particularly in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Across all the SIDS, climate change and biodiversity loss are rapidly exacerbating the social determinants of health, which is felt disproportionately by women, girls and children.
‘Making waves: Sustainable health solutions for women and girls at forefront of climate crisis’ brings together a diverse group of panellists to share their lived experience of climate change in SIDS, the latest research and evidence on the impacts of climate change on the health of women and girls, and to highlight successful approaches to address gendered aspects of the social determinants of health in a changing crisis.
