Gender assumptions harm progress on climate adaption and resilience

(ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies) These outdated assumptions around gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking and action for climate mitigation and adaptation: women are innately caring and connected to the environment; women are a homogenous and vulnerable group; gender equality is a women's issue and; gender equality is a numbers game.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news