Building a Comprehensive Survey to Measure the Gender and Environment Nexus in Africa
Publisher: UN Women and Women Count
Date: 2024
Topics: Gender
Understanding and addressing the gender-environment nexus is crucial for promoting sustainable development and resilience amid the triple planetary crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution). In Africa, women and men often experience the impacts of this triple planetary crisis differently due to existing gender roles and inequalities, with the intersection of gender and environmental issues either exacerbate vulnerabilities or presenting opportunities for sustainable and equitable solutions. This brief highlights steps taken by UN Women Africa to develop a gender and environment survey and calls on stakeholders and parties to join forces on the survey to build evidence on the interactions between gender and the environment.