Using Gender Sensitive Data to Inform Climate Security Planning

Oct 18, 2022 | Steve Recca and Maryruth B. Priebe
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There is a growing consensus at the national and grassroots levels that women must be engaged as leaders and essential contributors in responding to the challenges of global peace and security. Within the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the issue of climate security presents a multifaceted test to humanity’s ability to collectively solve problems. Climate change can exacerbate violence, conflict, and human-induced threats and hazards across the world, especially if women’s voices are absent from our response strategies. One of the major gaps in identifying and understanding the scope of local climate security risks is gender-disaggregated data. Given the complexity of the challenges we face, an “all-hands-on-deck” approach is required. Yet, a lack of comprehensive understanding of the critical elements of these issues and how society is affected and should respond has hobbled decision-making.