Tonga: In Tonga, Illuminating the Connections Between Gender and the Environment

Apr 20, 2023 | UN Women
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Gender plays a crucial role in mediating the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, with unequal resource distribution, discriminatory social norms and other gender imbalances leaving women particularly vulnerable. But a scarcity of data on the issue has made it difficult to address—or even fully understand.