Join the #Climateiswater initiative
Together, let’s spread the word that #ClimateIsWater!
WfWP supports the campaign and wants to highlight the role women play in the provision, management and safeguarding of water.
The threats of climate change are not gender-neutral. Women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men—primarily as they constitute the majority of the world’s poor and are more dependent for their livelihood on natural resources that are threatened by climate change.
Climate change has significant impacts on fresh water sources, affecting the availability of water used for domestic and productive tasks. The consequences of the increased frequency in floods and droughts are far reaching, particularly for vulnerable groups, including women who are responsible for water management at the household level. By comparison with men in poor countries, women face historical disadvantages, which include limited access to decision-making and economic assets that compound the challenges of climate change.
WfWP recognizes that women play a central role in the provision, management and safeguarding of water. Women are the water users and therefore the ones with knowledge and stakes. Women’s expertise, voice and leadership are thus essential to sustainable water access. WfWP positions women as active leaders, partners, experts and agents of change in water.
See #ClimateIsWater Stories - How climate change is affecting people, places, and ecosystems across the globe, and how we can respond resiliently
See all there is to know about the campaign here
Together, let’s spread the word that #ClimateIsWater!
WfWP supports the campaign and wants to highlight the role women play in the provision, management and safeguarding of water.
The threats of climate change are not gender-neutral. Women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men—primarily as they constitute the majority of the world’s poor and are more dependent for their livelihood on natural resources that are threatened by climate change.
Climate change has significant impacts on fresh water sources, affecting the availability of water used for domestic and productive tasks. The consequences of the increased frequency in floods and droughts are far reaching, particularly for vulnerable groups, including women who are responsible for water management at the household level. By comparison with men in poor countries, women face historical disadvantages, which include limited access to decision-making and economic assets that compound the challenges of climate change.
WfWP recognizes that women play a central role in the provision, management and safeguarding of water. Women are the water users and therefore the ones with knowledge and stakes. Women’s expertise, voice and leadership are thus essential to sustainable water access. WfWP positions women as active leaders, partners, experts and agents of change in water.
See #ClimateIsWater Stories - How climate change is affecting people, places, and ecosystems across the globe, and how we can respond resiliently
See all there is to know about the campaign here
