Re-powering: Why Gender Equality is Key to Solving the Climate Crisis

February 12, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Architecture Auditorium 205

Around the world, gender inequalities persist. Women face a wide spectrum of structural and sociocultural barriers, which put them at a disadvantage when dealing with the effects of climate change. Gendered roles and responsibilities will largely dictate who can adapt and who can芒鈧劉t. But gender equality is transformative芒鈧漟rom growing national economies to sound environmental decision-making, women's power must be harnessed for climate resilience and a more sustainable future.

Speaker: Cate Owren is the Senior Officer of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Gender Office (GGO). She manages a wide range of gender and environment programming, including GGO's global and national-level portfolio to support gender-responsive action on climate change. Prior to joining IUCN in 2013, Cate was the Executive Director of WEDO - the Women's Environment and Development Organization, a women's global advocacy NGO focused on environmental issues, based in New York. In addition to over a decade of work around United Nations policymaking spheres, she has experience in countries including the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Togo, Mozambique and Zambia.


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Free and Open to Public

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Women's Studies, Mānoa Campus

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Vijaya Perumal, 956-7464, vperumal@hawaii.edu, Owren Feb 12 (PDF)

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