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Why does gender matter?

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As the lead organisation to coordinate environmental matters within the United Nations System, UNEP has the responsibility to model good practice and drive the achievement of gender equality goals in all its activities, including assessments and analyses, norms, guidelines and methods. UNEP has identified gender inequality as one of the main challenges to advance the environmental dimension of sustainable development, as it has negative impacts on access, use and control of natural resources, as well as the right to a clean, safe and healthy environment for all. Gender-responsive approaches makes environmental interventions longer-lasting and more transformative, from policies and programming related to the impact of climate change to issues around access to energy, water, sanitation, land and other natural resources. Gender-responsive approaches must not only explicitly recognise girls’ and women’s diverse and gender-specific interests and needs, they must also ensure their participation and leadership in developing, implementing and monitoring mitigation and response actions.

“Women are vital for the management of and sustainable use of land and biodiversity resources, transforming the balance of power and working for gender equality is key to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. This is the ask for #GenerationEquality and it involves all of us.” – Inger Andersen, UNEP Director.

Find out how UNEP is including gender in its policies, statements and other resources through our Gender topic tab. For a list of all gender related publications, please visit this page.

 

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