Can gender equality help solve Climate Change
About this video
Prof McGlade creates a context by referring to the names given to storms where tradition is to alternate male and female names. Comparison of the effects of storms on affected populations revealed that the public reaction and safety related emergency actions were more delayed and less extensive when storms had female names, and consequently these storms produced higher losses for women. Disasters have other consequences when men migrate and women take over additional responsibilities, e.g. in agriculture, which means these areas can collapse when disaster strikes. Globally women own only 13% of the land and as such have small influence on changing land use, even though they can achieve more proactive type of stewardhsip.