Egypt, EBRD emphasize gender-responsive climate action on Int'l Women's Day
CAIRO - 9 March 2022: “Women are the agents of change in driving the climate agenda forward,” the Minister of International Cooperation, H.E Dr Rania A. Al-Mashat, said during a fireside chat with EBRD’s President Odile Renaud Basso in a hybrid event held at EBRD’ auditorium in London on the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day.
The event was moderated by EBRD’s Director of Gender and Economic Inclusion, Barbara Rambousek to discuss the role the public and private sector play in advancing the gender equality agenda, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, fragility and conflict, and the impact of these shocks on women and gender equality.
Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century, as women are more disproportionately affected and more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, particularly in the agriculture sector where women are regarded as the backbone of the sector, representing 45 percent of women in the workforce. Read More...
