| While the sense of urgency around the human impacts of climate change is now heightened, gender equality has largely been absent from the discourse. Yet women are extremely vulnerable to swift environmental changes, and they are also the best positioned to help curb the impacts of climate change, given their responsibilities for family and community well-being and management of resources. Come hear from women activists about innovative strategies for curbing climate change and its impacts. With June Zeitlin, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO); Lorena Aguilar, World Conservation Union (Costa Rica); Shalini Nataraj, Global Fund for Women; and Lynnsey Francis, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (Thailand) |