Since the coronavirus pandemic began, there have been numerous reports about discrimination and violence against Asian Americans. In response, now is a chance to prioritize Asian American studies as a way to work towards both racial and environmental justice.
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Ms. Global: #WhereIsPengShuai?; Sweden May Get Its First Woman PM; Bolivia Debates Abortion Rights; The End of COP 26
The U.S. ranks as the 19th most dangerous country for women, 11th in maternal mortality, 30th in closing the gender pay gap, 75th in women’s political representation, and painfully lacks paid family leave and equal access to health care. But Ms. has always understood: Feminist movements around the world hold answers to some of the U.S.’s most intractable problems. Ms. Global is taking note of feminists worldwide.
This week: Romania’s massive coronavirus outbreak; Afghan families forced to sell their daughters; the aftermath of COP 26; where is Peng Shuai?; Sweden may get its first woman PM; and more.
Understanding the Nexus Between Gender, Climate and Conflict Is Crucial for International Peace and Security
Conversations at the UN climate change conference COP 26 explored the disproportionate impact that climate change has on women, as well as how women can become more involved in climate policies.
Women’s Land Rights Are Necessary to Build Climate-Resilient Futures
“Despite the huge impact of agriculture on emissions, and the huge potential of land use for both mitigation and adaptation, it still receives far too little attention; and gender is consistently given minimal attention or altogether left out in conversations about agriculture and land use planning and management in particular, relative to climate conversations overall,” Beth Roberts, the director of Landesa’s Center for Women’s Land Rights, told Ms.
Three Actions You Can Take to Accelerate Action on Climate Change
However disconnected we may feel personally from the climate crisis, there is a role that each of us has to play. Here are three action points for each and every one of us.
Women Climate Leaders Aren’t Satisfied With COP 26. You Shouldn’t Be Either
Women are at the forefront of local, national and global environmental movements as both the greatest victims and greatest fighters of climate change—yet men continue to make most of the decisions to combat the destruction that they themselves designed.
Multi-generational female environmental activists react to the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 26, their thoughts on what needs to be done to combat environmental destruction, and their idea of real, sustainable global change.
We Must Listen to Women to Tackle Our Changing Climate
We have long associated nature with femininity, referring to our planet as ‘Mother Earth’ and using evocative concepts like ‘fertility’ to describe her. But when it comes to meeting the challenges of climate change, it is overwhelmingly men holding the positions of power.
Big Oil Is Blocking Build Back Better—With Help From Manchin and Sinema
While news outlets have been obsessed with much-touted infighting between factions of the Democratic party while negotiating President Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan, they’ve completely missed the real villains.
Big surprise: It’s big business—specifically big oil—and their single-minded focus: Kill the climate change provisions.
To Fight Climate Change, We Must Start by Tackling Global Gender Inequity
When addressing the climate crisis, we discuss reducing emissions, increasing the use of renewable resources and improving energy efficiency. But the environment and gender inequity are tied together—and educated girls are the answer to reversing climate change.