GENDERISE bridges the gap in knowledge and action on the intersection of Gender, Climate Change, Economic Development and Domestic Security in the Global South.
2025 in Review: We advanced gender justice and security by centering lived experiences, elevating care as a resilience asset, integrating environmental–economic–security policies through the EMS Program, and promoting inclusive urban mobility through MAC.
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Rethinking “success” in development means looking beyond GDP. Real progress is measured in pollution reduction, community resilience, inclusive mobility, and overall well-being. When policies improve daily life, societies thrive.
#Impact#WellbeingEconomics#Sustainability
Without enforcement:
• Gender commitments stay aspirational
• Ministries face zero consequences
• Climate finance bypasses women
• Communities absorb the risks
Source: Women, Climate Security, and Green-Tech in Africa
#ClimateGovernance#ClimateLaw#PolicyEnforcement
Community-led care systems do more than deliver service, they unlock economic, social & political transformation. Funders who back local ownership see deeper, more sustainable impact.
Insight from: CASM Reflections bit.ly/4iT8Qg9#Grassroots#CommunityCare#impact
AI is shaping climate adaptation from early warnings to carbon markets. Climate tools must include explicit safeguards to protect women, & marginalized communities.
Insights from: Integrating Gender into AI-Powered Climate Solutions bit.ly/3XMwl0z#PolicyDesign#AI
Climate finance can build resilience or deepen instability. DFIs must make equity assessments mandatory to ensure climate investments don’t harm vulnerable communities.
Source: Climate Security Through an Equity Lens
bit.ly/49Z4mCf#ClimateSecurity#ClimateFinance
Most African megacities expand faster than their transport systems. Overcrowded buses and unsafe walkways hit women and older adults the hardest. Prioritize gender-responsive data in all mobility planning.
Insights from the MAC Program: bit.ly/4oFrV6G#UrbanMobility
Policies built without women’s input rarely deliver lasting impact. Real inclusion means women as co-designers of urban and economic systems.
Source: Redesigning Cities with Care: Empowering Women and Building Equitable Futures in the Global South
#WomenLead#InclusivePlanning
Community women are essential actors in climate-resilient peacebuilding.
The Review emphasizes the need to:
Build women’s capacity for dialogue & resource dispute resolution
Source: Navigating the Intersection of Gender, Climate, and Security: A Call to Action for Stakeholders.
Women deliver 75% of unpaid care in West Africa, and climate shocks make the burden heavier. Solar mini-grids in Kenya & Nigeria boosted incomes and strengthened resilience.
Source: GENDERISE (2025). Care Infrastructure bit.ly/3KvtzK5#WomenAndClimate#EnergyAccess
Environmental insecurity doesn’t silence women, it amplifies their power. When climate shocks hit, women become frontline leaders in community resilience. Invest in women-led adaptation.
The Review by GENDERISE bit.ly/4oI4EBU#climate#EnvironmentalSecurity#Resilience
Sustainable solutions come from those closest to the issues. Funders can strengthen national resilience by investing in participatory models that let communities shape the policies impacting their lives.
Source: CASM Reflections
#Community#LocalVoices#ParticipatoryGovernance
The climate crisis is not gender-neutral.
It deepens existing gender inequalities and threatens women’s:
👩🌾 Livelihoods
🚑 Health
🚨 Safety
See how gender inequality links to climate change—and why women are key to #ClimateAction: unwo.men/zJYJ50Xt09X#COP30
Women dominate processing work but remain stuck in low-value roles. We need gender-responsive, technical upskilling, and women-led processing clusters to drive sustainable and inclusive impact.
Source: MAC Reflections — African Value Chains
#WomenInTrade#ValueChains
Climate-linked insecurity rises when cities ignore air quality, mobility, and green space. But when urban design prioritizes clean buses, tree corridors, and pollution mapping, safety expands.
Source: GENDERISE EMS Strategy Document (2025)
#EnvironmentalSecurity#GreenCities
Economic violence strips women of the resources they need to survive a changing climate. But with the right policies, land ownership, and income security, climate resilience grows exponentially.
GENDERISE Review, Issue 9 bit.ly/4oI4EBU#ClimateJustice#WomensRights
Reliable information about the environmental crisis is essential.
With time running out, the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change aims to strengthen measures to address disinformation & support #ClimateAction.
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