Expert Paper and Expert Group Meeting preparing for the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Client
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)
Duration
August – October 2021
Our project team
Mary Picard
Type of work
Legal and regulatory practices
Research and analysis
Reports and editing
Strategic and policy planning
Key themes
Climate adaptation and resilience
Climate change
Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI)
Women’s empowerment
Women’s leadership
About this project
Commissioned by UN-Women, Dr. Mary Picard prepared the Expert Background Paper ‘Empowering Women in Climate, Environment and Disaster Risk Governance: from National Policy to Local Action’, as well as acted as a member of the expert consultative group for UN Secretary General's Report in Support of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2022 (CSW66) - on “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes.”
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