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Pathways to integrate gendered care work into climate crisis preparedness and response

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Pathways to integrate gendered care work into climate crisis preparedness and response

This brief offers six evidence-based, actionable recommendation pathways for emergency preparedness, response and crisis governance that can leverage gendered caregiving for solutions in climate-related emergencies.

Laura Del Duca / Published on 25 September 2024

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Del Duca, L., & Banfi, E. (2024). Pathways to integrate gendered care work into climate crisis preparedness and response. Task Force 1. T20 Brasil. https://t20brasil.org/en/pbs, https://t20brasil.org/media/documentos/arquivos/TF01_ST06__Pathways_to_Integra66d8b51290ae5.pdf

In 2019, weather-related hazards displaced 24.9 million people. By 2050, projections indicate that more than 200 million people will require humanitarian assistance each year as the result of climate-related disasters. This is significant for G20 countries, both due to climate risks within their borders and the indirect impacts stemming from disasters in their supply chain countries. Such disasters disproportionately impact people with care responsibilities. Though care responsibilities are overwhelmingly borne by women, initial humanitarian aid tends to overlook the related, gendered vulnerabilities. As a result, targeted interventions are needed to address the disproportionate risks and leverage the transformative potential of crises.

The authors recommend the following six pathways: redistributing care responsibilities equitably, establishing shock-responsive social protection, institutionalizing care-sensitive risk mapping, bringing caregiver voices into crisis management, sharing knowledge effectively, and integrating gendered care responsibilities as cross-cutting issues in international cooperation. These measures can help avoid disproportionate, negative impacts on caregivers, reduce wider societal vulnerabilities, and better optimize financial aid in coming years when needs are expected to escalate.

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