GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice

GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice is a global network of women and gender activists and experts from all world regions working for gender and climate justice. Since 2008, the network has been formally registered as the not-for-profit NGO "GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice". GenderCC is based on the work of its regional Focal Points in Asia, Africa, the Pacific, Latin America, North America and for the Women and Gender Constituency and collaborates with existing women and gender networks in related areas. The Focal Points are supported by the International Secretariat which is based in Germany. GenderCC is directed and run collaboratively by the Steering Committee. See GenderCC's structure in detail.

Vision

The change we envision is fundamental. GenderCC believes that in order to achieve women’s rights, gender justice and climate justice, fundamental changes are necessary to overcome the existing systems of power, politics, and economics.

The challenges of climate change and gender injustice resemble each other - they require whole system change: not just gender mainstreaming but transforming gender relations and societal structures. Not just technical amendments to reduce emissions, but real mitigation through awareness and change of unsustainable life-styles and the current ideology and practice of unlimited economic growth. Not the perpetuation of the current division of resources and labour but a responsible cooperative approach to achieving sustainable and equitable societies.

We believe that linking women’s rights, gender justice and climate justice is key to achieving these fundamental changes. This is a question of justice and equity as much as a matter of quality and effectiveness of decisions.

Goals

The main goal of GenderCC – women for climate justice is integrating gender justice in climate change policy at local, national and international levels. GenderCC is working to achieve gender and climate justice by:

Raising awareness and building capacity relating to gender and climate issues among decision-makers and others working on climate change in order to achieve improved policies;
Raising awareness and building capacity relating to gender and climate issues among women (and men) worldwide in order to increase pressure on policy-makers for effective mitigation and adaptation;
Increasing the global knowledge base on gender and climate issues through research, action learning and frequent knowledge exchange to identify a growing host of options for most effective mitigation and adaptation
Developing more effective climate protection and adaptation through empowering women and men to make maximum, active contributions to mitigation and adaptation measures, while denouncing the disproportionally negative impacts imposed on women by false solutions;
Increasing the participation of women in the formal policy making process, including grassroots women;
Raising awareness and capacity building on gender and climate change issues among youth and children;
Bridging the gap between local action and decision making by bringing local experiences to the decision making levels through advocacy and lobbying;
Strengthening the capacity of the GenderCC members to effectively participate in climate change negotiations through training, facilitating sharing of information and experiences;
Enhancing collaboration and cooperation on gender and climate issues at local, national, regional and international levels.

This website - gendercc.net

www.gendercc.net is our response to the growing public attention to climate change, and the increasing need for information about women’s perspectives and gender aspects in climate change policies and measures. With gendercc.net, we offer you information on

research on gender and climate change and related areas
case studies that clarify and illustrate the gender aspects
activities and campaigns to make women's contributions to climate protection visible and further the integration of the gender dimension in climate policy
mechanisms and tools to put the integration of gender dimensions in climate change policies and measures into practice.

This website illustrates that a number of organisations and institutions already stand up for a gender perspective in climate policy. It serves as a networking platform for these organisations and gender & climate experts, and is to assist those who want to become acquainted with the issue as well as those who wish to enlarge upon it. The knowledge base and information platform is work in progress, and we hope it will continue to be. Not only are there bound to be resources we overlooked, but also we anticipate that in the future more research will be available to be taken on the platform and more activities will take place to spread information about. You are cordially invited to share your own information through the gendercc platform. Please contact us via email for registration. We hope you gain a lot of insights while exploring the platform and look forward to your comments and additions!

	Home l Press l Databases l Sitemap l Contact l Impressum Network < About GenderCC Policy Action Resources Network Campaigns About GenderCC Who is GenderCC?Organisation Forum: News Calendar of Events Links Login User GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice is a global network of women and gender activists and experts from all world regions working for gender and climate justice. Since 2008, the network has been formally registered as the not-for-profit NGO "GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice". GenderCC is based on the work of its regional Focal Points in Asia, Africa, the Pacific, Latin America, North America and for the Women and Gender Constituency and collaborates with existing women and gender networks in related areas. The Focal Points are supported by the International Secretariat which is based in Germany. GenderCC is directed and run collaboratively by the Steering Committee. See GenderCC's structure in detail. Vision The change we envision is fundamental. GenderCC believes that in order to achieve women’s rights, gender justice and climate justice, fundamental changes are necessary to overcome the existing systems of power, politics, and economics. The challenges of climate change and gender injustice resemble each other - they require whole system change: not just gender mainstreaming but transforming gender relations and societal structures. Not just technical amendments to reduce emissions, but real mitigation through awareness and change of unsustainable life-styles and the current ideology and practice of unlimited economic growth. Not the perpetuation of the current division of resources and labour but a responsible cooperative approach to achieving sustainable and equitable societies. We believe that linking women’s rights, gender justice and climate justice is key to achieving these fundamental changes. This is a question of justice and equity as much as a matter of quality and effectiveness of decisions. Goals The main goal of GenderCC – women for climate justice is integrating gender justice in climate change policy at local, national and international levels. GenderCC is working to achieve gender and climate justice by: Raising awareness and building capacity relating to gender and climate issues among decision-makers and others working on climate change in order to achieve improved policies; Raising awareness and building capacity relating to gender and climate issues among women (and men) worldwide in order to increase pressure on policy-makers for effective mitigation and adaptation; Increasing the global knowledge base on gender and climate issues through research, action learning and frequent knowledge exchange to identify a growing host of options for most effective mitigation and adaptation Developing more effective climate protection and adaptation through empowering women and men to make maximum, active contributions to mitigation and adaptation measures, while denouncing the disproportionally negative impacts imposed on women by false solutions; Increasing the participation of women in the formal policy making process, including grassroots women; Raising awareness and capacity building on gender and climate change issues among youth and children; Bridging the gap between local action and decision making by bringing local experiences to the decision making levels through advocacy and lobbying; Strengthening the capacity of the GenderCC members to effectively participate in climate change negotiations through training, facilitating sharing of information and experiences; Enhancing collaboration and cooperation on gender and climate issues at local, national, regional and international levels. This website - gendercc.net www.gendercc.net is our response to the growing public attention to climate change, and the increasing need for information about women’s perspectives and gender aspects in climate change policies and measures. With gendercc.net, we offer you information on research on gender and climate change and related areas case studies that clarify and illustrate the gender aspects activities and campaigns to make women's contributions to climate protection visible and further the integration of the gender dimension in climate policy mechanisms and tools to put the integration of gender dimensions in climate change policies and measures into practice. This website illustrates that a number of organisations and institutions already stand up for a gender perspective in climate policy. It serves as a networking platform for these organisations and gender & climate experts, and is to assist those who want to become acquainted with the issue as well as those who wish to enlarge upon it. The knowledge base and information platform is work in progress, and we hope it will continue to be. Not only are there bound to be resources we overlooked, but also we anticipate that in the future more research will be available to be taken on the platform and more activities will take place to spread information about. You are cordially invited to share your own information through the gendercc platform. Please contact us via email for registration. We hope you gain a lot of insights while exploring the platform and look forward to your comments and additions! 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