Gender equality and women’s empowerment are globally recognised priorities, matters of fundamental human rights, and prerequisites for sustainable development. Understanding the gender-environment nexus is not only key to understanding social and environmental inequities and barriers to sustainable development, but also to unlocking options for transformative action.
This report seeks to provide a framework to measure the nexus between gender and the environment. It proposes 18 gender-environment indicators for inclusion in the wider set of gender indicators across the following focal areas: rights to land, natural resources, and biodiversity; access to food, energy, water, and sanitation; climate change, sustainable production and consumption, and health; and women in environmental decision making at all levels.
This report presents enabling conditions at the national level, including through action research conducted in three partner countries: Lao PDR, Kenya, and Mexico. In addition to exploring lessons learned and challenges to closing data gaps, recommendations for building on best and promising practices comprise the final chapter, with main ideas geared toward national statistics systems as well as inter-agency UN expert groups.