GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

UNEP GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ENVIRONMENT #ORANGETHEWORLD IN #16DAYS THE CAUSE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF POWER IN SOCIETY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN DIFFERENT FORMS OF VIOLENCE: PSYCHOLOGICAL PHYSICAL SEXUAL CAUSES OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE NATURAL RESOURCES DEGRADATION Walking long distances to: FETCH WATER COLLECT FIREWOOD CLIMATE CHANGE CHILD MARRIAGE CROP FAILURE TO ENSURE FOOD AND FOOD SECURITY FOR INSECURITY THE FAMILY DISASTERS AND CONFLICTS DISPLACEMENT TRAFFICKING WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE SUBJECT TO: SEXUAL RAPE ASSAULT VIOLENCE AS MEN DOMESTIC LOSE THEIR BREADWINNING ROLES VIOLENCE DID YOU KNOW 1 IN 3 WOMEN have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lives 700 MILLION GIRLS are forced to marry before they turn 18 years old MEN AND BOYS Women in sub-Saharan Africa spend are also victims of violence, however these are often underreported 16 MILLION HOURS collecting water and in doing so are exposed to violence HOW TO PREVENT GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Restore degraded ecosystems to make collecting water and firewood easier and safer Build resilience of women, men, girls and boys to cope with shocks Ask your government to put in place laws and policies to safeguard girls and women's rights Give women agency and decision making power Empower women to be stewards of environment Make sure women, men, girls and boys have equitable access to: • natural resources (land, water) • credit • education and information • markets Invest in women and girls so that they can build a better future for all FURTHER RESOURCES: Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment video message on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: https://youtu.be/oXpzE6RPIVE Safeguarding our ecosystem: http://web.unep.org/ecosystems/ Building resilience of vulnerable groups to disasters and conflict: http://web.unep.org/disastersandconflicts/ Gender and the Environment: http://web.unep.org/gender/ International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/ UNEP