GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND WOMEN

Recent and rapid global environmental change represents an issue of considerable interest and urgency. The health consequences of global environmental change profoundly affect women, who play a key role in building mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. To highlight the need for innovative and collective strategies, we included a gender perspective as a significant dimension in the sustainability and development of environmental policies. Community and ecosystem intervention should be based on the best available science integrated with traditional and indigenous knowledge, by gender-sensitive approaches into relevant social, economic, and environmental policies.