Tiếng ViệtVietnam is considered one of the countries most severely affected by climate change (CC). The impact of climate change on our country has been assessed as very serious in the recent past and is predicted to be more serious in the future, posing an existential threat to the goal of hunger eradication and poverty reduction, the implementation of the millennium goals and the country’s sustainable development process. Vietnam has made great efforts to respond to climate change, demonstrated through national policies and programs. In recent years, under the impact of climate change, the frequency and intensity of natural disasters have increased, causing great losses in terms of human life, property, infrastructure, economy, culture, society, and negative impacts on the environment. CC affects women and men differently. In practice, women are the ones holding solutions to adapt and minimize the negative impacts of CC. In Vietnam, women play a very important role in climate change response and disaster risk reduction activities. However, many studies have shown that women are also the most vulnerable group to the impacts of climate change and face many barriers in responding to climate change. Compared to men, Vietnamese women still have many limitations in accessing information and have fewer opportunities to learn and grasp response measures. However, our country’s current climate change response and disaster risk reduction policies in general have not really paid attention to the differences between men and women.
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With the desire to contribute to the reduction of gender-based violence, climate change resilience and disaster risk reduction, 12 leading experts, based on the spirit of volunteerism and shared interests in the fields of health, gender equality, youth development, biodiversity, climate change and communication, proposed to sit together at the headquarters of the Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) on July 4, 2024 to discuss and agree to establish a Technical Working Group on Gender Equality and Climate Change Adaptation and Health (abbreviated as the Working Group on Climate Change, Gender Equality and Health).
