Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Global Dimming affect Women severely than men ?

The lives of women are particularly being affected by the growing problem of climate change. The change in climate will endanger women society more then men. Women extremely affected more worstly in the recent disaster like Hurricane, Tsunami then men. Women are severely influence by climate change and natural disasters because of their social roles and their prejudice and poverty. Many destructive activities against our environment extravagantly affect women, because most women in the world especially in the developing countries are very dependent on primary natural resources like land, forests, waters etc., Women are immediately affected by the global warming because they can’t run away suddenly from their living place. But Men are not like that they can easily travel to other areas in other countries especially to a green fields. But women are not like that they have to stay and face the consequences. So when there is deforestation, drought and crop failure in their living town, it is only women and children who are the most unfavorably affected.

The natural disasters that have occurred in recent years, both in developing and in developed countries, it is primarily the poor who have suffer all over the world. The majority of the poor are women, who at all levels earn less than men. In developing countries, women living in poverty bear a disproportionate burden of climate change consequences. Because of the minimal status of women and dependence on local natural resources, their domestic burdens are increased, including additional work to fetch water, or to collect fuel and fodder.

In some areas, climate change generates resource shortages and deceitful job markets, which lead to increased male out migration and more women left behind with additional agricultural and households duties. Poor women's lack of access and control over natural resources, technologies and credit mean that they have fewer resources to cope with seasonal and discursive weather and natural disasters. Consequently traditional roles are reinforced women's ability to diversify their livelihoods and therefore their capacity to access income generating jobs is diminished. To safeguard women society from the tough time, rich countries must cut their own pollution and greenhouse gas emission in order to prevent global dimming. To make matters worse, they are also underrepresented in decision-making about climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, most critically, discussions and decisions about adaptation and mitigation.

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