Bridge the Climate–Health–Gender Nexus

Climate change disproportionately harms women’s health through food and water insecurity, maternal risk, malnutrition, displacement, and gender-based violence. Yet gender remains under-integrated in climate adaptation plans and health financing frameworks.

Without structural reform, climate responses risk reinforcing vulnerability.

Our Approach

Women in Global Health promotes gender-responsive climate–health action by:

Integrating Gender in Policy Frameworks

Embed gender considerations in national adaptation plans and resilience strategies

Advancing Gender-Responsive Financing

Advocate climate and health financing that prioritizes marginalized communities and women-led initiatives

Elevating Women’s Participation

Promote women’s leadership in climate–health governance and financing bodies

Strengthening Data and Accountability

Advance sex- and gender-disaggregated data on climate-related health impacts
Track MNCH and SRHR impacts in climate contexts

Building Cross-Sector Coalitions

Align health, climate, gender, and financing actors around integrated solutions

Why It Matters

Climate resilience requires gender-responsive governance. Health systems cannot be resilient if half the population remains excluded from decision-making.

Flagship Outcomes

1

Gender-responsive pandemic preparedness integrated into policy advocacy

WGH submissions and policy briefs positioned gender equity within global health security financing debates.

2

First gender integration analysis of Ethiopia’s public health supply chain

WGH generated new evidence to embed gender analysis in national health systems reform.

3

Governance & Accountability Framework adopted across 65 Chapters

Movement-wide governance reform strengthened transparency, shared leadership, and feminist accountability.