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Gender Frontlines: Exploring the Intersectionality of Gender and Climate Change delves into the intricate relationship between gender and climate change, emphasizing how climate impacts exacerbate existing social inequalities. Climate change, with its severe effects on ecosystems and human societies, disproportionately affects vulnerable populations, particularly women, girls, transgender, and non-binary individuals. The framework of intersectionality, as introduced by Kimberlé Crenshaw, is crucial for understanding these compounded vulnerabilities influenced by overlapping social identities such as gender, race, and socioeconomic status. Through the lens of Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5), which advocates for gender equality, this article underscores the necessity of integrating gender perspectives into climate policies. It reviews how climate change affects health, economic stability, displacement, and migration, particularly among women and other marginalized genders. The article includes case studies from India, highlighting the challenges faced by women in agriculture in Telangana, the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal, and the impact of heatwaves on elderly women in urban slums. Furthermore, the article analyzes national and international climate policies, revealing gaps in gender-specific outcomes and the need for targeted enforcement. It advocates for a proactive approach to future climate strategies, emphasizing the importance of gender-disaggregated data, equal representation in decision-making, and targeted interventions. The article concludes with a call to action for comprehensive, gender-sensitive climate policies, engaging communities, NGOs, and governments in a collaborative effort to ensure an inclusive and equitable response to climate change.
Ms. Mahima Choudhary (Sun,) studied this question.