Climate change, poverty and women’s economic empowerment in the Pacific

Enhancing women’s economic development can boost the economic growth in the Pacific region, promote social development for women and the entire population, cushion climate change impacts, and help reduce poverty levels. Women’s economic empowerment is fundamentally about rights and equitable societies, yet women and their views, priorities and skills are often excluded from decision-making processes that shape development. Women in the Pacific region are more vulnerable than men to the impacts of climate change as they are often poorer than men, with limited access or limited rights to productive resources that could help them cope with and adapt to the impacts of disasters...