WUNRN
AD HOC GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL NGO'S
RERESENTATIVES TO FAO
FAO - Food & Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Rome, May 2008
Joint Statement
CLIMATE CHANGE & FOOD SECURITY
Excerpts - Gender:
"Vulnerable and discriminated
people - women, children, urban and rural poor, small-holder farmers,
fishermen, indigenous people - will be most affected by climate
change....."
"Women and girls make up 70% of
the world's poor and are particularly affected by the risks of environmental
damage. Women have less financial, physical and human resources than men, so
they will have fewer options for responding to the effects of climate
change...."
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