Open Online Course on Gender and Environment

This course will help you better understand the linkages between gender and the environment. It will provide you with the knowledge and tools to mainstream gender, and to be an effective change-maker for sustainable development. It will also give you facts and figures, and a better understanding of the global international frameworks related to gender and environment.

Who is this course for? Someone curious and interested to learn more about how efforts to address environmental degradation and promote gender equality can be mutually supportive. A specialist working on biodiversity, climate change, land degradation, international waters, chemicals and waste. A development practitioner working at the international, national or at the local level in environmental sectors. A policy-maker or government official working on environmental policies and projects. What will you learn? What are the links between gender equality and environmental sustainability? Which global environmental frameworks include gender? How can gender-responsive policies and projects support environmental outcomes? Discover what you can do to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in biodiversity, climate change, land degradation, international waters, chemicals and waste. How is the course organised? The course is divided into six modules covering the following areas: 1) Introduction, 2) Climate Change, 3) International Waters, 4) Biodiversity, 5) Land Degradation, 6) Chemicals and Waste. Each module takes an average of 1 hour to complete.