CLIMATE CHANGE AND GENDER INEQUALITY: HOW DOES CLIMATE

CHANGE DETRIMENTALLY IMPACT ETHNIC WOMEN IN VIETNAM?

1. Context
2. Effects
a) Reasons
b) Detrimental impacts on women
 A recent report from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Rural Affairs
shows that the increase in extreme weather phenomena increases adverse
impacts on the economic life of families, reduces income, increases poverty,
and causes difficulties for people's livelihoods.
→ Contribute to increasing migration rates. The number of women migrating from
their rural and mountainous areas to cities, urban areas, and industrial zones is
increasing and is much higher than the number of men migrating.
 In the context of migration and being away from family, women have to
struggle and face many types of risks, difficulties, and greater challenges in
life. Among female labor groups, ethnic minority women have a higher level
of risk from climate change due to limited access to education and inability
to leave the community, lack of decision-making power and qualifications.
Education is often lower than that of men.
c) Solutions