Urban inequalities

Factsheet: UN Women Watch

Program: Children's Rights

This factsheet prepared by UN WomenWatch, focuses on gender perspectives of climate change. It features the work of the entire UN system on gender equality and climate change and provides comprehensive information for advocacy, research and programming for governments, NGOs, United Nations entities, global and regional bodies, academia, women’s groups and networks and interested individuals on the topic.

(Source:UN WomenWatch, September 2009)

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