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Learning Resource Kit: <strong>Book</strong> 2 Projected global warming Source: www.cambioclimaticoglobal.com 12
Guidelines on gender-ethical reporting Guidelines: Reporting on climate change 1. Avoid generalizing the effects and impacts of climate change. Rather, distinguish between communities and groups that are more vulnerable, from those that are less so. 2. Identify the conditions that make women more vulnerable to effects of global climate change. Give details on these conditions. 3. It is correct and important to speak of “particularly vulnerable communities” and to identify them clearly. 4. Identify the livelihoods and resources that women have access to in a country or region and that have been affected by environmental phenomena. Doing so will pave the way to describing how the effects such phenomena have on women’s survival. 5. Look for what is hidden or not overtly visible. Provide a context for information. If a case of violence, poverty, low level of schooling or migration emerges as a consequence of the effects of climate change (for example, a major flood that forces women to take shelter or migrate to places where their situation will worsen), it should be identified and articulated. Highlighting the linkages will help to provide a multi-dimensional and informative story. 6. Be cautious about naming persons suffering the effects of climate change and publishing images of them. It is never justifiable, in the intent to portray a tragedy, to fail to respect the right to privacy or to protect women, minors and other vulnerable persons. 7. Prepare a diverse contact list of resource persons or consultants, whether experts or not. There is an evident journalistic bias towards men as providers of expert opinion, but in the case of issues of greater concern to women, female interviewees can provide valuable knowledge and information. 8. When reporting on health and its linkages to the effects of global climate change, it is important to bring visibility to the situation of women and their children, while at the same time taking care to avoid generalizations. Pay attention to sexual and reproductive health, since the consequences will have a present and future impact. 9. Acknowledge women’s role as agents of change in public policy development and in initiatives on adapting to or mitigating the effects of climate change. 10. Make reference to local, regional and international legal frameworks aimed at protecting women. An example is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 4 . 11. To the extent possible, present specific experiences of women at the local or national level who are influencing policies on climate change or risk mitigation and action plans. 4. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/text/econvention.htm 13
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