Annex 8. Gender Assessment

The report assesses gender inequalities and diversity challenges in the Amazon Basin, highlighting disparities in land tenure, political representation, and access to water and sanitation. It emphasizes the critical role of indigenous women in biodiversity conservation and the disproportionate impact of climate change on vulnerable populations.

• Women in the Amazon region are essential to territorial management and environmental conservation, particularly among indigenous, peasant, and Afro-descendant groups, as they often oversee home and family care which includes the environment.
• Significant gender gaps exist in economic participation and political empowerment across the studied countries, although parity has largely been achieved in educational attainment and health indicators.
• Women's labor force participation is notably low in the water and sanitation sector, averaging 13.24% across the eight studied countries, which is below the global average of 18%.
• Land tenure in the Amazon is distributed unequally, with men typically holding ownership and administration; for example, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, only 11.85% of women own their own land compared to 88.2% of men.
• Gender-based violence is prevalent in the region, with Bolivia reporting the highest lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence at 64.10%.
• Access to drinking water and sanitation is severely limited in the Amazon, with less than 40% of the population having access to drinking water, and indigenous populations facing the lowest levels of access.
• Climate change disproportionately affects women and indigenous communities in the Amazon, increasing food insecurity, health risks, and the likelihood of displacement and exploitation.
• Women's representation in water management is skewed toward administrative roles rather than decision-making; in Peru, women hold 28.6% of water board positions but only 7% of decision-making roles.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2024). Annex 8. Gender Assessment. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp261-genderassessment.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Annex 8. Gender Assessment. 2024. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp261-genderassessment.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2024annex, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Annex 8. Gender Assessment}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2024}, month = aug, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp261-genderassessment.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }