Whose voices matter? Gender inequality in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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1. In taking Decision 23/CP.18 Parties to the UNFCCC agreed to:

“promot[e] gender balance and improv[e] the participation of women in UNFCCC negotiations and in the representation of Parties in bodies established pursuant to the Convention or the Kyoto Protocol” (IUCN, 2013b:1, see UNFCCC, 2012).”

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Jessica Olson

JESSICA OLSON holds a dual degree in Environmental Studies and Feminist Studies from Southwestern University. Olson participated at COP 18 and COP 19 in both the official Women and Gender Constituency and the youth Women and Gender Caucus. Her academic work focuses on issues of environmental justice, intersectionality, ecofeminism, and geopolitics. Email: [email protected]