Mary Robinson: The Gender Dimension of Food and Nutrition Security

On Gender Day of 18th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) in Doha, Qatar, the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice (MRFCJ) released a video and a policy brief on the gender dimensions of food and nutrition security in the context of climate change.

The impacts of climate change on food security are exacerbating existing inequalities in access to resources, especially for women who are primarily responsible for food production and for feeding their families. This is contributing to an injustice whereby those who have done least to cause the climate change problem are already suffering disproportionately from its impact, which is undermining their right to food, their health and well-being.

SUN Movement Lead Group member and Chair of MFRCJ, Mary Robinson, outlines MRFCJ’s priorities and expectations in a video address in advance of the COP18/CMP8.