Gulrukh Mehboob, Mehreen Mujtaba, Katrina Aminah Ronnis.
Examining the impact of climate change through a gender lens in developing countries: building a case for Pakistan.
Pak J Public Health Jan ;3(1):60-4.

Climate Change has occurred globally due to an unprecedented increase in the concentration of Green House Gases in the atmosphere due to human activity. As a human generated and worldwide process, global climate change is a significant addition to the spectrum of environmental health hazards. In the early 1990s, there was a very little awareness regarding the risks posed to human health as a result of global climate change. this was partly due to the general lack of understanding of how a disruption in the ecological and biophysical systems might pose serious threats to the long term health of populations. this was clearly reflected in the content of first major report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, where only a few paragraphs touched upon the impact of climate change on human health. However, much has changed since then, with policy makers beginning to focus more on the potential risks to human health due to the climate change. South-East Asia is home to millions of the most vulnerable people. Natural disasters on average kill more women than men, explained by the low socio-economic disparity between men and women in developing countries. Gender roles assigned to women put them at a disadvantage. This article aims to exam the impact of climate change through a gender lens from developing countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Ghana and Senegal. With this backdrop and policy directions for promoting and protecting women's health, a case for Pakistan has been built.

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