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T1 Human Rights, the Environment and Gender Equality - Key Messages
T2 حقوق الإنسان والبيئة والمساواة بين الجنسين - رسائل أساسية
T2 Derechos humanos, medio ambiente e igualdad de género - Mensajes clave
T2 Les Droits humains, l'environnement et L'égalité des genres - Messages clés
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, 
A1 United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 
K1 human rights
K1 gender equality
K1 gender discrimination
K1 women's right
K1 gender-based violence
K1 green economy
K1 environmental protection
K1 woman
K1 environment
K1 environmental justice
K1 right to health
K1 decision-making
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36945
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36945
NO This brief outlines key human rights obligations and responsibilities relating to gender equality in the context of environmental protection. It situates the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment within international human rights and environmental law, emphasising non-discrimination and substantive equality. The document identifies how climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and land degradation produce differentiated and disproportionate impacts based on gender, often compounded by intersecting forms of discrimination. It sets out required State actions, including eliminating gender-based discrimination and stereotypes, ensuring participation, access to justice, health, education and resources, protecting human rights defenders, regulating business conduct, promoting a just economic transition, strengthening data collection, and enhancing international cooperation to deliver gender-responsive environmental action.
NO https://www.unep.org/resources/policy-and-strategy/key-messages-human-rights-and-environment
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026