GGCA Gender and Climate Change Training Manual - Women's ...

4. Ask the groups to identify the causes of the gaps and possible
actions to overcome them. Participants should write their
answers on the flip charts provided.
5. Ask each group to present their results. If possible, provide
additional information on the causes and possible ways to
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overcome them.
Finally, ask the participants what they have learned from the
6.
assignment.
Note: If time is limited, the facilitator can prepare a quiz in PowerPoint to present
to the group and generate discussion. An example of a gender quiz is the Oxfam
Millennium Development Goals Gender Quiz from 2007, which can be found at
http://www.oxfam.org.uk:80/generationwhy/do_something/campaigns/
healthandeducation/quiz/index.htm
It is important that the facilitator includes in the analysis of gender differences/
gaps, regional and national data in order to encourage and contextualize the
discussion. Please remember to quote the reference for the data presented
(regional and country-specific data is available in Global Gender Gap Report
www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Gender Gap/index.htm).
Handout 1: Analysis of gender differences/gaps
According to the best available data approximately 70% of those who live on less than
a dollar each day are women.
Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours yet receive only 10% of the
world’s income.
Women own only 1% of the world’s property.
Women members of parliament globally average only 17% of all seats.
Only 8% of the world’s cabinet ministers are women.
Seventy-five percent of the world’s 876 million illiterate adults are women.
Worldwide women received 78% of the wages received by men for the same work,
although in some regions, they have a better educational background. In some parts
of the world, the wage gap between women and men is close to 40%.
Of the 550 million low-paid workers in the world, 330 million or 60% are women.
In a sample of 141 countries over the period 1981–2002, it was found that natural
disasters (and their subsequent impact) on average kill more women than men or kill
women at an earlier age than men.
Sources: Social Watch Gender Equity Index, 2007 and 2008; Oxfam, 2007; Neumayer and Plümper, 2007; and ILO,
2008.