Online-course «Gender Equality and the Baltic Sea»

Gender equality in water-related issues

Lesson 3

Maria Suma, CCB 2023

Learnt what gender mainstreaming is and what tools exist for its implementation.

Discussed the differences and purposes of gender analysis, gender audit, and gender impact assessment

Examined what stages gender analysis includes.

At the previous lesson

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Why water and sanitation is a gender equality issue?

Gender equality in maritime sphere: main problems and success stories

Hazardous substances and waste management through the lens of gender equality

Biodiversity and gender equality is not an obvious but important connection

Agenda

Why water is a gender equality issue?

• Women and girls are the primary users, providers and managers of water in their households
• Lack of adequate sanitation facilities may influence on illness, safety risks and violence at school

SDG 6

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

Maritime: women’s invisible �work in the fisheries sector�

Source: World Bank et al. 2012, Note: The figure on fishing and post-harvest operations uses the classification of countries provided in the World Bank et al. 2012 source and therefore differs from the geographic classification standard

Women employed in fisheries �and aquaculture in the EU

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Women hold around 27% of all jobs in fisheries, aquaculture, processing and auxiliary combined.

Source: FARNET Support Unit, 2018

Maritime: рarticipation in decision‑making�

In 2016, only one of the top 100 seafood companies was run by a woman, and 54 per cent of all seafood companies analysed had no women on the board.

Source: World Bank et al.

IMO-WISTA Women and maritime survey 2021

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Women have unequal opportunities in blue industries because of

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• lack of access to loans, training, and labour unions;
• gender stereotyping, which restricts women to lower-paying or unpaid tasks;
• exclusion from decision-making and governance processes across management levels.

Hazardous substances and litter

RESOURCE EXTRACTION

Women are disproportionately affected by methane and carbon dioxide gas emissions as well as carcinogenic soot particles.

Source: Combatting global plastic pollution feminist perspectives for a gender - just approach, Heinrich Boll Stiftung

Hazardous substances and litter

RESOURCE EXTRACTION

Women are disproportionately affected by methane and carbon dioxide gas emissions as well as carcinogenic soot particles.

Source: Combatting global plastic pollution feminist perspectives for a gender - just approach, Heinrich Boll Stiftung

PRODUCTION

Female bodies are sensitive �to toxins in hormonally active phases like puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause.

Hazardous substances and litter

RESOURCE EXTRACTION

Women are disproportionately affected by methane and carbon dioxide gas emissions as well as carcinogenic soot particles.

Source: Combatting global plastic pollution feminist perspectives for a gender - just approach, Heinrich Boll Stiftung

PRODUCTION

Female bodies are sensitive �to toxins in hormonally active phases like puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause.

USE AND CONSUMPTION

Endocrine disruptors in fossil fuel-based plastics can accelerate hormonally triggered and other forms �of cancer.

Hazardous substances and litter

RESOURCE EXTRACTION

Women are disproportionately affected by methane and carbon dioxide gas emissions as well as carcinogenic soot particles.

Source: Combatting global plastic pollution feminist perspectives for a gender - just approach, Heinrich Boll Stiftung

PRODUCTION

Female bodies are sensitive �to toxins in hormonally active phases like puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause.

USE AND CONSUMPTION

Endocrine disruptors in fossil fuel-based plastics can accelerate hormonally triggered and other forms �of cancer.

WASTE MANAGEMENT �AND RECYCLING

The recycling sector has the lowest representation of female workforce (12%); men constitute 89% of plastics manufacturing and 92% of waste management workforce.

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Hazardous substances and litter

RESOURCE EXTRACTION

Women are disproportionately affected by methane and carbon dioxide gas emissions, as well as carcinogenic soot particles.

Source: Combatting global plastic pollution feminist perspectives for a gender - just approach, Heinrich Boll Stiftung

PRODUCTION

Female bodies are sensitive �to toxins in hormonally active phases like puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause.

USE AND CONSUMPTION

Endocrine disruptors in fossil fuel-based plastics can accelerate hormonally triggered and other forms �of cancer.

WASTE MANAGEMENT �AND RECYCLING

The recycling sector has the lowest representation of female workforce (12%); men constitute 89% of plastics manufacturing and 92% of waste management workforce.

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FINAL DISPOSAL

Personal protective equipment for the plastic production industry is made primarily with men`s size and needs in mind.

Biodiversity

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• Women are often limited in ownership of and access to land and other productive resources;
• Women are often restricted in getting latest information on natural and water resources and participating in decision-making processes;
• Differences in how different genders get knowledge about plant and animal species, their uses and management.

1. Access to drinking water and sanitation is a gendered issue, as restrictions on access to resources reinforce already existing inequalities in society.
2. The maritime sphere is a men-dominated sphere. Women are not represented in decision-making due to existing stereotypes, limited access to information and education in this area
3. At every stage from plastic production to disposal, there are gender differences in access to information, safety and decision-making.
4. At the moment, there is still not enough research on the connection between gender equality and water-related issues

Summary

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