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Classify trash to protect the environment from climate change and contribute to gender equality. At first you may wonder why climate change relate to gender inequality and how classifying trash can help protect the environment and contribute to gender equality. So let follow my story and let me show you why and how.

The waste management map below visually highlights global disparities in waste management practices. It reveals that developing countries—and even some developed nations—score lower in effective waste management, exacerbating climate change. Poor waste disposal increases emissions, pollutes ecosystems, and directly impacts vulnerable communities, particularly women.

(*) Click on specific regions to view stats on how climate change-driven waste issues impact women in that area.

At least 939 million women aged 15 or older experienced moderate to severe food insecurity in 2021, compared with 813 million men, the report says. The map below displays the countries with higher food insecurity among women (red) and men (turquoise), with blue indicating countries that do not have significantly different rates of food insecurity between men and women. Countries with higher levels of food insecurity for women are concentrated in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and south-east Asia.

Among the rank 87 low- to middle-income countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa by their overall score on our climate-agriculture-gender inequity hotspot index. The ‘hottest’ countries (global rank 1 to 15) are all situated in Africa. The climate-agriculture-gender inequity hotspot map below, which clearly shows that women are most at risk because of their exposure, vulnerability and prevailing climate hazards in West, Central and East Africa; in Western and South Asia; and in a few countries in Southeast Asia.

Climate-agriculture-gender inequity hotspots among low- to middle-income countries. Darker, orange-colored countries are ‘hotter’ as they have a relatively high climate-agriculture-gender inequity hotspot index score. Darker, blue-colored countries have relatively low climate-agriculture-gender inequity hotspot index scores are therefore ‘cooler’.

As climate change intensifies, water scarcity is projected to affect up to half of urban populations by 2050 due to rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns. Women, especially in households without running water, bear the brunt of water collection, spending up to 200 million hours daily on this task. This reduces their opportunities for education, employment, and overall welfare, contributing to “time poverty.”

Climate change may exacerbate this burden, worsening the negative impacts on women’s health, welfare, and employment globally, especially in vulnerable regions. In 2022, data on at least one menstrual health indicator was collected from 53 countries, with the majority being low- or lower-middle-income nations. Menstrual health indicators are crucial for measuring gender-related inequalities in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). These indicators highlight the sanitation needs of women, girls, and others who menstruate, and also address the cultural taboos surrounding menstruation. Globally, nearly 2 billion women aged 15-49 (the primary group for menstrual health data) existed in 2022.