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risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor re-
productive health; 
Whereas conflict has a disproportionate impact on the most 
vulnerable populations including women, and is fueled in 
the world’s poorest regions by harsher climate, leading to 
migration, refugee crises, and conflicts over scarce nat-
ural resources including land and water; 
Whereas it is predicted that climate change will lead to in-
creasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather con-
ditions, precipitating the occurrence of natural disasters 
around the globe; 
Whereas the direct and indirect effects of climate change 
have a disproportionate impact on marginalized women 
such as refugee and displaced persons, sexual minorities, 
religious or ethnic minorities, adolescent girls, and 
women and girls with disabilities and those who are HIV 
positive; 
Whereas the relocation and death of women, and especially 
mothers, as a result of climate-related disasters often has 
devastating impacts on social support networks, family 
ties, and the coping capacity of families and communities; 
Whereas women in the United States are also particularly af-
fected by climate-related disasters, as evidenced in the 
wake of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region, 
which displaced over 83 percent of low-income, single 
mothers; 
Whereas the ability of women to adapt to climate change is 
constrained by a lack of economic freedoms, property and 
inheritance rights, as well as access to financial re-
sources, education, family planning and reproductive 
health, and new tools, equipment, and technology; 
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Whereas, despite a unique capacity and knowledge to promote 
and provide for adaptation to climate change, women 
often have insufficient resources to undertake such adap-
tation; 
Whereas women are shown to have a multiplier effect by 
using their income and resources, when given the nec-
essary tools, to increase the well being of their children 
and families, and thus play a critical role in reducing 
food insecurity, poverty, and socioeconomic effects of cli-
mate change; and 
Whereas women are often underrepresented in the develop-
ment and formulation of policy regarding adaptation to 
climate change, even though they are often in the best 
position to provide and consult on adaptive strategies: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the disparate impacts of climate 
change on women and the efforts of women globally 
to address climate change; 
(2) encourages the use of gender-sensitive 
frameworks in developing policies to address climate 
change, which account for the specific impacts of cli-
mate change on women; 
(3) recognizes the need for balanced participa-
tion of men and women in climate change adaptation 
and mitigation efforts, including in governance posi-
tions; 
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(4) affirms its commitment to support women 
who are particularly vulnerable to climate change 
impacts to prepare for, build their resilience, and 
adapt to those impacts, including a commitment to 
increase education and training opportunities for 
women to develop local resilience plans to address 
the effects of climate change; 
(5) affirms its commitment to empower women 
to have a voice in the planning, design, implementa-
tion, and evaluation of strategies to address climate 
change so that their roles and resources are taken 
into account; 
(6) affirms the commitment to include women 
in economic development planning, policies, and 
practices that directly improve conditions that result 
from climate change; and 
(7) encourages the President to— 
(A) integrate a gender approach in all poli-
cies and programs in the United States that are 
globally related to climate change; and 
(B) ensure that those policies and pro-
grams support women globally to prepare for, 
build resilience for, and adapt to climate 
change. 
Æ 
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