Advocacy actions (sensitising and mobilising)
In the context of gender equality in climate change actions, advocacy actions and tools include:
- Making efforts to sensitise people to the issue by disseminating information about the effects of climate change and especially its disproportionate negative effects on women. The information shared should also include information about best practices derived from previous climate change mitigation actions.
- Conducting publicity campaigns or promotions by using brochures and pamphlets, radio, television and social media through blogs tweets and letters to the editor to raise awareness and increase knowledge.
- Running informal and formal training sessions to communicate information to community members who do not know about climate change or what to do to mitigate the problems. The messages will be relevant to the realities of the communities and focus on local, real-life impacts.
- Training experts, celebrities, influencers or extraordinary community members to deliver the message.
- Becoming allies, champions, mentors or sponsors, or encouraging women to be leaders or supporting women as leaders.
- Building coalitions and networking around specific themes or causes.
- Talking about and increasing awareness of discrimination and women’s rights. Demonstrations are one way for groups to publically support a person or cause.
- Forming diverse and inclusive community advisory boards and participatory community monitoring committees.
- Planning and executing community-specific actions.
- Writing letters or meeting with decision makers.
- Providing tangible support in the form of legal advice, finance, shelter, supplies and services to a vulnerable group.
- Taking action to redistribute care work in the home.
