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Empowering Women in the Transition Towards Green Growth in Greece

Gender equality and environmental sustainability are gaining political momentum as global challenges that require urgent action at the national and international levels. Both figure prominently, albeit with limited interlinkages, in the United Nations Agenda 2030, and gender equality considerations are slowly making their way into international environmental and climate commitments. An integrated approach to gender equality and environmental sustainability – i.e. recognising the gender-environment nexus – could help to alleviate limitations to gender equality and women’s economic empowerment and enhance their roles in environmental sustainability and green growth. Likewise, enhancing gender equality, and women’s economic empowerment and decision-making, can lead to better environmental and climate outcomes and policies. This report observes the gender-environment nexus in the Greek policy framework. It assesses environmental and climate policies through a gender lens, and gender equality policies through an environmental lens. It focuses mainly on policies and measures that could support women’s economic empowerment in environment-related sectors; women’s environmental leadership and decision making; and mainstreaming gender equality and environmental sustainability in policy tools. It proposes a series of recommendations that, if taken on board, could support integrating the gender-environment nexus into Greece’s national policies.

Published on July 11, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive summary
Introducing the gender-environment nexus in the case of Greece
Assessing the integration of gender equality in environmental policies and tools in Greece
Assessing gender equality policies and their role in advancing environmental sustainability in Greece
Recommendations for better integrating the gender-environment nexus into policies in Greece
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