Climate action's hidden opportunities for women | Zineb Sqalli

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🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Climate action has historically had a gender-neutral lens, but this lack of intentionality allows underlying biases to sneak in and negatively impact women, says gender and climate researcher Zineb Sqalli. Using Vienna, Austria's gender-equal urban planning program as a model for how women can be included in every step of building a green economy, Sqalli offers solutions for advancing both sustainability and gender equality – at the same time.

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0:00.0	It's Ted Tostaley, I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:07.0	I had never considered this before, but parks and other green spaces began excluding girls
0:12.6	as early as age 9, just in the way they're designed.
0:16.9	In her 2022 talk from Ted at BCG, Climate and Gender Researcher, Zaynab Scali, reveals
0:22.6	a new, more intentional and gender-inclusive way to think about urban design.
0:28.4	It can benefit rather than leave out women and girls.
0:31.6	That's after the break.
0:34.6	Where is your attention right now?
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0:50.6	On the show, we explore how exponential technology influences the way we live our lives and allocate
0:56.5	our attention.
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1:01.5	Find your undivided attention wherever you listen.
1:05.6	What if our efforts to build a better planet benefited half of this room more?
1:13.7	What if we reduce our emissions, but increase the gap between men and women?
1:20.2	What if by 2050, we've reached net zero, but women had a lower chance than men to find
1:26.3	a decent job?
1:28.3	Disturbing, right?
1:31.1	And yet, that's exactly what my colleagues and I found while studying the links between
1:35.8	women and climate over the last years.
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