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Hello and welcome to the Excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Sunday March 17th, 2024. March is Women's History Month at time to highlight and celebrate women's contributions

to history, culture, and society. women's equity, diversity, and conclusion. Former Irish President, Mary Robinson,

current chair of the elders,

has been at the forefront of the fight

for gender equality, especially when it comes

to the climate crisis.

Today she joins the excerpt to talk about why women need to lead the next phase of the climate justice movement

to ensure a livable world in the future.

Thanks for joining us, Mary.

I'm soil, Tina.

Nice to be here.

You've said having more women in politics

is crucial to the fight against climate change. Why is that?

Because we do need different perspectives.

We need the importance of diversity in decision-making and frankly if you look around our world today which is pretty male-dominated

look at the series of crises we have and look how poorly we're dealing with the existential threats which the elders have identified,

the climate and nature crisis,

the nuclear weapons crisis,

and even the pandemic crisis,

we didn't learn from COVID.

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