Research Month: Climate Change and Gender Based Violence: An Overlooked Nexus

Climate change is not gender neutral. As climate-driven disasters intensify—from floods and droughts to heatwaves and hurricanes—existing social inequalities deepen, placing women and girls at heightened risk of violence.

Emerging evidence shows a troubling connection: for every 1°C rise in temperature, intimate partner violence increases by 4.7%. Displacement, resource scarcity, and the breakdown of protection systems during climate emergencies create conditions where gender-based violence (GBV) escalates while safeguards fail. Yet, despite growing recognition of climate change as a global threat, GBV prevention remains largely absent from disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation frameworks.

Join us for a half-day Research Month event that brings this overlooked nexus into focus.

Why Attend?

This event will explore how climate-related stressors—such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and displacement—exacerbate GBV and widen gender disparities. Participants will engage with evidence, policy gaps, and practical strategies for integrating GBV prevention into climate and emergency response planning, strengthening community resilience and advancing human rights.

Key Objectives

• Examine evidence linking climate change impacts to increased GBV
• Highlight system-level gaps in emergency and disaster response
• Explore data connecting temperature increases to intimate partner violence
• Discuss how displacement weakens protection systems and heightens exposure to violence
• Foster collaboration across academic, governmental, and community-based sectors addressing the climate–GBV intersection

Who Should Attend

• Academics and researchers (climate science, public health, gender studies, social work)
• Policymakers at local, national, Caribbean, and global levels
• NGOs focused on climate resilience, GBV prevention, and humanitarian response
• Students and trainees
• Emergency management and government representatives
• Health and emergency response professionals
• Community leaders, advocates, and survivor-centered organizations

📢 Be part of the conversation shaping safer, more resilient communities.

This Research Month event challenges us to rethink climate action—by placing gender equity and protection at the center.