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Having more women in the paid workforce boosts household income and strengthens the middle class. In fact, women drove nearly all of the growth in U.S. middle-class household income between 1979 and 2018. Department of Labor, Survey 2020

Where women are well represented in government, there is more investment in social protection and a better focus on climate justice. — UN News

Women had the same access to productive resources as men, they could increase yields on their farms by. 20–30 percent. Which the report cites, this could feed an additional 80-100 million people on the planet. —The State of Food and Agriculture Report, Food and Agriculture Organization of the Uni...

Satisfying the unmet need for contraceptive services in developing countries would avoid 52 million unintended pregnancies annually. — Investing in women and girls, OECD

At the local level, women’s participation in managing natural resources leads to more equitable and inclusive resource governance + better conservation outcomes. — UN Secretary General Report, 2022

Fostering female leadership globally is strongly linked with better environmental outcomes, including the creation of more protected land areas, the ratification of environmental treaties, stricter climate change policies, and smaller carbon footprints. Why is girls’ education important for clima...

Female entrepreneurs are more likely than their male counterparts to innovate to address social needs. —UN Nations Conference on Trade Development

Women's representation in government "improves policy-making and increases the public's trust in the institutions where they serve. —Lucina Di Meco, Study Author, She Persisted

It is often cited that the key to changing the world is investing in women, and study after study has demonstrated that educating girls is ranked as one of the top ten most powerful ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. —Emma Harbour, Director of Global Advocacy, Rainforest Alliance

Men’s spending habits cause 16% more climate-heating emissions than women’s. —Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2021

“We know gender equity is a climate solutions multiplier.” —Jamie Alexander, Founding Director, Drawdown Labs, Project Drawdown + Women in Climate Tech Member

Women legislators vote for environmental protections almost twice as frequently as men. —Christiana Figueres + Tom Rivett-Carnac, The Future We Choose

Companies with women on their executive boards are more likely to invest in renewable energy and develop products that help solve the climate crisis. —Christiana Figueres + Tom Rivett-Carnac, The Future We Choose

Kimberly Clark—the world’s largest producer of tissue products—was compelled to stop cutting down ancient forests by the wrath of female consumers in league with Greenpeace in the “Kleercut” campaign. Sustainable Development Knowledge Partnership. Boston University, 2010.

Ensuring that girls get 12 years of education + women can work and earn an income are some of the smartest investments we can make to change the world. — G7 Foreign Secty., Dominic Raab

Higher ratios of women’s NGOs to countries’ populations correlated with lower rates of deforestation. — Worldwatch.org

If women farmers had access to the same resources as male farmers, they could increase their yields by 30%, and thereby feed an additional ~100 million people on the planet. — UN FAO

In eight years of polling, women exhibit more scientifically accurate climate change knowledge than men. — Gallup

A woman’s income can increase up to 380% when she has a right to own + inherit property. — The Environmental Magazine