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Disclaimer:  I recorded this podcast last Sunday when I was still under the weather – so please forgive the somewhat croaky voice!

Fall (Autumn) is one of my favourite seasons of the year, but it’s also the most impacting on the planet.  Why?  Well, we need only take a look at the innocent padded Gillet (vest) to see the surprising and sobering answer.

True that my podcast typically focuses on negotiation matters – so what does this have to do with the climate?  The short answer is that while climate change is a global crisis that affects all of us, its impacts are not equal. Women more than men are left far more vulnerable by the consequences of a changing climate, and their voices are often left out of the decision-making process that could mitigate it. 

And as I tell my students, while it’s also true that women remain in the 30th percentile (globally) for holding positions of power and capital wealth, our collective purchasing power is an extraordinarily effective tool of influence.  Hands down.  And we need to use it.  So let our wallets do the talking this Autumn.

Jump in and I’ll explain how!

Citations and References:

✅ Link to my free eBook Mindstorming Tradeables 🚀🚀

👉The Gender Index 2022, Forbes 2022, UN SDG
https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/economic-empowerment/facts-and-figures
https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/economic-empowerment/facts-and-figures

👉“Climate Change Impacts Women More Than Men” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43294221 8 March 2018.

👉UN Gender Equality Goal 5https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal5 

 👉“The Rising Purchasing Power of Women – Facts and Statistics”  https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/the-rising-purchasing-power-of-women-facts-and-statistics/ar-AA15XWc9 

👉“The 10 Essential Fast Fashion Statistics”  https://earth.org/fast-fashion-statistics/  

👉https://www.panaprium.com/blogs/i/fast-fashion-society#:~:text=Fast%20fashion%20also%20exploits%20local,face%20terrible%20conditions%20and%20abuse. 

👉 “The fast fashion industry is drastically contributing to climate change” https://pirg.org/california/articles/the-fashion-industry-waste-is-drastically-contributing-to-climate-change/ 

 👉 “15 Best Eco-Friendly Clothing Brands in 2023” https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/eco-friendly-clothing-brands/ 

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Climate change is a global crisis that affects us all, but its impacts are not equal.


Resources and Citations:

The Gender Index 2022, Forbes 2022, UN SDG
https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/economic-empowerment/facts-and-figures
https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/economic-empowerment/facts-and-figures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43294221 “Climate Change Impacts Women More Than Men” 8 March 2018.

https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal5 UN Gender Equality Goal 5

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/the-rising-purchasing-power-of-women-facts-and-statistics/ar-AA15XWc9 “The Rising Purchasing Power of Women – Facts and Statistics”

 https://earth.org/fast-fashion-statistics/  “The 10 Essential Fast Fashion Statistics”

 https://www.panaprium.com/blogs/i/fast-fashion-society#:~:text=Fast%20fashion%20also%20exploits%20local,face%20terrible%20conditions%20and%20abuse. 

 https://pirg.org/california/articles/the-fashion-industry-waste-is-drastically-contributing-to-climate-change/ “The fast fashion industry is drastically contributing to climate change”

 https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/eco-friendly-clothing-brands/ “15 Best Eco-Friendly Clothing Brands in 2023”

 PLUS:  five (5) links on how to measure your personal carbon footprint:

• https://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/  (best for US residents)
• https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/ (best for UK residents)
• https://footprinthero.com/best-carbon-footprint-calculators (summary list of best sites)

 PLUS: Some LinkedIn climate pages  UN and others that I follow

• Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainable Development https://www.linkedin.com/groups/82951/ 
• The World Bank: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-world-bank/ 
• UN Women:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/un-women/ 

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Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa and Neera Nundy join host Maysa Jalbout in The Impact Room to discuss gender equality and what philanthropy can do to advance its progress.

The Sustainable Development Goals were launched in 2015 to eliminate extreme poverty and support sustainable and resilient development. But eight years and a global pandemic later, many of the SDGs are hanging in the balance, none more so than goal number 5, with its target of gender equality.  On this, progress hasn’t just stalled, it has reversed, and according to the UN, it could take another 300 years to achieve gender equality.

In this episode of The Impact Room, Maysa examines what role philanthropy is - and / or should be - playing to accelerate progress towards SDG5. 

According a  Lilly Family School of Philanthropy study, just 1.9% of US charitable donations go to women and girls, this is despite the emergence of a new movement of so-called gender-lens philanthropy spearheaded by donors such as MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates, through initiatives like Pivotal Ventures and Co-Impact.

What does applying a gender lens mean for philanthropy? How are funders changing how they give and what do organisations need to do differently?

A philanthropist and social entrepreneur, Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa is the executive director of her family's Higherlife Foundation, the CEO of Delta Philanthropies in the UK, and the founder of ed-tech startup, Akello.

Seasoned nonprofit leader, Neera Nundy quit her Wall Street job to co-found Dasra, which has grown to become India’s leading philanthropy platform.

They discuss with Maysa why gendered philanthropy matters, explain the importance of funding systems change, and share examples of initiatives and funders who are starting to make a real difference on the ground.  

You can read full text of the remarks by Antonio Guturres' at the 2023 Commission on the Status of Women here and for more of Melinda French Gates's interview with The Economist, click here.

The Impact Room is brought to you by Philanthropy Age and Maysa Jalbout. Find us on social media @PhilanthropyAge

In this episode of SI Voices, host Dawn Marie Lemonds talks to SI Past President (2017-19) Mariet Verhoef-Cohen about the intrinsic link between women and water. They discuss the importance of women's full participation in policies and programmes, and why investment and the development of leadership skills in women is key to a more sustainable future. 

In this episode of SI Voices, host Hilary Ratcliffe OBE invites Nisha Ghosh of Soroptimist International Pune Metro East, India, to talk about the important issue of domestic violence. Nisha shares her personal story and how that led to her to be an advocate for women's rights, promoting the importance of including men and boys in the conversation about gender equality.