This is an online event
Women and Gender Equality in Engineering is the topic of the panel discussion.
Bali, Indonesia: Four times more women die than men when floods occur. Sri Lanka: Women represented two thirds of the 33,000 people who died or disappeared. Women represent 20 of the 26 million climate refugees. There are also examples in developed countries: after Hurricane Katrina in the United States, two thirds of the people who lost their jobs were women. In France, during the heat wave of 2003, 65% of deaths were also women.
Sustainable development requires action on three fronts: social, economic and
environmental.
Women, as more than the half of the humanity, are key to achieving progress in each of
these areas, but we need to ensure equal rights and opportunities for them.
This requires
the empowerment of women and the elimination of discriminatory barriers in a number
of areas, including agriculture, energy, health, education, employment and disaster risk
reduction.
It´s all about creating opportunities for all, to work together and give ourselves the
chance to contribute to save the world.
The event will be streamed on our YouTube channel: YouTube channel - PELS/IAS SBC UFRJ
