{"id":4899,"date":"2021-08-10T07:18:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T07:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodwall.io\/blog\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2021-09-29T18:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:28:33","slug":"open17-challenge-climate-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodwall.io\/blog\/open17-challenge-climate-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2021 #Open17 Challenge on Climate & Gender"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ud83c\udf0d The Challenge <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You see it in the news every day, the impacts of climate change include extreme weather events such as floods or droughts. These often affect local communities in ways that make gender inequality worse. For example, due to floods, villages may be displaced, and women will have to travel further to find drinking water for their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The #Open17 Challenge is about tackling the 17 Sustainable Development Goals<\/a> (SDGs). This year\u2019s challenge focuses on SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and SDG 13 (Climate Action). The #Open17ClimateGender challenge invites you to pitch a project that tackles climate and gender challenges using crowdsourcing solutions, in line with one of the challenge themes below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Measuring the differentiated impacts of disasters on women and men. For example, in a given community or region, how much worse is the impact of a flood for women than for men on lost lives, assets or other aspects of their lives?<\/li>
  2. Assessing women\u2019s vulnerability to climate change effects on natural resources. For example, what is the impact of damage to crops or pollution of ground water on women\u2019s personal security, livelihoods or the time spent on taking care of parents or children?<\/li>
  3. Improving data on women\u2019s participation in environmental management. For example, how can you track the ways women are contributing to managing wetlands or waste recycling?<\/li>
  4. Measuring the health of ecosystems in a systematic way with women\u2019s contribution. For example, how can women provide unique insights into the ways local plants and wildlife are being affected by climate change? <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In addition, if you have a great idea or a project you\u2019re already working on that addresses the twin issues of climate change resilience and gender equality, you can pitch this, too. The project can be at the scale of your community, your region, your country or the entire world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For inspiration, check out previous Open17 entries: Crowdsourcing Data Analysis<\/a>, Crowdsourcing Data Collection<\/a>, and Crowdsourcing Data Simulation<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For examples of crowdsourcing tools that will be introduced in the coaching program and used for prototyping projects in the workshop, see the Citizen Science Solution Kit<\/a> (CSSK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Related Read<\/strong>: 55+ Best Climate Change Quotes to Inspire Action for the Environment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \ud83c\udfc6 The Prize<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n