WomanStats is a project that started in 2001 to track the security of women worldwide. It is a massive database that is updated each year, highlighting issues that women around the world are dealing with. Their blog provides this database with a more 'human' element, keeping up to date with issues women are protesting against everyday. This particular piece of writing I have chosen from the blog explores the relationship between gender and climate change. It is the first succinct blog that I have found that goes through the history of including women in climate change debates, something that is often neglected in scientific papers studying the impact climate change and the ecological crisis will have on women around the world. 

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If you're interested in the database WomanStats are developing, click here. 

For the blog on the relationship between gender and climate change, click here. 

This article by writer Jedediah Purdy was one of many exploring race and environmentalism I have read since the death of George Floyd. Although i knew about the relationship between race and environmental poverty, I did not know the extent to which this is still apparent - both in western and non-western countries. I also was not aware of the racist history of conservationists in America. Purdy takes you through this history in a very matter of fact manner. I would suggest thinking about the impact that this racist history still has on biases within conservation movements. I also found myself thinking about how we can unlearn these biases, something I also suggest you should think about too. 

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To access Purdy's article, click here. 

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For more information on programmes that aim to unlearn racist biases, click here for Rachel E. Cargle's 'The Great Unlearn' Instagram page. 

Somini Sengupta is a brilliant writer whose articles often explore women's rights and ecological issues. I would 100% recommend reading her work, especially if you want to learn more about the impact climate change is having around the world. This particular article in The New Yorker was very shocking to me, emphasising the fact that women around the world are already feeling the effects of climate change and the ecological crisis. 

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To access the article, click here. 

For more writing by Sengupta, click here. 

Please bare in mind that the more you read The New Yorker, the more likely the website is to ask you to sign up to a paid subscription. If you have trouble accessing any of the articles, feel free to get in contact and I will try to help out!