Working Session: Women & Girls (Population)—Empowerment and Inclusivity: A Rights-based Solution to Global Warming (Option 3 of 3)

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Moderators
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Crystal Chissell
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Vice President Of Operations And Engagement, Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown Senior Fellow
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Alisha Graves
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President, Venture Strategies for Health and Development
Discussants
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Christina Kwauk
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Fellow, Center for Universal Education, Brookings
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Kathleen Mogelgaard
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KAM Consulting, Principal
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Autumn Moore
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Drawdown Scholar, Columbia University
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Jennie Stephens
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Director of School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
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Brian Thiede
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Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Demography, Penn State
Innovation Talk Presenters
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AlexAnna Salmon
Titles and Affiliations
President, Igiugig Village Council
Online Moderator
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Benjamin Pascal
Note Taker
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Kat Taylor

Advancing key areas of gender equity can reduce emissions in several significant ways. Access to education and voluntary family planning are basic human rights and should be secured for that reason alone, yet significant gaps remain around the world today. Because advancing those rights has effects on fertility rates and population growth, these are Drawdown solutions with systemwide benefits. Population size is a key driver of demand for needs such as food, transportation, electricity, buildings, and goods, all of which have associated emissions, while education and empowerment can unleash the creativity and human energy needed to implement solutions worldwide.

Related Conference Themes
Women & Girls