For women in rural #Mongolia, the climate crisis will mean more intense winter storms and dangerously flooded rivers that will limit their ability to access essentials like sexual and reproductive health services and supplies. . In times of emergency and financial hardships, herder women and girls’ specific needs for safety, security and dignity are often not prioritized. @UNFPA is working with local and national government partners to increase telehealth services and preposition critical supplies so women get the support they need. . To reduce the risks of gender-based violence, we distribute Dignity Kits to address critical sex and gender-specific hygiene needs for herder women of vulnerable groups and girls. . Photo: ©UNFPA Mongolia -- #WorldHumanitarianDay #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange @unfpa_mongolia @undpmn @unicefmongolia @unitednations @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange

⚠️ #ClimateChange doesn’t have the same impact on everyone. Extreme weather can lead to more gender-based violence, more child marriages and more pregnancy complications. On #WorldHumanitarianDay, get all the facts from @UNFPA: unf.pa/cchwg @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange #WHD2021 #unfpa #unitednations

“Young people's voices are powerful. By empowering young people who have information and access, the word will get out and they will spread out to their peer groups." Nur Arifina Vivinia (Vivien) is a member of the Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights. She works with @UNFPAIndonesia by coordinating youth engagement in emergencies programmes in a country that is on the frontline of increasingly extreme climate disasters. Vivien has been through more than a dozen disasters as a humanitarian worker. She says each one provides new opportunities to learn. “If you ensure young people’s voices are included in an emergency,” she says, “it improves inclusion during and after the recovery.” -- This #WorldHumanitarianDay, we celebrate humanitarian workers in the region who are striving to make a change amidst climate disasters. -- @unfpa @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange #TheHumanRace

1/3 [view full photo on homepage @unfpa_asia] As the climate crisis intensifies, the impacts on women, girls and the most vulnerable are increasingly cause for alarm. Climate-related disasters are eroding the hard-fought progress on health and gender equality and stretching already under-funded health services in developing countries. The climate crisis affects the social and environmental determinants of health – safe and clean water, clean air, sanitation and sufficient food. Without these essentials, achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights becomes impossible. Photo: © UN055820/Vlad Sokhin -- #WorldHumanitarianDay #WHD2021 #ClimateCrisis #TheHumanRace #UNFPA #UnitedNations @unfpa @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange

2/3 [view full photo on homepage @unfpa_asia] This girl from Kiribati is on her way to school in the capital, Tarawa. Kiribati is one of the countries most affected by sea level rise. During high tide, many villages become inundated making large parts of the villages uninhabitable. As we brace for cycles of disaster and displacement, we can anticipate an increase in poverty along with spikes in gender-based violence and harmful practices like child-marriage. Photo: © UN055820/Vlad Sokhin -- #WorldHumanitarianDay #WHD2021 #ClimateCrisis #TheHumanRace #UNFPA #UnitedNations @unfpa @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange

3/3 [view full photo on homepage @unfpa_asia] To meet the multiple challenges of this crisis, @UNFPA plays a critical role in emergency responses through the United Nations cluster system. By ensuring access to basic services in disasters, humanitarian workers are supporting the most vulnerable and protecting human rights across #AsiaPacific, the world's most disaster-prone region. Photo: © UN055820/Vlad Sokhin -- #WorldHumanitarianDay #WHD2021 #ClimateCrisis #TheHumanRace #UNFPA #UnitedNations @unfpa @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange

During climate disasters, women don’t stop: 🔸 Menstruating 🔸 Getting pregnant 🔸 Taking care of their families This #WorldHumanitarianDay and every day, let's protect their rights to dignity and safety where it’s most needed! #StandUp4HumanRights #WHD2021 @unfpa @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange

"We have a climate crisis: all the data points should be raising alarms” Susan Grey is the Executive Director of @femLINKpacific, a Pacific feminist media organization that supports a network of rural women in #Fiji as commnities brace for more extreme storms from climate change. “In the Pacific there are strong social and cultural norms, stereotypes about the role of women,” she says. “Some people have very rigid ideas and what women should be. Should they be in a place of leadership in the village or is their place in the kitchen?” Susan admits that entrenched patriarchal views are one obstacle, but not the only one. “The challenges in the fight for gender equality and gender justice are enormous,” she says. “But it is not just about the culture it is also the systems in place.” -- This #WorldHumanitarianDay, we celebrate humanitarian workers across the #AsiaPacific region who are striving to make a difference amidst the climate disasters. -- @unfpa @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange

Women and girls s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ the climate solution. Women and girls 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 the climate solution. Share if you agree! 🧡🌍 #WorldHumanitarianDay #ClimateAction #UNFPA #WHD2021 @unfpa @un_ocha @ochaasiapac @unep @unclimatechange

Joy Papao works with the National Disaster Management Office in the capital of Honiara, Solomon Islands. She is a humanitarian who has been involved in the response to multiple climate disasters from cyclones to floods and landslides. -- On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we celebrate humanitarian workers in the region who are coping with the impacts of climate disasters. — #unfpa #unitednations #climatechange #humanitarian #whd2021

We’re in a race to save the planet and the people living on it. This World Humanitarian Day, let's send a message of solidarity and demand climate action for the people who need it most. Join #TheHumanRace. This is a race we must win. More info: www.worldhumanitarianday.org — #worldhumanitarianday @unfpa @ochaasiapac @un_ocha @unep @unclimatechange @unitednations @antonioguterres

Massive storms & floods. Searing heat & drought. Raging fires & melting glaciers. The #ClimateCrisis is a humanitarian crisis. And increasingly, women & girls are bearing the brunt. @UNFPA explains how and why. #WorldHumanitarianDay #TheHumanRace — @atayesheunfpa @ochaasiapac @un_ocha @unfpa @unclimatechange @unitednations @unep