The climate crisis is having an alarming impact on Europe – and women and marginalised communities are disproportionately affected. Despite these challenges, Irish and EU climate policy remains largely gender blind. Catherine Forde and Fiona Dukelow consider what impact this has on the development of effective climate change policy
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy / Research Associate, Institute of Social Science for the 21st Century, University College Cork
Fiona co-directs two programmes: a Masters in Social Policy and Social Justice and a Diploma in Environment, Climate and Sustainability.
Her research areas include eco-social policy and the intersections of work, welfare and care, particularly from a post-growth perspective.
With colleagues Catherine Forde and Edith Busteed she co-authored the Feminist Climate Justice Report (2024) for the Feminist Communities for Climate Justice project led by the National Women’s Council and Community Work Ireland.
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