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Statement is Attached.

AD HOC GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL NGO'S RERESENTATIVES TO FAO

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FAO - Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Rome, May 2008

Joint Statement

CLIMATE CHANGE & FOOD SECURITY

Excerpts - Gender:

"Vulnerable and discriminated people - women, children, urban and rural poor, small-holder farmers, fishermen, indigenous people - will be most affected by climate change....."

"Women and girls make up 70% of the world's poor and are particularly affected by the risks of environmental damage. Women have less financial, physical and human resources than men, so they will have fewer options for responding to the effects of climate change...." 

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