www.ijhsdr.com 2 International Journal of Humanities and Social Development Research The list of publicaƟons can be downloaded on the following website: hƩps://www.ijhsdr.com/ A GREEN GENDER ANALYSIS ON “WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT STRATEGY DOCUMENT AND ACTION PLAN ȍ2024ǧ2028Ȏ” OF TURKIYE Fatma DİLMEN * Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkiye Senem GÜRKAN Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkiye *CORRESPONDENCE Fatma Dı̇ lmen fatma.canim@omu.edu.tr TYPE Perspective SPECIALTY SECTION This article was submitted to the Special Issue of the International Journal of Humanities and Social Development Research RECEIVED: 19 October, 2024 ACCEPTED: 14 November, 2024 PUBLISHED: 25 November, 2024 CITATION Dilmen,F., Gurkan, S. (2024). A Green Gender Analysis on “Women’s Empowerment Strategy Document and Action Plan (2024-2028)” of Türkiye. Special Issue on “Global Strategy for sustainable development: Innovation, modelling, and alliances.. International Journal of Humanities and Social Development Research. DOI:10.30546/ BAKUCOP29.2024.1.089 Copyright: IJHSDR@ 2024 by the authors. Baku, Azerbaijan. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Abstract This research examines the “Environment and Climate Change” policy area of the Women’s Empowerment Strategy Document and AcƟon Plan (2024-2028) of Türkiye in terms of gender perspecƟve. Conducted according to qualitaƟve research methods and techniques, this research includes six themes: The existence of an approach that limits women to motherhood”, “Avoiding the use of the term gender”, “Special emphasis on gender-based data producƟon”, “Women’s empowerment in the private sphere”, “Environment and women” and “Green intersecƟonality”. Within the scope of the themes generated, while claiming to be inclusive, the document notably equates the concept of “woman” solely with motherhood and the responsibility of raising future generaƟons and excludes women who are not mothers. It includes statements and acƟviƟes aimed at empowering women within the private sphere. Furthermore, the strategic plans referred to in the document include acƟviƟes related to the producƟon of gender-based data, but the concept of gender is avoided. This suggests that the document was prepared with an aƫtude that accepts or defends the existence of gender inequality. The document also emphasizes that women are more affected by adverse environmental condiƟons than men, while their carbon footprint is lower. Moreover, when we examine the acƟviƟes that have been implemented or are planned, the inclusion of statements focused on educaƟng women – who already tend to have a lower carbon footprint—about climate change or raising their awareness appears to contradict the gender-based foundaƟon of the document. Keywords: Gender, climate change, environment, Türkiye, Women’s Empowerment Strategy Document and AcƟon Plan (2024-2028) IntroducƟon Climate change, oŌen referred to as the climate crisis or climate emergency, highlights the shiŌs in the world’s climate system due to global warming. It has become a key topic on many local, naƟonal, and internaƟonal plaƞorms. In addiƟon to the geographical, physical and environmental impacts, climate change affects humanity globally, posing numerous threats, including health, poverty, food and water shortages, increased floods, extreme heat, more diseases, economic burden, etc. The threat to humanity has reached such levels that the World Health OrganizaƟon (WHO) has classified climate change as the greatest risk to global health in the 21st century (WHO, 2015). The risk posed by all these impacts is unequally distributed but is generally more significant for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in developing and developed countries (Kara, 2021; RESEARCH ARTICLE hƩps://doi.org/10.30546/BAKUCOP29.2024.1.089 76