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GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE; Minding The Gap In Decision Making.

By Omondi Okwany Did you know that the world today is still a patriarchal society? Despite the efforts in science and interconnectedness, women in some parts of the world still suffer the most as compared to men. The Marxism theory projects that women are still in the periphery; “This school of thought holds that women are subjected and are properties of the patriarchal society” (Okwany, 2013) . For instance, most decision making platforms, mechanisms and institutions are still dominated by the male gender. Considering the top political sits, women presidents and prime ministers are just a handful in numbers.  According to the feminist school of thought, the security of an individual is as equal as the security of the state; this theory grew from the end of cold war to address the issues of political, social and economic equality for women; this was the period of emancipation of the mind towards gender and improvement of women lives, (Baylis et al., 2013Pg. 259) . Today there is m