Are Women's Socioeconomic Rights at Risk from Extreme Weather?

Jia Wei; Xiao-Yang Wang; Hua-Tang Yin; Chun-Ping Chang

doi:10.35784/preko.6969

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/preko.6969

Issue Vol. 20 No. 2 (2025)

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.35784/preko.6969

Authors

Jia Wei

weijia@xjtu.com

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Xiao-Yang Wang

xiaoyangwang@xjtu.com

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Hua-Tang Yin

865539417@qq.com

School of Economics, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Chun-Ping Chang

cpchang@g2.usc.edu.tw

Shih Chien University, Taiwan, Province of China

Abstract

The importance of women's socioeconomic rights (WSR) has been increasingly recognized, highlighting the critical roles women play and the unequal benefits they receive. The rise in severe extreme weather events intensifies the adverse impacts on women. This study examines data from 146 economies between 2000 and 2021, revealing significant effects of extreme temperatures on WSR (-2.6%). Droughts have been found to positively influence women's professional education rights (28.1%) and political rights (5.4%), but negatively affect women's physical integrity rights (-7.1%) and property rights (15%). Meanwhile, floods result in a decline in WSR (-0.9%), and storms adversely impact professional education (-1.3%) and property rights (-2%). Extreme weather events can alter the level of WSR by influencing industrial structures and innovation, as well as affecting overall development and personal income levels.

Keywords:

extreme weather, women, socio-economic rights, coefficient of variation

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Wei, J., Wang, X.-Y., Yin, H.-T., & Chang, C.-P. (2025). Are Women’s Socioeconomic Rights at Risk from Extreme Weather?. Problemy Ekorozwoju Problems of Sustainable Development, 20(2), 32–50. https://doi.org/10.35784/preko.6969

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