Climate change and women: an integrated reflection between gender and the Sustainable Development Goals

Maria Valéria Chaves de Lima1, Janaina Maciel de Queiroz2, Kalyane Kelly Duarte de Oliveira3

  • 1Universidade Estadual do Ceará. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

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