Gender & Climate
Change
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Much attention has been
paid to the relationship between poverty and climate change but little of it
from a gender perspective. Why is gender a factor in climate change and how
should it be addressed?
- Gender and Desertification: Expanding Roles
for Women to Restore Drylands, Gurung, J. D., Mwanundu, S., Lubbock, A., Hartl,
M. and Firmian, I., May 2006
In many of the world's drylands, women's
traditional knowledge of and roles in natural resource management and food
security are crucial, yet they are often excluded from participation in land
conservation and development projects, and from the policymaking process. This
review highlights lessons learned through International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) projects.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/gurung_gender_desertification.htm-
Gender and Climate Change, Rohr, U., April 2006
This article analyses the
links between gender and climate change and advocates for the integration of a
gender perspective in the climate change debate.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/rohr_gender_climatechange.htm-
Gender: The Missing Component of the Response to Climate Change, Lambrou, Y. and
Piana, G., April 2006
The gender aspects of climate change have generally
been neglected in international climate policy. This report argues that gender,
like poverty, is a cross cutting issue in climate change and needs to be
recognised as such.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/lambrou_gender_climatechange.htm-
Gender and Climate Change Research Workshop: What Do We Know? What Do We Need To
Find Out?, Women in Europe for our Common Future (WECF), December 2005
In
2005, 23 participants gathered to discuss gender and climate change related
research, and its role and use in women's / gender related advocacy in the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wecf_gender_climatechange_workshop.htm-
Climate for Change Toolkit, Climate Alliance, January 2005
This toolkit
describes tools, processes and procedures that can contribute to promoting and
supporting women in decision-making positions relevant to climate
protection.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/climate_alliance_toolkit.htm-
Gender and Climate Change: Giving the 'Latecomer' a Head Start, Institute of
Development Studies (IDS), January 2004
This paper focuses on three climate
sensitive areas - agriculture, water and energy - and considers how adaptation
strategies could be designed to help women and men in these sectors in order to
mitigate the effects of climate change.
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