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Gender in Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction - Global Congress
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The theme of the congress is "Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction."
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Congress Registration:
The
Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and the United Nations
International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN/ISDR) are pleased to
invite you to the Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance
which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, Makati City,
Metro Manila, Philippines. The theme of the congress is "Gender
in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction."
Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of women in
the discourse and debate on climate change and disaster risk reduction, both of
which are global mainstream issues that are currently impacting the
entire world. The involvement of women in areas of environmental management and
governance should not be perceived as an afterthought. Women's roles are of
considerable importance in the promotion of environmental ethics.
The current imperative is for women to understand the phenomenon of climate
change and disaster risk reduction and their impacts and implications at the
individual, household, community and national levels. Studies show that women
have a definite information deficit on climate politics, climate protection,
and preparedness through disaster risk reduction. Only with this
information can women take their proper, significant and strategic role in the
issues of climate change and disaster risk reduction.
Invited to this congress are parliamentarians, decision - makers in
national governments, environment organizations, youth leaders and media
practitioners, funding/ donor agencies/ organizations (Female and male
participants are welcome.)
The Congress will have the following objectives:
Overall Purpose: To provide a forum for legislators and decision-makers in
national governments and leaders at all levels in formulating gender-responsive
legislation and programs related to gender in climate change and disaster risk
reduction.
Specific Objectives:
a) to understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts, and its
implications and study the appropriate risk reduction strategy;
b) to review and examine the gender aspects in climate change and disaster risk
reduction and formulate appropriate actions to address these;
c) to define the roles women can play in addressing the impacts of climate
change and disaster risk reduction programs and policies at the global,
national and sub-national levels; and
d) to identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy
advocates, and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt
gender responsive legislation and programs related to gender in climate change
and disaster risk reduction.
Congress Proceedings:
The discussion on gender in climate and disaster risk reduction change will be
organized around identifying the challenges to action as well as defining the
appropriate responses to effectively address the impacts of climate change and
disaster risk reduction. Inputs to the discussion will be collected and
organized around: 1) geographic location and 2) types of actions: i.e.
preparedness, risk reduction: building community resilience; adaptation; and
mitigation. Cross cutting these discussions will be the identification of
technologies in aid of responding to climate change and preparedness thru
disaster risk reduction.
The focus of the discussions will revolve around defining and elaborating
actions (i.e. preparedness, disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and
mitigation) to cope with climate change and its impacts and preparedness and
disaster risk reduction.
Preparedness and disaster risk reduction is about building individual and
community capacities to position themselves and their communities so that the
likelihood of climate change-induced disasters is reduced; the intensity or
adverse impacts of disasters are cushioned and that inhabitants are able to
respond promptly, expeditiously and effectively. Adaptation entails actions
that moderate harm, or exploit benefits, of climate change. Mitigation
entails actions that minimizes or cushions the adverse impacts of climate
change.
In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how women
and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should define
how women can be given the social space to participate, influence, and benefit
from global and local responses to climate change.
The registration fee for the four day congress is One thousand five hundred
fifty US Dollars (US$ 1,550.) per person for twin room sharing accommodations
(two persons in one room) and one thousand nine hundred fifty US Dollars (US$
1,950.) per person for single room accommodations (one person in one room).
The training will be held on Oct 19-22, 2008. However, the participants will be
requested to be in Manila the day before, October 18, 2008 and leave Manila
only on October 23, 2008. The overnight hotel accommodation on October 18, 2008
is already included in the fee. Participants will be billeted in the Dusit
Hotel, the venue of the congress and hotels near the Dusit Hotel, accessible
within walking distance. Room accommodations in the Dusit Hotel, the venue of
the Congress will be on a first come - first served basis.
Importance of the Congress
Today, on the average, one person out of nineteen in a developing country will
be hit by a climate disaster, compared to 1 out of 1,500 in an OECD country.
Climate change creates life time traps: in Niger, a child born during a drought
is 72 percent more likely to be stunted than a child born during a normal season.
We hope that your organization can send participants to the Third Global
Congress of Women in Politics and Governance. The Theme of "Gender in
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction" is the first time this will be
discussed in a forum whose objective is to formulate gender responsive
legislation and policies for national governments and parliaments.
We truly hope that the environment organizations will find this forum a good
opportunity to advocate gender and climate change policies and programs through
gender responsive legislation to the women parliamentarians, decision makers,
the youth leaders, media and the funding agencies/organizations. Let us join
hands in promoting gender responsive governance through transformative
leadership and citizenship. We are looking forward to your participation.
Information: Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance
Theme:
Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
Congress Registration:
Jung-sook
KIM (Ed.D.)
President
Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
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