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Case Study: Gender, Human Security and Climate Change in Ghana
Commissioned by WEDO, a Case Study conducted by Rose Mensah-Kutin from ABANTU for Development in Ghana. It provides an overview of climate change in Ghana and draws out implications for women’s livelihood security and gender equality. The situation of women in Ghana is also discussed in terms of how they manage to cope with continued deprivation and poverty with specific reference to the consequences of climate change. Finally, national strategies and adaptation measures are reviewed from a gender perspective.
Case Study: Gender, Human Security and Climate Change in Ghana…
Final Report: Gender & Climate Change Workshop, Dakar, June 2008
This Final Report summarizes the presentations and findings presented at WEDO’s Gender & Climate Change Workshop in Dakar, Senegal, in June 2008. Case studies of Senegal, Ghana, Nepal and Trinidad were presented.
Final Report: Gender & Climate Change Workshop, Dakar, June 2008 (pdf)…
Colleen Lowe Morna, “Women Making a Difference in South African Countries”
The African Union has 22.4 percent female representation in government, second regionally only to the Nordic countries. And despite the variations between countries—based on liberation struggles, ideology, different quota systems and culture and religion—women in the AU are rapidly increasingly occupying political leadership positions.
Colleen Lowe Morna, “Women Making a Difference in South African Countries” (Word .doc)…
Catherine Makoni & Tsitsi Matekaire, “Zimbabwe Report”
Catherine Makoni and Tsitsi Matekaire of the Women in Politics Support Unit, ActionAid demonstrated the extent to which the current political climate has taken its toll in setting back the many gains women made between 1980 and 1990.
Catherine Makoni & Tsitsi Matekaire, “Zimbabwe Report” (Word .doc)…
Pumla Mncayi, “South African Review of 50/50 Campaign”
Pumla Mncayi of Gender Advocacy Program reported that in March of 2002 South Africa became the 11th country to officially launch the 50/50 Campaign. The political climate in South Africa has taken a turn since 2002 evidenced by the increase in the number of women in the cabinet in the 2004 elections.
Pumla Mncayi, “South African Review of 50/50 Campaign” (Word .doc)…
