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WEDO partnered with ActionAid Bangladesh in 2008 to produce a country case study on gender and climate change. Read it here, as part of our study, Gender, Climate Change and Human Security!
In Nepal, WEDO works with the South Asia Campaign for Gender Equality (SACGE/SAATHAI), a GEAR Campaign focal point, to gain support for a new Women’s entity at the UN.
In Nepal, WEDO has been working with ICIMOD and Sancharika Samuha to raise awareness about the gendered dimensions of climate change; coming soon, the Nepal study to find ICIMOD’s groundbreaking country case study on Nepal, commissioned by WEDO as part of our national advocacy project
In the Philippines, WEDO works with the Asia Pacific Women’s Watch, the GEAR Campaign focal point for that region, to mobilize support for a new Women’s entity at the UN.
In the Philippines, WEDO partnered with Athena Peralta on the case study Gender and Climate Change Finance: A Case Study from the Philippines which was launched at the UN Climate Change in December 2008 in Poznan, Poland.
WEDO works with the Center for Women in Asia Pacific Politics (CAPWIP)to promote women in decision-making positions. In October 2008, WEDO partnered with CAPWIP on the Third Global Congress on Women in Politics in the Philippines, helping to draft the outcome document on gender and climate change entitled the Manila Declaration. Gender, Climate Change and Human Security!
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Gender, Climate Change & Human Security:Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal
Commissioned by the Greek chairmanship (2007-2008) of the Human Security Network, this study “Gender, Climate Change & Human Security: Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal” explores the interlinkages between gender, climate change and human security. Authors: Irene Dankelman, Khurshid Alam, Wahida Bashar Ahmed, Yacine Diagne Gueye, Naureen Fatema and Rose Mensah-Kutin. (2008)
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New Case Study! Gender and Climate Change in Nepal
Nepal, like many other places around the earth, is feeling the deleterious impact of human-caused climate change—there is an increasing threat of food insecurity, of glacial lake outburst floods, and of harm to Nepal’s richly diverse forests.
A new Case Study: Gender and Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas of Nepal commissioned by WEDO and produced by Brigitte Leduc, Arun Shrestha, and Basundhara Bhattarai of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)…
New Case Study: Gender and Climate Change Finance, Philippines
What do women’s rights have to do with climate finance? Investing in women is one of the most effective ways to advance sustainable development and fight climate change devastation. Taking an in-depth look at the Philippines, WEDO explores the gender dimensions of climate finance at the national level in our latest publication Gender and Climate Change Finance: A Case Study from the Philippines.
Existing conditions and discrimination determine who is most impacted by “natural” disasters. …
Gender & Climate Finance
WEDO challenges the dominant approach to climate change that prioritizes market-based solutions over human rights-based policies which seek to protect the most vulnerable. By documenting the key economic dimensions of climate change policies and processes and their implications for women, WEDO advocates for climate change financing that is gender sensitive.
Working with partners in Africa and Asia to produce case studies and to develop a platform to impact key global processes, WEDO is also analyzing …
Case Study: Gender, Human Security and Climate Change in Bangladesh
Commissioned by WEDO, a case study conducted by consultants Khurshid Alam, Naureen Fatema and Wahida Bashar Ahmed for ActionAid Bangladesh. It gives an overview of the climate change situation in Bangladesh and reveals the implications for women’s livelihood security and gender equality. The vulnerability of women in Bangladesh is discussed in terms of how they cope with continued deprivation and poverty during and in response to climatic disasters. A review of national policies, institutional frameworks …
