Women and Climate Change: A Case‐Study from Northeast Ghana

Glazebrook, Trish

doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2011.01212.x

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“…There are several studies highlighting the adaptive capacities of women across a range of regions, countries and agricultural practices (Ahmed and Fajber, 2009;Alston, 2013;Glazebrook, 2011;Segnestam, 2009). The literature indicates that adaptation strategies also vary across gender (Codjoe et al, 2012).…”

Section: Gender-specific Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate Change Vulnerabilities of Woman in Bangladesh

Tanny

Rahman

2017

Agriculturists

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This paper reviews the existing literature on gender differentiated climate change vulnerabilities in developing countries including Bangladesh. It is evident that climate change amplifies the vulnerabilities of poor people who are marginalized and more dependent on the threatened natural resources. Among the poor people women are seemed to be disproportionately affected by climate change. The review took utmost effort to unfold the root causes of gender differentiation under climate change scenario. It identifies some governing factors such as ownership, political affiliation, labor force participation that determine the extent of the effect of climate change. Deeper analyses of the literatures indicate that 'gender differentiated impacts'-are directly related to traditional gender roles of women. It also reveals the constraints to women's adaptation resulting from access to resource allocation and other elements of society. Drawing lessons from the existing literatures, finally it outlines some of the policy options to ensure the inclusion of women in development arena.

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Section: Gender-specific Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate Change Vulnerabilities of Woman in Bangladesh

Tanny

Rahman

2017

Agriculturists

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“…Limiting the participation of women entirely by their experience as a group vulnerable to changing political, economic, and ecological environments only reflects one type of experience with these environments. Women are also important natural resource managers, forest users, and members of their communities (Dankelman, 2002;Fulu, 2007;Carvajal-Escobar, Quintero-Angel & Garcia-Vargas, 2008;Nelson & Stathers, 2009;Glazebrook, 2011). They are vulnerable to a changing environment and degraded and deforested forests, but they are also contributors to these processes.…”

Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

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Gender Mainstreaming Principles in Indonesia’s REDD+ Program A Document Analysis

Wornell¹,

Tickamyer²,

Kusujiarti³

2015

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This paper analyzes publically available, published documents to conduct a systematic review of the inclusion of gender mainstreaming principles in documents related to one of the largest, most important international forest-preservation projects, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Although more than 60 countries have adopted REDD+ initiatives, this document analysis focuses specifically on REDD+ in Indonesia, both because of its early adoption of REDD+ and as one of the most ecologically diverse and environmentally important countries in the world. Of the 383 documents reviewed, only 88 were found to include any mention of gender, and of those, very few included gender mainstreaming principles to a level that could be considered integrated and substantive. The distinct lack of these widely touted but seldom implemented principles should be of concern to international and national policy makers, and taken under serious consideration during the forthcoming Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 meetings in Paris. Moreover, this analysis is the first step to identifying where women's voices may still be silent, and lays the groundwork for more extensive, on the ground research of REDD+ project sites to evaluate the extent to which gender mainstreaming is or is not incorporated into actual project implementation in Indonesia.

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“…This is important, as women will be disproportionately affected by the adverse impacts of climate change [59]. Glazerbrook et al [60] have emphasised the vulnerability of women to climate change using a case study from northeast Ghana. Gender issues relating to climate change largely reflect wider dynamics of power and politics at the local and national levels that can potentially stifle efforts aimed at ensuring policy coherence.…”

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Assessing Coherence between Sector Policies and Climate Compatible Development: Opportunities for Triple Wins

2017

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Climate Compatible Development (CCD) aims to deliver adaptation and mitigation without compromising development progress. To date, adaptation, mitigation and development related to key climate-sensitive sectors have often been treated separately. This paper uses qualitative document analysis, content analysis, expert interviews and a multi-stakeholder workshop to: examine the extent to which policies in climate-sensitive sectors align in framing adaptation, mitigation and development action; and identify key areas of policy coherence in Ghana. The paper answers the following questions: (i) To what extent are Ghana's agriculture, energy, water, forest and wildlife sector policies aligned with climate adaptation, mitigation and development? (ii) What is the extent of policy coherence amongst climate-sensitive sector policies? (iii) Where are the key intervention points available to enhance CCD activities? Findings demonstrate that Ghana's climate-sensitive sector policies in agriculture, water, energy, forest and wildlife arenas have elements that demonstrate good alignment with adaptation, mitigation, and development priorities. However, as yet, there is only "limited coherence" between climate-sensitive sector policies. The paper identifies the following intervention points: (i) the need to attach greater importance to the threat posed by climate change to agriculture; and (ii) the need to address the lack of inter-agency and inter-ministerial approaches for building partnerships with other stakeholders. Multi-stakeholder workshop discussions highlighted significant challenges relating to limited coordination amongst institutions and agencies, limited institutional capacity and a lack of resources in ensuring coherence. This requires strengthening of national institutions such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide appropriate mechanisms to ensure effective collaboration amongst climate-sensitive sectors to deliver "triple wins". The EPA could exert greater influence by nominating "climate champions" in sector ministries.

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Women and Climate Change: A Case‐Study from Northeast Ghana

Cited by 63 publications

References 22 publications

Climate Change Vulnerabilities of Woman in Bangladesh

Climate Change Vulnerabilities of Woman in Bangladesh

Gender Mainstreaming Principles in Indonesia’s REDD+ Program A Document Analysis

Assessing Coherence between Sector Policies and Climate Compatible Development: Opportunities for Triple Wins

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