Webinar: Re-Thinking the role of energy technology for women's empowerment EmpowerWomen.org is hosting a Webinar organized by UNIDO in cooperation with the Climate Technology Centre and Network, UN Women, and ENERGIA on 6 May 2015 from 8:30am to 10:30am (EDT). Join the debate with remarkable experts and entrepreneurs in the field of sustainable energy to >> Read more
Resources from CARE International on integrating gender into climate adaptation
CARE International has several useful resources on integrating gender in adaptation. These resources recognize that the relations between men, women, and youth affect people's capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Check it out! Communique on Gender and community based adaptation (CBA) Joto Afrika issue 9 on CBA and Gender CCAFS / CARE >> Read more
COP20: Climate change negotiators must consider the role of rural women
Outreach Magazine, a multi-stakeholder magazine on climate and development, has published a series of articles on climate change and gender for COP20, including a new post from Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of IFPRI's Environment and Production Technology Division, on including women in the current climate change negotiations. She writes: As smallholder farmers in many parts of the world, women play >> Read more
The South Asia Women’s Resilience Index
The Economist Intelligence Unit has created a new index that finds that South Asian countries largely fail to consider the rights of women in their disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience-building efforts. The Women’s Resilience Index (WRI), commissioned by ActionAid, with support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, assesses the extent of women’s >> Read more
Enhancing women’s assets to manage risk under climate change
A new volume of policy notes summarizes the findings from the project "Enhancing Women's Assets to Manage Risk under Climate Change: Potential for Group-Based Approaches." From the IFPRI Research Program on Climate Change, Collective Action, and Women's Assets, the notes in this collection explore how to protect or strengthen women’s control over critical assets, including natural >> Read more
Missing: The Forgotten Women in India’s Climate Plans — new film from CDKN
New film from the Climate & Knowledge Development Network: Missing: The forgotten women in India's climate plans With a rapidly changing climate that is already having massive impacts on Indian people’s daily lives, the absence of policies and plans supporting millions of working women in their ability to deal with these new challenges needs to >> Read more
Launch of online portal for Gender and Social Inclusion Toolbox
Earlier this year, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) together with partners, launched a Gender and Social Inclusion Toolbox for development research via a live-streamed event. We’ve now put the final touches on a platform dedicated to the toolbox, found here, which we encourage you to check out! Here >> Read more
New toolbox for gender and inclusion in climate change projects
After much anticipation, the Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture, presenting gender-sensitive and socially inclusive participatory action research methods, was finally launched yesterday in Nairobi via a well-attended live-streamed event! The launch coincided with the International Day of Rural Women to emphasize the need for more relevant, gender-responsive methods and tools >> Read more
In celebration of International Day of Rural Women: Seven reasons rural women are key to climate adaptation
Originally posted on IFPRI.org: http://www.ifpri.org/blog/un-international-day-rural-women We know more and more about what our planet faces as climate change intensifies and greenhouse gas emissions lead us on a probably irreversible path of global warming and uncertain rainfall patterns, at least for the next four decades. As policymakers prepare for another round of climate change negotiations in December in >> Read more
Launch of Gender and Social Inclusion Toolbox, October 15, International Day of Rural Women
On Wednesday, October 15, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) and the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) will organize a special event launching the Gender & Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change & Agriculture. The Gender and Inclusion Toolbox is a participatory methodology guide on how to create socially >> Read more
