Climate change and gender justice
This report considers how gender issues are entwined with people's vulnerability to the effects of climate change, and how gender identities and roles may affect women's and men's perceptions of the changes. The case studies in this book show how women and men in developing countries are experiencing climate change and describe their efforts to adapt their ways of making a living to ensure survival, often against extraordinary odds. Contributors also examine how gender-equality concerns should be integrated into international negotiations and agreements on climate change mitigation and adaptation to ensure that new policies do not disadvantage poor women, but rather deliver them some benefits.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Rugby (United Kingdom) Practical Action Pub.
2009
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| Subjects: | CLIMATIC CHANGE, weather hazards, risk management, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, role of women, empowerment, human rights, case studies, Developing countries, |
| Online Access: | https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/115359/bk-climate-change-gender-justice-091109-en.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y |
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| Summary: | This report considers how gender issues are entwined with people's vulnerability to the effects of climate change, and how gender identities and roles may affect women's and men's perceptions of the changes. The case studies in this book show how women and men in developing countries are experiencing climate change and describe their efforts to adapt their ways of making a living to ensure survival, often against extraordinary odds. Contributors also examine how gender-equality concerns should be integrated into international negotiations and agreements on climate change mitigation and adaptation to ensure that new policies do not disadvantage poor women, but rather deliver them some benefits. |
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