Transcript ICIMOD - Mountain Partnership

Key Messages
from Bhutan+10
Climate Change, gender and Sustainable
Development
Mountain Day 2:
COP 18, Doha Qatar
ICMOD, kathmandu, Nepal
Himalayan Climate
Change Adaptation
Programme
(HICAP)
BHUTAN 2002
CELEBRATING
MOUNTAIN
WOMEN!
THE ‘SPECIFICITY’ OF MOUNTAIN
WOMEN!
Greater physical labor
Greater dependence on natural resources
Limited exposure: Mkt, Tech, Communication
Neglect by the State and development
agencies
BHUTAN +10
GENDER AND
SUSTAINABLE
MOUNTAIN
DEVELOPMENT
IN A CHANGING
WORLD
CONFERENCE THEMES
Climate Change: Gender and Adaptation
Livelihoods: Inclusive Sustainable Development
Governance: Gender responsive policies
Gender Positive Change
Eco-systems: Benefit sharing, Access and Equity
Water: Equitable Access, Control and benefits
WOMEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF
CC
NRM, Food Security, Ecosystems, Water, vulnerability
VULNERABILITIES
OPPORTUNITIES
WOMEN AS GAME CHANGERS
Local knowledge
Acute perception
of the situation
THE VULNERABILITY FACTOR
Representation Vs. Participation
Access to Resources
Disasters
Who are we talking about?
Climate Change and Migration
Decreased
Agricultural
production
Outmigration of
Men
Climate Change
Other Drivers of
Change
Feminization of
Agriculture
Out Migration and Effect on Women’s
Well Being
Psychosocial
Changes
Changes in
Workload
Negotiating with
Men in Public
Arena
Increased
Market
engagement
Social Stress
Taking on men’s
work
Increased social
responsibility
Negotiating male
labor
The Big Debate
Women Centric
Projects
Gender
Transformative
Change
What is Needed?
Way Forward
Policy
• Migration in the context of women’s role in the mountain economy
• Labor rights and land rights!
• Target Women as Farmers and Agents of Adaptation
• Recognize women’s agency, knowledge and already existing adaptive capacities
Research and Evidence based research
• More research to understand the mountain context.
• From anecdotal evidence to hard data.
• Documentation of ethnography and personal narratives
• Investment in mountain specific technology
• Translation of results for different audiences
Thank you
Himalayan Climate
Change Adaptation
Programme
(HICAP)
HICAP
The Role of Women and Gender in
Adaptation
Gender Research
Integrative Research
Capacity
Strengthening
• Focused Work
• Gender Case Studies
• Gender Scoping
Studies
• RRAs on Gender and
Climate Change
• State of the art
Literature Review on
Gender and CC in
the HKH
• Papers/articles
• Cross-cutting Work
• Common Questions
on the Role of
Women and Gender
in Ecosystems, Food
Security and
Vulnerability (and
components 1 & 2
where possible)
• Integrative gender
analysis of new data
• Interdisciplinary case
studies
• Regional
• Capacity
Strengthening on
Gender Integration
• Women’s Leadership
• Programmatic
• Anti-evaporation
strategy
• Gender trainings
• Gender conceptual
and methodological
framework
Networking and
Policy
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Policy
Influence
Briefs
Women
Environmental
Leaders Video
• Networks
• Roster of experts
• Needs and gaps
assessment
• Gender mapping
• Partners
• University
• Researchers
• NGOs
• CBOs
• Women’s groups
• Government