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Towards a More Gender-Inclusive Climate Change Policy

Towards a More Gender-Inclusive Climate Change Policy

Farah Kabir
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522530183|ISBN10: 1522530185|EISBN13: 9781522530190
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3.ch022
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Kabir, Farah. "Towards a More Gender-Inclusive Climate Change Policy." Handbook of Research on Women's Issues and Rights in the Developing World, edited by Nazmunnessa Mahtab, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 354-369. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3.ch022

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Kabir, F. (2018). Towards a More Gender-Inclusive Climate Change Policy. In N. Mahtab, T. Haque, I. Khan, M. Islam, & I. Wahid (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Women's Issues and Rights in the Developing World (pp. 354-369). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3.ch022

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Kabir, Farah. "Towards a More Gender-Inclusive Climate Change Policy." In Handbook of Research on Women's Issues and Rights in the Developing World, edited by Nazmunnessa Mahtab, et al., 354-369. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3.ch022

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Abstract

Climate change is a reality, and poses a serious long term threat to society and to the environment. Much has been written on the negative effects of climate change across the globe focusing on the greater vulnerability of least developed countries and developing countries. Numerous studies back up the argument that “countries that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change tend to be poorer with a wider gender gap. In contrast, countries that rank high in environmental performance and gender equality, are among the richest nations of the world” (Samy, 2011, p. 100). Women are often denied of their basic rights due to discriminatory social practices and gender blind policies. Impacts of climate change affect life and livelihood of women, and diverse work responsibilities of women augment their exposure to climate hazards. Due to less access or rights to financial and productive resources, information and services that may help them cope with impacts of stresses and shocks, are not present as a result of the gaps in policies, development agendas, thus leaving women in a greater vulnerable condition. Primarily, these are the reasons slowing the progress on achieving overall gender equality. The objective of this paper is to look at the Post 2015 Arrangements. These are numerous international frameworks and agreements ie SFDRR, SDG and the Paris Agreement, that will determine sustainable development for humanitarian response and climate politics as well as policies for the next fifteen years. They focus on development from a climate change and gender equality point of view, in particular how the policies are enabling ‘gender equality', taking common but differentiated responsibilities, and equity, justice and fairness as principles.

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