care ppt 12 march
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Gender an climate changeTRANSCRIPT
CARE InternationalPoverty, Environment and Climate Change NetworkPresented at the Adaptation Knowledge Forum, 12 March 2012
Gender in adaptation: from lessons observed to lessons learned
Lessons observed
Differential vulnerability analysis, including gender, is an essential starting point:
Identify appropriate entry points
Resist stereotypes
Recognize opportunity
Avoid overburdening women
Move beyond the select few
Don’t forget about the men
Lessons observed
Conflict and tensions need to be managed and not stifled.
Creating platforms and spaces for women’s leadership to emerge is crucial
Progress in one area is usually insufficient for a woman to fully realize her rights and aspirations
Engage staff in gender and empowerment initiatives.
Long-term commitments require long-term funding
Going from lessons observed to lessons learned
Challenges:
Competing priorities and needs on the ground
Trying to do everything at once
Capacity
Funding
The traditional instrumental approach to gender
Complexity
Understanding gender
Enabling factors:
Twin track approach to gender and women’s empowerment
Right-based approach
FLS/DRR/UCP programming as a good entry point
Project-to-program shift
Learning organization
Realistic understanding of where you are on the gender continuum
Going from lessons observed to lessons learned
Progress along the gender continuum… what does this look like in practice for CARE?
Strategic Impact Inquiry on gender and women’s empowerment
Planning adaptation based on participatory, gendered analysis of vulnerability
Designing, implementing and monitoring adaptation initiatives with the participation of both women and men
Identifying specific adaptation strategies for women and men
Incorporating gender-transformative activities
Promoting gender-equitable adaptation policies and programmes through our global and national advocacy efforts
More information:www.careclimatechange.org