fao-ccafs gender and climate change collaboration by sibyl nelson, fao
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On 15 October, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and CARE International launched a Gender and Inclusion Toolbox. This is the prelude to the toolbox, how FAO and CCAFS started working together on gender and climate change, and how the new toolbox is building on a previously released participatory gender guide.TRANSCRIPT
FAO and CCAFS Collaboration onGender and Climate Change
Launch of the Gender and Inclusion ToolboxInternational Day of Rural Women
15 October 2014
Sibyl NelsonFAO, Rome
Exploring gender, climate change and food security in drought-prone villages in Andhra Pradesh, India
Who’s affected by climate change and how?
What are men and women’s coping strategies? What institutional support do they use?
Partnering for action research
FAO-CCAFS training guide
ObjectiveTo identify good practices and support research and
mainstreaming gender dimensions into responses to climate change
To whom? Target Audience Development practitioners working with communities and
households on climate change
Why different? Field tested by CCAFS partners in Bangladesh, Ghana and
Uganda
Field testing in Uganda, Ghana and Bangladesh
Climate Analogues-Visits more problematic for women than
menWeather Information
-Indigenous knowledge main source for all groupsClimate-Smart Agricultural Practices
-Both men and women involved, but labour differences
Training guideToolbox of participatory research tools • For use in field research and
other work with communities • Adaptable to different conditionsStep-by-step guidance to users• Preparations• A work plan• A format for reporting field
studies• Analyze the data generated by
field studiesEnglish, French, Spanish• 30,000 downloads
http://bit.ly/gender-csa-materials
