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Lives of women in the Sunderabans under climate change
By Professor Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Resource, Environment and Development Program, Crawford School for Public Policy, Australian National University The film is based on my ongoing research on the effects of climate change on women living in the villages of the Sundarbans, focusing on how they are facing up to the challenges thrown by the rising sea levels, higher tidal surges that Read more about Lives of women in the Sunderabans under climate change[…]
SPC WIF Info Bulletin: coastal fisheries, women’s fishing, climate change and gender in development
We welcome the latest edition of the Secretariat for the Pacific Community’s (SPC) 23rd Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin. The Editor, Veikila Vuki highlights that the contributions covers gender roles in coastal fisheries, women’s fishing activities in communities, climate change and gender issues in development. Read the latest issue online! CONTENTS Gender and change in the Read more about SPC WIF Info Bulletin: coastal fisheries, women’s fishing, climate change and gender in development[…]
Handy guide to gender equality text in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Many fisheries and aquaculture experts are now engaged in climate change research and action, so this new publication from the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and collaborators is a handy guide to finding the gender-sensitive text in the various formal agreements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Download the document here: http://www.wedo.org/wp-content/uploads/united-nations-web.pdf Read more about Handy guide to gender equality text in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[…]
Goulburn Island Women’s Insights and Preferences on Climate Change and Aquaculture
In northern Australia, Lisa Petheram, Ann Fleming, Natasha Stacey and Anne Perry reported the results of a first study in Wurruwi community on South Goulburn Island (Northern Territory, Australia) people’s, especially women’s, perceptions and preferences on marine resource use and climate change. The report describes the local communitys’ modern history up to the 2011 establishment Read more about Goulburn Island Women’s Insights and Preferences on Climate Change and Aquaculture[…]
Is Climate Change Debate Re-cycling Past Women-Environment Narratives?
Bernadette Resurreccion of the Asian institute of Technology recently examined whether we are experiencing a return to the old narratives regarding women and the environment. In her paper, “Persistent women and environment linkages in climate changeand sustainable development agendas“, she found evidence that advocates, researchers and development practitioners are resorting to simplistic and potentially distorting narratives Read more about Is Climate Change Debate Re-cycling Past Women-Environment Narratives?[…]
BRIDGE: climate change and gender
Many readers of Genderaquafish are interested in or already working on climate change projects in aquaculture and fisheries. Therefore, we especially thank Cornelie Quist for alerting us to the rich set of resources on gender and climate change that were recently released in BRIDGE Update, Issue No. 92, June 2012 http://archive.ids.ac.uk/bridge/cutting-edge-programmes/gender-and-climate-change.html In the BRIDGE Update Read more about BRIDGE: climate change and gender[…]
Three new ICSF reports tackle Climate Change, MPAs and Small Scale Fisheries in India
Climate Change and Fisheries: Perspectives from Small-scale Fishing Communities in India on Measures to Protect Life and Livelihood by Venkatesh Salagrama, Through consultations with key fisheries-based stakeholders in four States of India, this study attempts to assess perceptions of fishing communities about the impact of climate change on their lives and livelihoods. It also evaluates Read more about Three new ICSF reports tackle Climate Change, MPAs and Small Scale Fisheries in India[…]
Climate change: consider women’s agency, not just vulnerability
With world attention on climate change, two recent publications on gender and climate change, though not focused on fisheries and aquaculture, deliver a similar message: yes, women and men have different vulnerabilities to climate change, gendered analysis and approaches are needed but women and men’s agency, not just women and men’s vulnerabilities should be considered. 1. BRIDGE Read more about Climate change: consider women’s agency, not just vulnerability[…]