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Risk Reduction-Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA) framework and policies
through gender reviews and participation of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in the
DRR National Platform. UNDP supported the Government of Indonesia to improve
disaster and climate risk assessments by developing guidelines for gender analysis
along with collecting gender-disaggregated data based on UNDP piloting experience in conducting climate change vulnerability assessment and developing urban
climate risk management plan in the cities of Kupang and Makassar. In Uganda, a
participatory study, ‘Better understanding men and women’s vulnerability to disaster
and climate risks in Uganda’, was conducted. The study analysed the differentiated
vulnerabilities of women and men to climate and disaster risks, their coping mechanisms in the face of disasters, and their roles and participation in disaster risk management measures. The findings and recommendations from the study have been used as
Uganda proceeds with the completion of the Resilience and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Strategic Framework and Investment Programme (to operationalize
the National Development Plan 2015–2020) and in the development (and eventual
passing) of a Resilience and DRM Act. In Nepal, UNDP assisted in improving
awareness of and understanding of the importance of addressing gender concerns
in (DRR-CCA) policies and programmes through training and conducting gender
analyses within climate risk assessments. The purpose of this was to better understand the gender-related impacts of climate change to develop appropriate DRR and
CCA solutions to gender-related vulnerabilities. In October 2015, the Food Security Sector in Myanmar co-led by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the World Food Programme (WFP) released an Agriculture and Livelihood Flood
Impact Assessment Report. The assessment was jointly led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation; the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development;
FAO and WFP with the partnership of UN Women and several non-governmental
organizations (NGOs). By following a gender-responsive process, the assessment
was able to reveal how female-headed households suffered most from the impact of
floods on their livelihoods with large losses of small livestock and fishing equipment,
deprivation of income by lack of casual labour demands, and limited access to land
and productive assets for recovery. Twice as many women as men reported reduced
food intake. The assessment allowed planners to address these gender-specific needs
in its response and recovery interventions, and to incorporate gender analysis for
promoting resilient livelihood recovery.
15.3 Theoretical Framework: Gender Risk
and Vulnerability
The existing literature on gender impacts of agriculture in the context of climate
change found multiple linkages, such as men and women of different ages have
different user characteristics, access to natural resources—land and water—access
to the necessary information to cope with climate change events and relationship with
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Risk Reduction-Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA) framework and policies
through gender reviews and participation of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in the
DRR National Platform. UNDP supported the Government of Indonesia to improve
disaster and climate risk assessments by developing guidelines for gender analysis
along with collecting gender-disaggregated data based on UNDP piloting experience in conducting climate change vulnerability assessment and developing urban
climate risk management plan in the cities of Kupang and Makassar. In Uganda, a
participatory study, ‘Better understanding men and women’s vulnerability to disaster
and climate risks in Uganda’, was conducted. The study analysed the differentiated
vulnerabilities of women and men to climate and disaster risks, their coping mechanisms in the face of disasters, and their roles and participation in disaster risk management measures. The findings and recommendations from the study have been used as
Uganda proceeds with the completion of the Resilience and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Strategic Framework and Investment Programme (to operationalize
the National Development Plan 2015–2020) and in the development (and eventual
passing) of a Resilience and DRM Act. In Nepal, UNDP assisted in improving
awareness of and understanding of the importance of addressing gender concerns
in (DRR-CCA) policies and programmes through training and conducting gender
analyses within climate risk assessments. The purpose of this was to better understand the gender-related impacts of climate change to develop appropriate DRR and
CCA solutions to gender-related vulnerabilities. In October 2015, the Food Security Sector in Myanmar co-led by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the World Food Programme (WFP) released an Agriculture and Livelihood Flood
Impact Assessment Report. The assessment was jointly led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation; the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development;
FAO and WFP with the partnership of UN Women and several non-governmental
organizations (NGOs). By following a gender-responsive process, the assessment
was able to reveal how female-headed households suffered most from the impact of
floods on their livelihoods with large losses of small livestock and fishing equipment,
deprivation of income by lack of casual labour demands, and limited access to land
and productive assets for recovery. Twice as many women as men reported reduced
food intake. The assessment allowed planners to address these gender-specific needs
in its response and recovery interventions, and to incorporate gender analysis for
promoting resilient livelihood recovery.
15.3 Theoretical Framework: Gender Risk
and Vulnerability
The existing literature on gender impacts of agriculture in the context of climate
change found multiple linkages, such as men and women of different ages have
different user characteristics, access to natural resources—land and water—access
to the necessary information to cope with climate change events and relationship with