Gender and social vulnerability to climate change : a study of disaster prone areas in Sindh

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2013

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Social Policy and Development Centre, PK

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate gender dimensions of social vulnerability to climate change; assess the adaptive capacity of men and women at community level and the social capital available to them; and formulate a set of gender specific policy recommendations for provincial and district governments. The vulnerability of women to climate changes can be viewed as a chronic state of being rather than an outcome of environmental extremes, which can be explained by a combination of socioeconomic, political and environmental factors.

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PowerPoint presentation
Meeting: June 18-20, 2013

Keywords

GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE, PAKISTAN, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, VULNERABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, WATER SCARCITY, ACCESS TO WATER, WOMEN'S ROLE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, SOUTH ASIA

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