Gender Equality
in a Low Carbon World
in a Low Carbon World
Themes
//Value chains
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Rural women in Nawalparasi district of central Nepal have succeeded in producing bags, hats, and mats from Thakal, bio-cups and plates from Sal (Shorea robusta) leaves, and brooms from broom grass. They recently shared their successes and plans with government officials.
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Research report
This report for the GLOW programme reviews the evidence on women's economic empowerment in low-carbon transitions. It identifies the gaps in the evidence base; and recommends how GLOW and other research initiatives and funders may further enrich the evidence, and inform policy and practice.
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The team at the Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture describe the work they are doing to improve women's economic opportunities in the production of corn and corn products.
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Daniela Romero of INESAD Bolivia shares some of the thinking behind the team's research on its GLOW project: Creating indigenous women's green jobs under low-carbon Covid-19 recovery in Bolivia's quinoa sector.
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The Bhujel women, belonging to a migrant community in Nepal with high poverty levels, have transformed their relationship with the local natural resource base through a GLOW-funded project and its creative approach.
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Project
This project aims to promote women's empowerment in the cocoa and tomato agricultural value chains in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua while, at the same time, contributing towards a net-zero carbon transition in Central America.
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This project aims to inform a transition to a low-carbon economy in ASEAN’s agriculture sector, specifically in the countries of Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
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This project is pursuing targeted research to co-develop and test interventions and devise policy options to enhance women’s engagement and empowerment in high-potential, low-carbon food tree value chains.
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This project intends to create a gender-responsive entrepreneurial ecosystem that supports women’s economic empowerment through a participatory action research approach.