Gender Equality
in a Low Carbon World
in a Low Carbon World
Themes
//Agriculture
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Blog
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Climate change is imposing heavy costs on smallholder farmers and local communities whose livelihoods are based on natural resources - including in Nepal, where male out-migration places an especially heavy burden on women to navigate the changes.
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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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Webinar
This is the recording of a GLOW webinar in two parts, on the topic of 'National leadership and feminist networks: two entry points for promoting gender equality in low-carbon, climate-resilient development. Insights from the African continent and Brazil.'
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Webinar
This event at CSW66 explored the opportunities for government spending plans to promote gender equality and environmental sustainability.
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Project
This project will strengthen the sustainability of the quinoa sector in Bolivia through better conditions for Indigenous women producers and salaried workers by enabling an effective transition to net-zero emissions.
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Project
‘Gaza Foodways’ aims to support a shift towards women-led agricultural research, practice and policy formulation for a just transition to diversified low-carbon urban farming systems and food sovereignty.
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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.