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TABLE 16. Key institutions for gender and climate change expertise and resources |
| Institution Name | Type of Institution | Website (gender/ climate homepages) | Topical Expertise and Resources | Regional or Country Expertise and Resources |
| Asian Development Bank | Multilateral donor | http://www.adb.org/themes/gender/main |
Multiple sectors Gender and development case studies (Multiple sectors and countries) http://www.adb.org/themes/gender/case-studies Sectoral gender toolkits http://www.adb.org/publications/search?keyword=gender%20checklists Project gender action plans http://www.adb.org/projects/search?keyword=project%20action%20plans |
Multiple countries in the Asia-Pacific region Country Gender Assessments http://www.adb.org/themes/gender/country-gender-assessments Gender Equality Results country overviews with case studies http://www.adb.org/publications/search?keyword=gender%20%2B%20equality |
| AusAid | Bilateral donor | http://aid.dfat.gov.au/aidissues/climatechange/Pages/home.aspx(Climate change homepage) |
Multiple sectors, climate change |
Asia-Pacific Partnership with UNDP for a joint climate change adaptation project in India, with a strong emphasis on gender-mainstreaming http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/documents/projects/IND/Project%20Document%20-%2086975.pdf |
| Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) | Bilateral donor |
Multiple sectors, climate change Gender equality and climate change: why consider gender equality when taking action on climate change? http://www.oecd.org/dac/gender-development/44896501.pdf Links to various gender analysis tools: http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/acdi-cida.nsf/eng/JUD-31194519-KBD Project-level gender indicators (1998): http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/INET/IMAGES.NSF/vLUImages/Policy/$file/WID-HAND-E.pdf |
Multiple regions |
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| CARE | Development NGO | http://www.careclimatechange.org/gender-empowerment | Gender and women’s empowerment is one of four themes for CARE’s climate change work. Publications or videos are typically project-specific;one brief is more general:Adaptation, gender, and women’s empowerment (2010) http://www.careclimatechange.org/files/adaptation/CARE_Gender_Brief_Oct2010.pdf |
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| CGIAR:CCAFS (Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) | International agricultural research organization | http://ccafs.cgiar.org/gender-and-climate-change#.Up0SPyoo7rc |
Sectoral research CGIAR institutions have different research foci;their gender and climate work is focused on key research questions, creating training guidelines for researchers and field cases. Gender mainstreaming for climate-related research: (2013) [With FAO] http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/md280e/md280e.pdf Policy Brief: Working Paper: Working Paper: |
Multiple regions |
| CIFOR | International agricultural research organization | http://www.cifor.org/es/gender/home.html |
Forestry sector Gender and natural resources governance indicators (2013) http://www.cifor.org/online-library/browse/view-publication/publication/4181.html |
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| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammen arbeit GmbH (GIZ) | Bilateral donor | http://www.gender-in-german-development.net/background-climate-change.htmlhttp://www.gender-in-german-development.net/
(Gender resources home page) |
Multiple sectors, climate change Gender and climate change: gender experiences from climate-related projects (2011): http://www2.gtz.de/dokumente/bib-2011/giz2011-0131en-gender-climate-change.pdf Climate change and gender: economic empowerment of women through climate change mitigation and adaptation? (2010): |
Multiple regions Gender consultants pool: http://www.gender-network.net/ Country-Specific Gender Knowledge Platforms: http://www.gender-in-german-development.net/
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| ENERGIA | Gender sectoral network for energy | http://www.energia.org/ | Informal network with an International Secretariat which is hosted by the ETC Foundationin the Netherlands.ENERGIA publications, capacity building materials and other resources: |
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| FAO | Multilateral donor | http://www.fao.org/climatechange/49379/en/ |
Multiple sectors, climate change Gender mainstreaming for climate-related research: (2013) (with CGIAR) |
Multiple regions Country-specific database on gender and land rights: |
| GEF | Multilateral donor | http://www.thegef.org/gef/gender |
Multiple environmental sectors, climate change Gender mainstreaming lessons learned report http://www.thegef.org/gef/sites/thegef.org/files/publication/Mainstreaming%20Gender%20Eng.pdf Mainstreaming Gender in the GEF: Good Practices in the Climate Change Adaptation Portfolio http://www.thegef.org/gef/sites/thegef.org/files/documents/document/Gender,%20June%202011.pdf |
Multiple regions |
| Gender Action | Gender NGO | http://www.genderaction.org/prg_climatechange.html |
Gender watchdog NGO that monitors gender investments of the International Finance Institutions Gender Action Link for Climate Change (overview): http://www.genderaction.org/images/Gender%20Action%20Link,%20Climate%20Change.pdf Climate fund analysis documents: Governing Climate Funds: What Will Work for Women? (2011) Doubling the Damage: World Bank Climate Investment Funds Undermine Climate and Gender Justice (2009) (2012) (2013) (with Heinrich Böll Foundation) |
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| Gender and Disaster Network | Gender sectoral network for disasters | http://www.gdnonline.org/ | Educational project for documenting and analyzing gendered experiences before, during, and after specific disasters;conducting cross-disciplinary, multi-organizational collaborative research and applied projects;foster information sharing and resource building among research and activist network members. The Gender and Disaster Network website as an international forum for discussion, networking, and information exchange. | |
| Gender and Fisheries Network(WorldFish) | Gender network | The Gender and Fisheries Network, which was founded by members of the Asian Fisheries Society together with WorldFish, provides a platform for information sharing and collaborative research among scientists, development and extension workers and managers. | ||
| Gender and Water Alliance(GWA) | Gender sectoral network for integrated water resources management | http://genderandwater.org/en/water-sectors/climate-change-disasters | Open international network focused on mainstreaming gender in integrated water management. More than 2,100 members, including 638 organizations, from over 125 countries.GWA activities and products | |
| GenderCC-Women for Climate Justice | Gender NGO network | http://www.gendercc.net/about-gendercc.html | Advocacy and information network. Online platform with information, knowledge, and networking on gender and climate change. Literature, case studies, and tools. http://www.gendercc.net/resources.html |
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| GERNA – Gender and Environment Research Network in Asia(Bangkok) | Regional gender and environment network | http://www.gdrc.org/icm/wind/gerna.html |
Environmental sectors |
Asia Region Regional research network and interdisciplinary, cross-cultural information sharing forum of researchers and organizations in the field of gender and environment. |
| Global Gender and Climate Alliance(GGCA) | Gender network | http://www.gender-climate.org/index.php | GGCA tracks gender-related investments by the international climate funds and plans for the new Green Fund.GGCA website collates many relevant gender and climate change publications including policy briefs, training guides, general gender and climate overviews and sectoral pieces. | |
| Heinrich Böll Foundation | Private foundation | http://www.boell.org/web/141.html | Tracks and analyzes gender mainstreaming actions and progress for existing and proposed international climate funds, as well as a few site-specific studies of climate change impacts on women.Making Progress toward a Gender-Sensitive Approach in the Green Climate Fund: Recommendations for the 5th Meeting of the GCF Board
(2013) Advancing Gender Balance and Gender Responsiveness in Climate Finance Bodies under the UNFCCC (2013) Operationalizing a Gender-Sensitive Approach in the Green Climate Fund (2013) Engendering the Climate for Change (2012) |
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| ICIMOD | International agricultural research organization | http://www.icimod.org/?q=430(Gender home page) |
Mountain development Women at the frontline of climate change: gender risks and hopes—a rapid response assessment (2011) [with UNEP] http://www.unep.org/pdf/rra_gender_screen.pdf General gender mainstreaming tools: Guidelines for a Gender Sensitive Participatory Approach (PDF, 241.09KB) Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Programming (PDF, 137.69KB) |
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| ICSF Women in Fisheries | Newsletter of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers | http://wif.icsf.net/ | The Gender and Fisheries Newsletter of ICSF, Yemaya , deals with issues that are of direct relevance to women and men of fishing communities and discusses recent research, meetings and workshops that have raised gender issues in fisheries. |
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| IFAD | Multilateral donor | http://www.ifad.org/gender/regional/climate.htm |
Multiple sectors See publication link for all documents listed here: http://www.ifad.org/gender/resources/index.htm Memory Check series for gender sectoral issues:
Gender-sensitive market linkage analyses sourcebook and toolkit: Gender and Poverty Targeting in Market Linkage Operations (2002) Gender-focused field analyses of rural communities: A manual for gender-focused field diagnostic studies (2001) |
Multiple regions Asia-Pacific resource materials: |
| Isis International | Gender NGO | http://www.isiswomen.org/ http://www.isiswomen.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=241 |
Multiple sectors, climate change Gender and climate toolkit (2012) |
Global and Asia Region Feminist advocacy organisation engaged in research and analysis of the issues affecting women globally;building women’s capacity to use media and communications for advocacy, social change and women’s rights;media education. |
| IUCN | Gender Unit of Nature Conservation Federation | https://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gender/gender_work/gender_ggca/ | Advocacy and education NGO that works closely with GGCA and others to include gender considerations in the UNFCCC framework, particularly for mitigation activities (i.e., REDD+). Production of various analysis of the climate funds, case studies and tools, including a training manual:Training Manual on Gender and Climate Change | |
| Pacific Gender Climate Coalition | http://www.gefngo.org/formmaster.cfm?&menuid=22&action=view&orgid=785&preaction=main | Climate change | Pacific region Network of individuals, organizations and institutions;public education through information sharing and media literacy;advocacy on relevant regional and global climate change commitments climate change projects and research studies focusing on Pacific communities. Partners/activities in: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Niue, Papua New Guinea | |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community | Regional development NGO | http://www.spc.int |
Multiple sectors |
Pacific region Pacific Gender and Climate Toolkit: Tools for Practitioners (2013): http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Toolkit%20booklet%20pages.pdf |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme | Regional environmental and developmentNGO | http://www.sprep.org/about-us |
Multiple sectors |
Pacific region Climate and gender activities include various gender-related meetings, trainings, research and advocacy activities. |
| SIDA | Bilateral donor | http://www.sida.se/English/About-us/our-fields-of-work/Democracy-human-rights-and-equality/Our-work-towards-gender-equality/(Gender home page) | Women’s Economic Empowerment Series:Quick guide to what and how: increasing women’s access to land (n.d.)
http://www.oecd.org/dac/gender-development/47566053.pdf Comprehensive set of gender-sensitive environment and climate change indicators (2011): http://www.sida.se/Publications/Import/pdf/sv/Environmental-and-Climate-Change-Indicators_3317.pdf |
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| SNV | Bilateral donor | http://www.snvworld.org/en/countries/mali/our-work/gender-inclusion(Gender home page) |
Multiple sectors (i.e., Agriculture, Renewable Energy, WASH) SNV Practice Brief series: Agriculture (2012) http://www.snvworld.org/sites/www.snvworld.org/files/publications/gender_mainstreaming_in_vcd.pdf Gender mainstreaming in value chain development: practical guidelines and tools (2011): http://www.snvworld.org/sites/www.snvworld.org/files/publications/gender_mainstreaming_in_vcd.pdf |
Multiple regions Gender mainstreaming in agriculture, water and sanitation and renewable energy, Asia Practice Brief (2012): http://www.snvworld.org/sites/www.snvworld.org/files/publications/final_gender_pb.pdf Vietnam climate change adaptation project with gender mainstreaming: |
| UNDP | Multilateral donor | http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/strategic_themes/climate_change/focus_areas/gender_and_climatechange/ |
Multiple sectors, climate change projects and gender analyses of international funds Resource guide on gender and climate change (2009) Integrating Gender in Disaster Management in Small Island Developing States: A Guide (2013) Making disaster-risk reduction gender-sensitive (2011) Ensuring gender equity in climate change financing (2010) Gender dimensions of the Climate Investment Fund (2011) Gender Dimensions of the Least Developed Countries Fund and Special Climate Change Fund (2011) Gender dimensions of the Adaptation Fund (2011) |
Multiple regions Region-specific overview of the status of gender equality progress, barriers and trends A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific |
| UNEP | Multilateral donor | http://www.unep.org/gender/data/Genderinpr iorityareas/ClimateChange/tabid/55110/Default.aspx |
Multisectoral (Environment), Climate change Women at the frontline of climate change: gender risks and hopes—a rapid response assessment (2011) (with ICIMOD) |
Multiple Regions Roster of gender experts (free registration) http://www.unep.org/gender/data/GenderDatabase/tabid/54768/Default.aspx |
| UN Women | Multilateral donor | http://www.unwomen.org/en/where-we-are/asia-and-the-pacific |
Multiple sectors, climate change Listing of projects addressing women/gender issues in disaster risk reduction and climate change in the Asia Region (2013) – available from |
Multiple regions |
| USAID | Bilateral donor | http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment(Gender homepage) |
Multiple sectors, climate change Fact sheet: climate change and gender |
Multiple regions |
| WEDO | Gender NGO | http://www.wedo.org/category/learn/campaigns/climatechange | International advocacy and training of UNFCCC policymakers;tracking of gender dimensions of various declarations and action plans arising from international summits. | |
| Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management(WOCAN) | Gender sectoral NGO for agriculture and natural resource management | http://www.wocan.org/ | Work areas on climate include policy advocacy, research, women’s leadership, women’s empowerment and networking. More focus on climate change mitigation than adaptation. | |
| Women’s/ Gender Studies Network in Asia-Pacific | Regional network of experts working in women’s/ gender studies departments | http://www.unescobkk.org/rushsap/gender-studies/womensgender-studies-network-in-asia-pacific/ |
Gender-climate expertise unknown |
Asia-Pacific Region Networking, discussions and collaborative work. |
| World Bank | Multilateral donor | http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/gender |
Multiple sectors Gender sourcebooks for sectors Agriculture Energy http://www.esmap.org/node/2757 Transportation http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/ssatp/resources/html/gender-rg/index.html Gender Action Plan database (2007–2010): |
Multiple regions for country gender data: The little data book on gender 2013 http://data.worldbank.org/products/data-books/little-data-book-on-gender For country and thematic data: Gender equality data and statistics |
| WorldFish | International agricultural research organization | http://www.worldfishcenter.org/our-research/research-focal-areas/gender-and-equity/research |
Fisheries sector The Wetland Alliance (2009) Gender mainstreaming in community fisheries management Nireka Weeratunge and Katherine Snyder (WorldFish) (2009) Nireka Weeratunge and Jharendu Pant (WorldFish) (2011) |
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| World Health Organization | International public health organization | http://www.who.int/gender/en/ |
Health sector Resources on gender and health in disasters http://www.who.int/gender/other_health/disasters/en/index.html Resources on increasing men’s and boys’participation in health activities (2007) |
