Gender, Climate Change, and Human Security: Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal.
Author:
Dankelman, I. Alam, K. Ahmed, W.B. Gueye, Y. D. Fatema, N. & Mensah-Kutin, R.
Date:
2008
Language:
English
Region:
Africa
Country:
Benin
Full Harvard Reference:
Dankelman, I. Alam, K. Ahmed, W.B. Gueye, Y. D. Fatema, N. & Mensah-Kutin, R. (2008). Gender, Climate Change, and Human Security: Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal. WEDO.
This report commissioned by the Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO) offers a gendered analysis of the impact of climate on human security, and assesses the extent to which women are meaningfully integrated into programmes and actions. It reviews relevant global frameworks, such as the Hyogo framework and the Millennium Development Goals to examine how well governments’ and stakeholders integrate a gender disaster risk management policies related to climate change.