Section: Methods for gender-sensitive adaptation | Gender Sensitive Adaptation

Section outline

The call for “gender-sensitivity” in adaptation is widely recognised by donors and practitioners around the world, but what are the practical implications? What kind of approach is most suitable? Depending on the level of intervention - national adaptation policies, local government measures or community based projects – different methods will apply.

For mainstreaming gender into National Adaptation Plans see for example the guidelines developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), available online: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2011/smsn/ngo/306.pdf

Our local partner in Bangladesh, Centre for Global Change, has in collaboration with Care International published a book on reducing vulnerability to climate change through community based adaptation, with a specific chapter on gender.
- Select activity Share your experiences on methods: What methods have you successfully used for gender-sensitive adaptation measures?
  
  Share your experiences on methods: What methods have you successfully used for gender-sensitive adaptation measures? Forum
- Select activity Using intra-household surveys to ensure that women's and men's perspectives are equally recognized and represented
  
  Using intra-household surveys to ensure that women's and men's perspectives are equally recognized and represented URL
  
  Experiences of the Gender Dynamics in the Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices project in Cauca in Colombia, done via CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)