Thematic brief on gender, climate change and disaster risk reduction

This Thematic Brief provides quick guidance on the most important issues relating to gender, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

This Brief is addressed to staff from development cooperation agencies who are involved in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes and projects.

Here they will find information on the most important gender issues at stake and how to address them, indicators that can be used to monitor whether a programme is integrating gender dimensions, examples of gender-sensitive development actions and references to further information and tools related to gender, climate change and disaster risk reduction.

Contents

Introduction

Gender issues in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

A roadmap for gender mainstreaming in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Questions for gender analysis in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Gender indicators for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Examples of gender-sensitive projects in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction management