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  Gender, Class and Access to Water: Three Cases in a Poor and Crowded Delta

  Taylor and Francis Group, 2006

  Water plays a pivotal role in economic activity and in human well-being. It is essential to food production and in domestic use (drinking, washing, and cooking). Yet the social relations which determine access to, and use of, water are poorly understood. Conflict over water may have far-reaching consequences on social change.
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  Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation: Gender Makes the Difference

  World Conservation Union, 2004

  Gender is absent from the climate change discussions and initiatives which have largely focused on mitigation (e.g. reduction of greenhouse gases) rather than on the adaptation strategies which poor women and men need for their security.
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  Gender Perspectives on the Conventions on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification

  2004

  Who pays the price of loss of biodiversity, climate change and desertification? According to the 'Rio Conventions' - the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biodiversity, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - it is rural populations in poor countries.
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  Climate Change: Learning from Gender Analysis and Women's Experiences of Organising for Sustainable Development

  Taylor and Francis Group, 2002

  Is climate change gender neutral? This article argues that it is not. Gender roles and relations interact with the causes and impacts of climate change in five key areas:- gender-specific resource-use and management patterns that can degrade the environment such as men's higher car and fuel purchasing from male-dominated industries
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  Gender: the missing component of the response to climate change

  Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2006

  The gender aspects of climate change have generally been neglected in international climate policy. This report, produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), argues that gender, like poverty, is a cross cutting issue in climate change and needs to be recognised as such.
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  Gender Equality and Climate Change: Why Consider Gender Equality when Taking Action on Climate Change?

  Canadian International Development Agency, 2002

  Why is it important to consider gender equality when taking action on climate change? This paper outlines gender-specific vulnerabilities and responses to climate change - for example male out-migration may occur due to resource shortages, thereby generating increased work for women.
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  Gender and Sustainable Development in Drylands: an Analysis of Field Experiences

  2003

  The drylands of the world cover approximately 40 percent of the earth's land surface and are a direct source of livelihood for about a billion people, especially in developing countries. However, nearly all drylands are at risk of land degradation as a result of climate change, population growth, land over-use and poverty.
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  Gender Relations and Environmental Change

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1995

  Gender relations have a powerful influence on how environments are used and managed, and thus on patterns of ecological change over time. Yet environmental trends and shocks also impact on gender relations - for example, environmental degradation may alter the gender distribution of resources.
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  Critical issues pertaining to the gender dimensions of biotechnology policy

  Gender Advisory Board, UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, 2003

  How can gender considerations be taken into account in the development of biotechnology policy in the global South? Many claim that biotechnology (e.g. genetically modified crops) has great potential for improving the health and food security of the world's poor, of which women account for 70 per cent.
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  The role of women in sustainable energy development

  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2000

  Actual experience in involving women in renewable energy activities has been fairly limited and anecdotal to date. This is partly due to an assumption that women are not capable of building and operating sophisticated technologies.

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