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  Climate Change, Gender and Livelihoods in Limpopo Province

  Capacity Building, Leadership and Action, 2005

  An analysis of the gender impacts of climate change can help us understand how different groups in society, even at the most micro-level, are differentially at risk from threats to their livelihoods. A gender analysis can also inform possible solutions for better protecting men and women against these potential impacts.
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  From Beijing to Kyoto: Gendering the International Climate Change Negotiation Process

  Pugwash, 2003

  Despite the overt United Nations (UN) commitment requiring all UN processes to abide by the principles for mainstreaming a gender perspective, the international climate change negotiation process has not complied with these principles by assuming men and women can be treated identically and by failing to engage in gender-analysis.
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  Women's Action Agenda for a Healthy and Peaceful Planet 2015

  2002

  Women from around the world took a comprehensive global platform to the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).
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  Gender, Environment, Conflict - Special Issue Newsletter, Civilian Crisis Prevention - Environment and Natural Resources 2008

  Environment Conflict and Cooperation, 2007

  The linkages between gender, environment and conflict have so far not been studied in detail. Environmental changes and conflicts impact men and women differently because of their gender roles and socio-cultural situation. More often than not, environmental degradation and the consequences of climate change or natural disasters reinforce existing gender inequalities.
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  Gender Perspectives on Climate Change, Emerging Issue Panel at CSW Fifty-Second Session, New York, 25 February - 7 March 2008

  2008

  Despite its status and development within the United Nations international system, climate change policy-making has failed to adopt a gender-sensitive strategy. This failure not only generates concern in terms of respect for gender equity at the international level, it also leads to shortcomings in the efficiency and effectiveness of climate related measures and instruments.
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  Gender and Climate Change: Networking for Gender Equality in International Climate Change Negotiations - UNFCCC COP13/CMP3

  GenderCC - women for climate justice, 2008

  How did gendercc - women for climate justice - prepare for the 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP13), held in Bali in 2007? To ensure that the first ever significant presence of a worldwide network of women within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process would be successful, the organisation focused their preparation on three main activities.
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  Women and the right to food international law and state practice

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008

  Because of their lower social and economic status, as well as physiological needs, women are often more vulnerable to nutritional problems. When it comes to sharing food resources in the home, women and girls can lose out.
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  Gender and Equity Issues in Liquid Biofuels Production - Minimizing the Risks to Maximize the Opportunities.

  United Nations, 2008

  What are the potential gender-differentiated risks associated with the large-scale production of liquid biofuels (such as bioethanol and biodiesel) in developing countries? What further research is required to develop a better understanding of these risks, and what policies need to be put in place?
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  Senegal: Role of Women in a Model of Community Management of Fish Resources and Marine Environments, Cayar

  Gender and Water Alliance, 2006

  In most cases, women are not involved in the planning, development or management of marine and coastal resources. Integrating women's and men's usage of these resources into the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) increases the chance of both women and men participating in and benefiting from the MPA.
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  "We Know What We Need!" South Asian Women Speak Out On Climate Change Adaptation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  Poor women in Bangladesh, India and Nepal are struggling to protect their lives, homes, assets and livelihoods from weather-related hazards caused by climate change. Nevertheless, women are not passive victims of climate change. This report presents field research conducted in the Ganga river basin in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, with poor women in rural areas.

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