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    Men, masculinities & climate change

    MenEngage, 2016
    The threats of climate change are not gender-neutral. Gender analysis on climate change over the past three decades has brought tolight the disproportionate effects of climate change and environmental degradation on women’s lives – particularly those of low-income women in global South settings.
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    Protecting women’s and children’s health from a changing climate

    International Union of Nutritional Sciences, 2016
    Climate change increases challenges to women'€™s and children'€™s health. There is more likelihood of women and children suffering and dying from problems such as diarrhoea, undernutrition, malaria, and from the harmful effects of extreme weather events, including floods or drought.
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    Economic Assessment of the impacts of climate change in Uganda: National Level Assessment - agricultural sector report

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2015
    The agricultural sector is a fundamental part of the Ugandan economy, employing about 66 percent of the working population in 2009/10 and contributing about 22 percent to total GDP in the year 2012 (UBOS, 2013).
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    Pulse crops and sustainability: a framework to evaluate multiple benefits

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2016
    The potential of pulses - beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils, and other pulses - to help address future global food security, nutrition and environmental sustainability needs has been acknowledged through the UN declaration of the 2016 International Year of Pulses. However, the full set of benefits that pulse crops can offer has not been systematically characterised.
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    Gender and Climate Change Toolkit for Policy Makers and Programme Developers

    Climate Action Network, 2010
    This guide outlines the key issues relating to gender and climate change adaptation, the challenges to gender mainstreaming in climate change policy and strategies for advocacy and action in the development and implemntatino of policy frameworks, with specific references to the Nigeria context.
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    Developing beans that can beat the heat

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2015
    In Africa and Latin America, the production of beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, which include higher temperatures and more frequent drought.
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    Health impact of climate change in Bangladesh: a summary

    Scientific Research Publishing, 2016
    Bangladesh, one of the South Asian countries , has started experiencing major public health i m- pacts of climate change due to its vulnerable geographical location. The objective of this paper is to look at the extent of climate change in Bangladesh and its impact on human health.
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    Vanuatu case study: Standing Together: strengthening climate change resilience in Vanuatu

    CARE International, 2016
    Futuna sits in the Pacific Ocean, one of Vanuatu’s 83 islands. It is a remote but special place. Here, resident’s fish and farm, and are renowned for their weaving talents, making baskets and bags. Since 2009, CARE has been working with the community of Futuna to support their efforts to reduce disasters and to adapt to climate change.
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    Child centred community resiliance: final evaluation of the Bangladesh Child Resilience Project

    Save the Children [Sweden], 2015
    For communities at risk from shocks, stresses and uncertainty, building resilience is an essential yet challenging development process. It r equires working on multiple fronts to: reduce people's exposure and vulnerability; build their capacity to adapt; and transform systems to create an enabling environment for people to realise their rights.
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    Assessment of women’s livelihood needs in three eco-zones of Bangladesh

    United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2014
    Evidently women are more severely affected by climate change and natural disasters because of their social roles, discrimination and poverty. In rural Bangladesh they are specially vulnerable since they are highly dependent on local natural resources for their livelihood.

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