Accelerating Gender-responsive Action through Empowered CSOs

Year: 2021 Tags: Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Regional

This report aims to understand the capacity gaps experienced by civil society organizations (CSOs) to advocate for gender mainstreaming in climate change and disaster risk reduction plans, policies...View

Basics of Mainstreaming Gender into Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policies

Year: 2021 Tags: Climate Change, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Regional

This paper is a review of gender mainstreaming principles and examples of interventions by countries and organisations in Asia and the Pacific region. It also includes tools and approaches to...View

Integrating Gender in Climate Change and Disaster-related Statistics in Asia and the Pacific: Example Indicators

Year: 2021 Tags: Climate Change, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Regional

Gender equality is central to achieving the 2030 Agenda. Gender is reflected in numerous SDGs, and their targets and indicators. However, SDGs on climate change, land, and sea and others that relate...View

Climate and Disaster Resilient Infrastructure: Building Resilience to Future Uncertainties and Shocks

Year: 2021 Author Name: Asia-Pacific Issue-Based Coalition (IBC) for Building Resilience Tags: Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Climate Change, Regional

This policy brief aims to enhance understanding of the key features of planning, developing, operating, and maintaining resilient and inclusive infrastructure. This brief highlights the gaps in...View

In The Loop

Year: 2021 Tags: Climate Change, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Regional

Read up on all the progress achieved by the EmPower programme as we continue our journey towards building more inclusive and climate-resilient societies in the Asia-Pacific region.Download

Training Manual on Gender and Climate Resilience

Year: 2021 Tags: Climate Change, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Climate Financing, Regional

Globally and nationally, policy makers, scientists, researchers and civil society advocates are working towards developing climate change mitigation and adaptation action plans. Unfortunately, until...

Asia Pacific Issue Brief: SDG16, Human Rights and Environmental Rule of Law, March 2021

Year: 2021 Tags: COVID-19, Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development Goals, Regional

This issue brief deals with Sustainable Development Goal 16, the environmental rule of law, and the link between human rights and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Access rights...Download

Climate change, gender equality and human rights in Asia - Regional review and promising practices

Year: 2020 Author Name: Camille Pross, Jenny Yi-Chen Han, Dayoon Kim and Sara Vigil and edited by Marion Davis Tags: Climate Change, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Human Rights, Regional

The report aims to provide a better understanding for policymakers in Asia about what focusing on human rights and gender equality in the context of climate change entails in practice. Download

Costing Options for Measuring Gender Equality in Climate Action

Year: 2020 Tags: Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Climate Financing, Climate Change, Regional

The purpose of this report is to provide further evidence of the interlinkages between gender, the economy and climate change, in order to demonstrate the need to develop a unified methodological...Download

Review of gender-responsiveness and disability-inclusion in disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific

Year: 2020 Tags: Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Preparedness, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Economic empowerment, Regional

The review of national DRR strategies and action plans included 26 countries in Asia and the Pacific and captured how they translate international commitments and recommendations into national DRR...Download