Brief for Policymakers: The State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in Viet Nam

Year: 2021 Tags: Climate Change, Energy, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Waste management, Water, Vietnam

This brief for policymakers is based on The State of Gender Equality and Climate Change in Viet Nam. It aims to guide government action towards the achievement of climate goals at the country level by...Download

The Only Way Is Up: Monitoring and Encouraging Diverse SOGIESC Inclusion in the Humanitarian and DRR Sectors

Year: 2021 Tags: Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Bangladesh

This report aims to contribute to inclusive humanitarian and disaster risk reduction action. A lack of data, training, and tools lead to the invisibility of the LGBTQI+ community in response...Download

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

Frequently Asked Questions on Human Rights and Climate Change: Fact Sheet No. 38

Year: 2021 Tags: Climate Change, Environmental Protection, Global

Fact Sheet No. 38 is a part of The Human Rights Fact Sheet series published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva. It deals with...Download

Participatory Research on Gender-based Vulnerabilities to Climate Change in Cambodia

Year: 2020 Tags: Climate Change, Disaster Response, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Cambodia

This in-depth participatory research was conducted to understand the root causes of gender-based vulnerabilities to climate related hazards by reflecting on the experiences of men and women in two...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

Gender integration in renewable energy policy - A guideline for renewable energy policy and decision makers

Year: 2020 Tags: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Economic empowerment

The purpose of this guide is to introduce and improve the integration of gender issues in renewable energy policies, plans and strategies by providing practical ways to step up commitments in...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

The Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Women and Energy Enterprises

Tags: COVID-19, Economic empowerment, Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Financing, Sub-regional

The COVID-19 global health crisis continues to impact countries around the world in ways never imagined. The global infection rate continues to soar and the economic recession is expected to be worse...Download