A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal
As climate change becomes accepted as a reality in the scientific community, it is critical to continue to understand its impact on the ground, particularly for communities dependent on agriculture and natural resources. This report reviews the extensive literature on the vulnerability to climate ch...
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| author | Sugden, Fraser de Silva, Sanjiv Clement, Floriane Maskey-Amatya, Niki Ramesh, Vidya Philip, Anil Bharati, Luna |
| author_browse | Bharati, Luna Clement, Floriane Maskey-Amatya, Niki Philip, Anil Ramesh, Vidya Sugden, Fraser de Silva, Sanjiv |
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| description | As climate change becomes accepted as a reality in the scientific community, it is critical to continue to understand its impact on the ground, particularly for communities dependent on agriculture and natural resources. This report reviews the extensive literature on the vulnerability to climate change in South Asia, with a focus on gender. It highlights how vulnerability is intricately connected to existing social structures. With respects to gender inequalities, the report reviews how men and women are affected in different ways by climate shocks, while differing access to resources and cultural ideologies mean that their capacity to ‘adapt’ is also not equal. The report also notes the importance of other axes of inequality (caste, class and ethnicity) in shaping gendered vulnerability. It concludes by offering insights into potential ways forward to promote more equitable adaptation to change through improved policies and practices. |
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| spelling | CGSpace653512025-11-07T08:42:07Z A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal Sugden, Fraser de Silva, Sanjiv Clement, Floriane Maskey-Amatya, Niki Ramesh, Vidya Philip, Anil Bharati, Luna gender climate change adaptation river basins economic aspects income microfinance social structure political aspects labour health hazards risk management waterborne diseases natural disasters education living standards poverty households agriculture collective action As climate change becomes accepted as a reality in the scientific community, it is critical to continue to understand its impact on the ground, particularly for communities dependent on agriculture and natural resources. This report reviews the extensive literature on the vulnerability to climate change in South Asia, with a focus on gender. It highlights how vulnerability is intricately connected to existing social structures. With respects to gender inequalities, the report reviews how men and women are affected in different ways by climate shocks, while differing access to resources and cultural ideologies mean that their capacity to ‘adapt’ is also not equal. The report also notes the importance of other axes of inequality (caste, class and ethnicity) in shaping gendered vulnerability. It concludes by offering insights into potential ways forward to promote more equitable adaptation to change through improved policies and practices. 2014 2015-04-30T13:42:44Z 2015-04-30T13:42:44Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65351 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Sugden, Fraser; de Silva, Sanjiv; Clement, Floriane; Maskey-Amatya, Niki; Ramesh, Vidya; Philip, Anil; Bharati, Luna. 2014. A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 50p. (IWMI Working Paper 159) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.230 |
| spellingShingle | gender climate change adaptation river basins economic aspects income microfinance social structure political aspects labour health hazards risk management waterborne diseases natural disasters education living standards poverty households agriculture collective action Sugden, Fraser de Silva, Sanjiv Clement, Floriane Maskey-Amatya, Niki Ramesh, Vidya Philip, Anil Bharati, Luna A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal |
| title | A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal |
| title_full | A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal |
| title_fullStr | A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal |
| title_short | A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal |
| title_sort | framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the ganges river basin lessons from bangladesh india and nepal |
| topic | gender climate change adaptation river basins economic aspects income microfinance social structure political aspects labour health hazards risk management waterborne diseases natural disasters education living standards poverty households agriculture collective action |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65351 |
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