Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana

There is a growing discourse on ‘climate change’ resulting in consciousness of a world seen through the lens of climate. This has led to the development of new structures, actors as well as policies and programs at international, national and local levels with the aim of managing the implications t...

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Autor principal: Yeboah, Yaw
Formato: H2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2013
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description There is a growing discourse on ‘climate change’ resulting in consciousness of a world seen through the lens of climate. This has led to the development of new structures, actors as well as policies and programs at international, national and local levels with the aim of managing the implications that global warming and climate change might pose to the environment and humankind. REDD+ has emerged as a global policy instrument directed by policy makers at financing forest restoration and emission reduction activities undertaken by different players. Some actors have identified a need to include gender concerns in REDD+. In this thesis, I explore the process of designing a Gender Road Map as part of REDD+ policy formulation and its effects on forest policy in Ghana. How is gender being conceptualized and configured into national-local discussions as part of REDD+ policy build-up in Ghana? What strategies are used by different actors in the quest to mainstream gender? The thesis combines literature review, key informant interviews, semi-structured interviews, and focus group discussion and is based on explorative field studies which was carried out in Western Ghana in February and March, 2012.
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spelling RepoSLU53902013-04-04T09:20:02Z Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana Yeboah, Yaw gender forest policy climate change REDD+ policy process environment There is a growing discourse on ‘climate change’ resulting in consciousness of a world seen through the lens of climate. This has led to the development of new structures, actors as well as policies and programs at international, national and local levels with the aim of managing the implications that global warming and climate change might pose to the environment and humankind. REDD+ has emerged as a global policy instrument directed by policy makers at financing forest restoration and emission reduction activities undertaken by different players. Some actors have identified a need to include gender concerns in REDD+. In this thesis, I explore the process of designing a Gender Road Map as part of REDD+ policy formulation and its effects on forest policy in Ghana. How is gender being conceptualized and configured into national-local discussions as part of REDD+ policy build-up in Ghana? What strategies are used by different actors in the quest to mainstream gender? The thesis combines literature review, key informant interviews, semi-structured interviews, and focus group discussion and is based on explorative field studies which was carried out in Western Ghana in February and March, 2012. SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2013 H2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/5390/
spellingShingle gender
forest policy
climate change
REDD+
policy process
environment
Yeboah, Yaw
Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana
title Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana
title_full Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana
title_fullStr Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana
title_full_unstemmed Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana
title_short Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana
title_sort gendering the redd+ policy process in ghana
topic gender
forest policy
climate change
REDD+
policy process
environment