Climate change poses a huge threat to the agricultural sector and food security: about 75 percent of the world’s poor men and women live in rural areas and depend on agriculture, forestry, and fisheries for their livelihood.
... See More + Climate change jeopardizes agricultural production and food security at a time when the world is working to achieve the second Sustainable Development Goal, which aims to ‘end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.’ At the same time, agriculture and other land-use sectors are one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. This gender gap means that when it comes to developing and adopting CSA practices, men and women are not starting at the same point. To succeed, CSA practices depend on institutional and behavioral changes that are not possible to achieve without first analyzing the social and gender issues influencing policies, projects, and other interventions aimed at achieving sustainable CSA. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that more equal gender relations within households and communities lead to better agricultural and development outcomes, including increases in farm productivity and improvements in family nutrition. There is now an international consensus that the design and implementation of climate change response strategies and projects must consider gender-specific differences in the capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
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This engagement note in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) aims to identify entry points that respond to the strategic goals and country development priorities announced by GCC member states.
... See More + This note provides an overview of the recent progress and key economic challenges facing women in GCC countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The note builds on GCC country priorities and aims to support ongoing governmental efforts toward economic diversification and fostering knowledge-based economies. All six countries have developed national development plans that stress the importance of moving away from the heavy reliance on hydrocarbons and toward investing in human capital through quality education and strategic training in productive sectors such as science and technology.
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Gender equality and social inclusion are important contributions to fully realize the development impacts of energy programs. The recently released World Bank (WB) energy directions paper clearly supports that the WBG will work to empower women as users of energy, as well as enabling women to become providers of energy services or make productive use of energy for income generation.
... See More + Following the release of the World Development report 2012 which emphasized that greater gender equality can enhance productivity, make institutions more representatives, and improve development outcomes for the next generation, the WB made gender mainstreaming a corporate priority. Developed in 2009-10, the Africa renewable energy access (AFREA) gender and energy program piloted different approaches, developed the know-how, and worked with energy teams and government clients on integrating gender into existing and new energy access operations. The programs objective was to develop and mainstream the application of good practices in applying a gender sensitive approach to energy access policies and projects. The program entailed operational support in integrating gender considerations into WBG's Africa energy projects in Senegal, Mali, Benin, Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia, and preparatory work in Liberia and Mozambique. As the AFREA I program came to a close in FY2014, a second phase of this program started and the gender and energy capacity building and knowledge exchange workshop was held in Dakar, Senegal, from April 7 to 9th 2014 as a forum for country counterparts to document the lessons and approaches on integrating gender issues into their energy programs under AFREA 1, and to begin planning activities under AFREA 2. The overall objective of the AFREA 2 gender and energy program is to increase adoption of gender sensitive approaches across energy projects in the Africa, through technical support, building internal capacity for gender mainstreaming in energy operations, knowledge development, and improved monitoring and evaluation. In this context, the report presents introduction; proceedings; and conclusion.
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This Results Profile focuses on Inclusive Development in Post-Conflict Bougainville Project in Papua New Guinea. Prior to the conflict, women played vital roles in community level decision making and were key agents of development.
... See More + The dynamics of the conflict and post-conflict period weakened this role resulting in women being marginalized from community decision-making processes. The project supported by World Bank increased community development activities which was more inclusive of women in planning and decision making. It strengthened the organizations that advanced the priorities of women.
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This Results Profile talks about strengthening gender capacities among gender focal points in water governance structures in Kenya. During the drought, women and girls in Kenya often travel far on foot in search of water from distant wells, ponds, or trucked-in water for farming or personal use.
... See More + The strenuous and time-consuming activity to meet the water needs of the family often forced girls out of school and prevented women from fully pursuing economic activities. In an effort to promote equal access to resources and participation of women in water governance structures, the Kenyan Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the International Development Association financed Water and Sanitation Service Improvement Project formed a partnership to strengthen gender mainstreaming capacities among newly appointed Gender Desk Officers in institutions across the country. Through practical sessions, discussions, and presentations men and women were introduced to relevant policy issues and given the opportunity to review critically gender issues in the water and sanitation sector. As a result of the training workshops, gender mainstreaming activities were underway within a range of institutions across Kenya, and substantial progress had been recorded. With a firm commitment from the government of Kenya, with newly implemented incentives and penalties for Ministry staff to address gender inequality in their work, important steps were being taken to ensure the women of Kenya are given equal opportunities to participate in decision-making processes that directly affect their daily lives.
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If Pakistan is to reduce gender gaps and achieve its development goals, policy interventions will require a dual focus on near-term and long-term outcomes.
... See More + In the near term, females need access to basic services and opportunities. In the longer term the economic, cultural, and political environment must sustain improved circumstances for women in health, labor force participation, and other outcomes. Far deeper and more integrated initiatives are needed if long-standing trends in gender inequality are to be reversed. What role does public policy play? In many cases minor changes in laws and institutions can foster greater involvement by women in the public sphere to enable them to pursue activities that further enhance their autonomy and elevate their status. Such changes may encourage parents to educate their daughters, for instance, which will enable future generations of women to make better health-related and economic decisions within the household, and to participate in political life where they can contribute to further social and legal change. What is to be done in the meantime, as institutional reforms and economic growth may make limited and slow progress? Active policy measures to promote gender equality in the present are crucial. In particular, near-term approaches must work around existing constraints on women and girls, augmenting their access to basic services, paid work, and opportunities for decision-making in the public sphere. The analysis in this report has incorporated research and insights from scholars and civil society organizations in Pakistan in order to arrive at precisely these types of near-term approaches.
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Country Gender Assessment (CGA) 32244 JAN 01, 2005
This report presents findings on the ESMAP-funded Central America Gender and Sustainable Energy project. The project has provided support to the Mesoamerican Gender in Sustainable Energy (GENES) Network, which seeks to enable the equitable access of women and men to sustainable energy services.
... See More + Between April and July, 2002, a series of two bi-national and one tri-national workshop on gender and sustainable energy was conducted for members of GENES. Specific objectives were : become familiar with various types of renewable energy technologies, their applications and trends in their use; understand the principle concepts of gender equity; reflect on the relationship between gender equity, sustainable development, and renewable energy, and identify how key concepts of gender equity can be applied in the workplace and in the field; familiarize with recent advances in the gender and energy nexus; become familiar with gender methodologies, their uses and limitations. To ground the concepts presented, each workshop incorporated a technology demonstration and / or a field visit to a project site where participants could see one or more applications of sustainable energy technologies. These trips included exchanges on solar coffee drying and solar cooking; solar lighting and water pumping and brief field visits to projects involving photovoltaic pumping and electrification; solar fruit and wood drying; and the use of improved cook stoves.
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This report provides the status of ongoing Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) projects for the six month period ending December 31, 2002.
... See More + This volume contains a review of the following projects: Access - Energy and Electrification in Rural and Peri-Urban; Energy Efficiency; Energy Environment Reviews; Energy-Poverty Linkages; Fossil Fuel and the Environment; Gender and Energy; Global Village Energy Partnership; Governance and Review Distribution; Impact of Reform on the Poor; Indoor Air Pollution; Petroleum, Gas and Mining; Regional Integration; Sector Reform; and Urban Air Quality.
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