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Ensuring Gender
Sensitivity in NAPs
Vositha Wijenayake
Policy and Advocacy Coordinator - CANSA
Regional Facilitator- Southern Voices on Adaptation
Is gender only about women?
The resilience of groups who are most
vulnerable to climate change is promoted:
 Plans and policies address the issues affecting different
groups of women, men, boys and girls
 Groups of people who are vulnerable to social, cultural,
and environmental conditions are identified and targeted.
 Initiatives taken into account the differentiated needs and
capacities of women, men in different groups.
 Initiatives promote greater social equity and cohesion.
Case Study 1 : Ghana
Gender Sensitive National Adaptation Policies
 Contributing to Ghana National Climate Change policy: Focus
Area 8, Addressing Gender Issues in Climate Change
 Developing the implementation of the policy
Case study 2: Sri Lanka
Gender Sensitive Adaptation
 Location: North East of the country lacking water resources, impacted
by poverty due to lack of livelihood, and impacts of civil war.
 Beneficiaries : Women lead households (mostly war widows).
 Three livelihood approaches:
Organic agriculture home gardening
Livestock
Non-farm sector activities
Objectives
• Mobilise and to maximise
collective social capital to plan
viable, disaster sensitive and
adaptive agriculture based
livelihoods.
• Identify and facilitate capacity
building and training needed for
women and men to gain
knowledge, access and make use
of skills, technical know-how to
adapt to change in water, rainfall.
• Increase income and improve
nutrition levels
• Increase government extension
services and market linkages and
options for agricultural produce.
Outcomes
 Increase in vegetable
production of the farmers in
the region.
 Increased access to
livelihood for women
 Increase of income of
women led families
 Increased knowledge of
farmers on how to address
issues regarding agriculture.
 Market for the agricultural
produce
Figure: Training programs on Organic Agriculture
What steps have been taken to
ensure gender sensitivity in NAPs?
Thank you!
Website: southernvoices.net
Vositha@cansouthasia.net

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Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in NAPs

  • 1. Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in NAPs Vositha Wijenayake Policy and Advocacy Coordinator - CANSA Regional Facilitator- Southern Voices on Adaptation
  • 2. Is gender only about women?
  • 3. The resilience of groups who are most vulnerable to climate change is promoted:  Plans and policies address the issues affecting different groups of women, men, boys and girls  Groups of people who are vulnerable to social, cultural, and environmental conditions are identified and targeted.  Initiatives taken into account the differentiated needs and capacities of women, men in different groups.  Initiatives promote greater social equity and cohesion.
  • 4. Case Study 1 : Ghana Gender Sensitive National Adaptation Policies  Contributing to Ghana National Climate Change policy: Focus Area 8, Addressing Gender Issues in Climate Change  Developing the implementation of the policy
  • 5. Case study 2: Sri Lanka Gender Sensitive Adaptation  Location: North East of the country lacking water resources, impacted by poverty due to lack of livelihood, and impacts of civil war.  Beneficiaries : Women lead households (mostly war widows).  Three livelihood approaches: Organic agriculture home gardening Livestock Non-farm sector activities
  • 6. Objectives • Mobilise and to maximise collective social capital to plan viable, disaster sensitive and adaptive agriculture based livelihoods. • Identify and facilitate capacity building and training needed for women and men to gain knowledge, access and make use of skills, technical know-how to adapt to change in water, rainfall. • Increase income and improve nutrition levels • Increase government extension services and market linkages and options for agricultural produce.
  • 7. Outcomes  Increase in vegetable production of the farmers in the region.  Increased access to livelihood for women  Increase of income of women led families  Increased knowledge of farmers on how to address issues regarding agriculture.  Market for the agricultural produce Figure: Training programs on Organic Agriculture
  • 8. What steps have been taken to ensure gender sensitivity in NAPs?