FAO-CCAFS Gender and Climate Change Collaboration by Sibyl Nelson, FAO

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On 15 October, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and CARE International launched a Gender and Inclusion Toolbox. This is the prelude to the toolbox, how FAO and CCAFS started working together on gender and climate change, and how the new toolbox is building on a previously released participatory gender guide.

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FAO and CCAFS Collaboration onGender and Climate Change

Launch of the Gender and Inclusion ToolboxInternational Day of Rural Women

15 October 2014

Sibyl NelsonFAO, Rome

Exploring gender, climate change and food security in drought-prone villages in Andhra Pradesh, India

Who’s affected by climate change and how?

What are men and women’s coping strategies? What institutional support do they use?

Partnering for action research

FAO-CCAFS training guide

ObjectiveTo identify good practices and support research and

mainstreaming gender dimensions into responses to climate change

To whom? Target Audience Development practitioners working with communities and

households on climate change

Why different? Field tested by CCAFS partners in Bangladesh, Ghana and

Uganda

Field testing in Uganda, Ghana and Bangladesh

Climate Analogues-Visits more problematic for women than

menWeather Information

-Indigenous knowledge main source for all groupsClimate-Smart Agricultural Practices

-Both men and women involved, but labour differences

Training guideToolbox of participatory research tools • For use in field research and

other work with communities • Adaptable to different conditionsStep-by-step guidance to users• Preparations• A work plan• A format for reporting field

studies• Analyze the data generated by

field studiesEnglish, French, Spanish• 30,000 downloads

http://bit.ly/gender-csa-materials

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