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DECEMBER 4, 2010

Capacity Building for Women

A Global Research Network Focused on Women, Sustainability & Climate Change

Jointly organized by George Washington University, Colorado State University, Gender CC, and Autonomous University of Yucatan and in cooperation with the President of Mexico Office

United Nations Conference on Climate Change

COP 16

Cancun, Mexico November 29th - December 10th, 2010

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Capacity Building for Women: Global Research Network on Women, Sustainability & Climate Change Workshop

United Nations Conference on Climate Change December 4th, 2010

Climate Change Village Polyforum, Room 100

Cancun, Mexico

Participants

Gillian Bowser Colorado State University gbowser@colostate.edu

Maria Cseh GWU cseh@gwu.edu

Elizabeth Davis GWU ebdavis@gwu.edu

Bette Ann Loiselle University of Florida - Gainesville blorisell@nsf.gov

Gloria Kuang-Jung Hsu National Taiwan University kjhsu@ntu.edu.tw

Kelebogile Nthite Gender CC/South Africa knthite@webmail.co.za

Beth Bee Pennsylvania State Univ. - Geography & Women's Studies bab333@psu.edu

Eunice Stella Warue Gender CC/Kenya eustwa@yahoo.com

Emily McGlynn Ecologic Institute emily.mcglynn@gmail.com

Nina Somera Gender CC nin.somera@gmail.com

Gloria Summay Colorado State University summayg@yahoo.co.uk

Maria Zahur Gender CC mariazahur@yahoo.com

Maimoun Konare Gender CC omkonare@yahoo.fr

Felicia Davis Gender CC felicia.davis@uncf.org

Sonia da Silveira MiCOA/Mozanbique sgsilveira@yahooo.com

Sharmind Neelormi Gender CC neelormi1@yahoo.com

Marion Rolle Gender CC m.rolle@gendercc.net

Rita Vermont Ricaldi Autonomous University of Yucatan vrical@tunku.uady.mx

Elizabeth Adybofuor WESO windowofhopef@yahoo.com

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Jointly organized byGeorge Washington University ,

Colorado State University & GenderCC

Capacity Building For Women A Global Research Network of Women focused on

Women, Sustainability & Climate Change

December 4, 2010 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM

Climate Change Village

A Global Research Network of WomenWorkshop Agenda

10:00 – 10:30 Introduction & Purpose of the workshop: Research Gaps & Gender Policy Issues

10:30 –11:30 Group Work: identify the major Research Areas for action and the major stakeholders

11:30 –12:00 Groups Presentations of Strategic Areas o focus and stakeholders impacting these

areas that may influence12:00- 1:00 Establishing Collaborative Teams and

Formulate Action Plans for Research Area1:00 - 1:30 Summary & Next Steps

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A Global Research Network of Women Workshop Purpose

• To review current work and emergent gaps in gender and climate change research

• To generate new ideas and potential solutions to advance gender and climate change research.

• To establish research teams around strategic priorities; explore the options for implementation of the research areas chosen and identify the impact of these research projects on stakeholders

• To create action plans for implementing the research projects.

A Global Research Network of Women Workshop Outcomes

• Create a set of Research Priorities for Gender, Climate Change and Sustainability Research.

• Establish Global Research Teams of Women Scholars

• Action plans for implementation and coordination of priorities for the next three years.

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A Global Research Network of Women

• Introductions: Workshop Participants

• Research Gaps: Gender CC

Thank You• Elizabeth Davis, Maria Cseh, George

Washington University (Facilitators)• Gillian Bowser, Colorado State

University• Bette Loiselle, University of Florida• Rita Vermont Ricalde, Autonomous

University of Yucatan• Marion Rolle, Maira Zahur, Sharmind

Neelomi, GenderCC

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WORKSHOP OUTCOMES

Overall Research Ideas

& Identifiable Priorities

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• Differential resource access both as limits and opportunities and access to different resources (SS, GB, BB, EBA, ESW)

• Cultural frames & how they affect risk perception, adaptation, mitigation, etc.

• Demographic dist. & exposure to climate change events.

• Gender issues in industrialized countries leg: consumption patterns (FMD, JCP)

• Intersections of gender, culture, ethnicity, class, etc.

• Health • How CC & other issues (violence against

women) impact livelihoods (KN)

• Are different groups more vulnerable to uncertainty

• Literacy rates of women of color

• Women & energy, access to technologies

• How CC accelerates finer forms of discrimination

• Risks are these different for different groups

- Perceptions of risks (MZ)

• Gender & decision making re: mitigation strategies across scales (KH, VV)

- Sexuality, climate change, social movements (access to services)

- Decision making re: Adaptation (GW)

• Women’s opportunities, coping strategies, adaptive capacities

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Group 1

Security and Climate

Research Ideas and Priorities

Multiple lenses, more context, quantitative and qualitative Transatlantic, different understanding

1. Stockpiles where information on gender issues gets into unfccc, ipcc? (low hanging fruit) • Lit/policy review

- Evidence

2. REDD +, rural communities & women

(BB, IC, RV, GB, VV) • Understanding from different countries • What data do parties require to consider gender

3. How to create financial mechanisms to get down to the community

• Accessibility • Eco + Technologies stoves, etc. (EBA) • Poverty belts around cities • How do they affect women, are they sufficiently consulted

4. Disaster resilience of community – lots that women are doing

• Learning from each other • Livelihood options, different • Real strategies that women use to adapt spectrum (MZ, EBA) • Household level & policy level, communities case studies

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Group 2

Sustainable Energy

Research Ideas

Online Space – Community of people

• Interested in gender, sustainable Energy

• Posting, monitoring, Gender CC website

• Lit search on this issue

• Resources project development

• Look at areas already attracting women

- Where they are less represented

- Find ”critical mass”

o Users, researchers, engineers

o Women’s initiatives Co-ops

• Look into energy decision making, barriers to women in sustainable energy

• Funds to implement work demonstration project

• Policy framework, market research for all energy types

• Scale: industrial, developing comparison, distinction

- Lifecycle impacts in different areas

• Research/Policy focus

• Internal audience Start there

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Group 3

Adaptation & Mitigation

Priorities (No particular order) • Migration & Food Security • Sustainable Energy (KH, IC) • Physical Context (on rural and urban ) and also policies • Traditional Knowledge on adaptation and mitigation • Energy /emissions & gender segregated data (on gender energy)

Ideas (No particular order)

• Sustainable Energy (gender)

• Research on Vulnerability on women and men • Interaction or Social Context and government

• Physical Context and also policies • National Policies – Building a bridge between gender issues • Building Deliverance on CC • Traditional knowledge on adaptation and mitigation

• Migration & food security • Emerging new issues eg. Bio-fuels • International linkages • Comparative studies (IC) • Energy/Emission & Gender Segregated Data

(KN, JCP, FMD)

(RURAL, URBAN)

(ESW, GW, EBA, SS )

Sharemind

Sharemind

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Group 1

Security and Climate

Action Plan

International Framework for REDD+ after COP16

1) Scope & Scale 2) Research partners

I. Differential impacts of Redd+ & among countries & *global view

II. REDD+ & Policies: Access & Management at a national level *scaling up

III. Differential impacts of REDD+ & on local communities based on a socioeconomic bases *Comparative studies Parameters of model *Access to ecosystem services Resources *Tie to traditional knowledge, land rights, and access *Biodiversity

Group Members

1. Bette 2. Gillian 3. Rita 4. Veronica 5. Beth 6. Itea

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Group 2

Sustainable Energy and Mitigation

Action Plan

1. Gender segregated energy uses. 2. Analyze how l.k. helps LCD 3. Analysis on gender segregated emission data in annexing least developed and basic

countries. 4. Differentiated impacts by policies 5. Different solutions by men and women on mitigation $ LCD. Group Members 1. Maira Zahur 2. Sharmind 3. Enice Stella 4. Elizabeth 5. Marion 6. Sonia 7. Gloria

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Group 3

Ledge on Adaptation & Mitigation

Action Plan

Traditional Know

ADAPTATION

1. Vulnerability analysis 2. Identify gender sensitive adaptation needs (case studies) 3. Policy Gaps 4. Documentation of coping mechanisms (indigenous knowledge)

What We Need

1. Networking e-groups, exchange visits 2. Capacity Building among researchers 3. Motivation 4. Financial Resources

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Group 4

Women’s Coping Mechanisms

Action Plan Differential access to resources of women and the latter’s coping mechanisms opportunities in the context of cc

A. Initial Scope: Philippines Research network /resources: Gender caucus of national climate change coalitions : Universities: UP, Miriam Steps: - Formation of a core group (household)

• Focus group discussion and immersion in selected communities in three major island groups, with the following considerations:

- Further on the framework: review of related literature - Further Scope: Thailand???

urban – rural

Sector: farmer, fisher folk, forest/upland, indigenous

North – South (Muslim groups)

Nina Somera