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Gender approaches in climate compatible development: Lessons from Kenya
Author(s)
Nyukuri, E.
Source
Practical Action
Climate and Development Knowledge Network

Publication Year
2016
Number of pages
48 p.
This report examines gender and climate change in relation to efforts to support climate compatible development, a policy goal that aims to integrate and draw synergies between adaptation, mitigation and development. The report’s focus is a case study of Kisumu, Kenya, drawing lessons from the five-year project People’s Plans into Practice (PPP): Building Productive and Liveable Settlements with Slum Dwellers in Kisumu and Kitale.
The recommendations provided in this report include (p. 35):
- For national- and county-level policy-makers:
- It is important to address entrenched biases against women in policy processes;
- It is advisable to introduce a designated gender focal person in every county department.
- For city- and ward-level policy-makers and planners, it is advisable to:
- carry out a gender and climate change audit for Kisumu city in order to document the differentiated impacts of climate change and people’s vulnerability;
- encourage participation of both men and women in meetings and community projects, addressing specific strategic needs for women.
- For development agencies and donors, it is important to:
- document best practices and examples of successful gender integration into climate change programmes and projects in urban areas;
- focus on deeper, structural barriers to gender equality, such as women’s individual and household-level capacity to participate.
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