Publication

Gender disaggregated research is required in order to shed more light on levels of vulnerability and coping mechanisms of different social groups. The findings should feed into the climate negotiating process to enable decision makers to have a better understanding of how different segments of people are affected and what capacity and support is needed. Given this premise and the paucity of information on women’s particular vulnerability to climate change, it is only rationale to carry out a gender analysis of climate change for Bangladesh. In responding to the needs the Climate Change Cell (CCC), working under the ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) and the Department of Environment (DOE), has ii come forward to facilitate a research on this important issue. BASTOB and Centre for Global Change (CGC) have jointly conducted the study. The overarching goal of the research is to build an information source on specific aspects of  vulnerability of women to climate change and to analyze how these specific vulnerability contexts can be addressed with planned adaptation measures, given the sustainable development framework of the country. The study also covered, though to a much lesser extent, various other disadvantaged groups such as ethnic minority groups, physically and/or

mentally challenged groups, etc.