Capacity-building Portal resources on Gender
Projects

Global Gender Responsive Climate Change Programme

Short info: This programme comprises three main activities.

  • Firstly, developing and following-through an advocacy strategy at the UNFCCC, together with GGCA members and allies, to achieve the goal of strengthen capacity of women and men negotiators and other stakeholders to integrate gender equality into international climate decisions and agreements;
  • Secondly, leading and facilitating the Women Delegates Fund, which supports women from the global south to participate on their national delegations;
  • Thirdly, to administer the Secretariat of the GGCA and the alliance activities.

Providing Institution: Women's Environment & Development Organization) (WEDO)
Region: Global
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Tools

 

Toolkit for a Gender-Responsive Process to Formulate and Implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

Short Info: 
The National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) is a key mechanism for defining adaptation priorities, channeling resources, and implementing adaptation actions. This toolkit is designed to support country efforts to pursue a gender-responsive NAP formulation process, including in the establishment of institutional arrangements, capacity development, stakeholder engagement, information sharing, and securing finance.
The toolkit is organized around the key entry points in the NAP process, based on the elements outlined in the UNFCCC Technical Guidelines for the NAP Process produced by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG)
It will be useful for government actors coordinating the formulation of NAP, as well as for stakeholders and development partners supporting adaptation planning and implementation.
Providing Institution: NAP Global Network, the Least Developed Countries Expert Group, the Adaptation Committee
Region: Global
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 CTCN Gender Mainstreaming Tool for Response Plan Development

Short info: CTCN Gender Mainstreaming Tool for Response Plan Development is a gender mainstreaming guideline during the development of response plans and applies to design, implementation and monitoring of technical assistance. It comprises 3-step approach: perform gender analysis; develop action plan; and monitoring and evaluation which also includes stakeholder consultations.
Providing Institution: Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)
Region: Global
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The Environment and Gender Information (EGI) platform

Short info: Knowledge platform that aims to guide action, inform policy makers by providing them with data analysis that applies a gender-responsive approach.

Examples:

  • • Measurement of women’s participation in environmental decision-making spheres.
  • • Examination of the extent to which gender considerations are taken into account in major national initiatives and reporting.

The EGI Analysis & Knowledge Products applies analysis on gender-related issues, such as equal representation, inclusion and characterization of women, etc. on national framework, plan, policy to provide gender statistics and indicators to operationalize the 2030 Agenda.
Providing Institution: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Region: Global
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NDC Partnership Gender Scoping Assessment

Short info: NDC Partnership commissioned a Gender Scoping Assessment to identify the knowledge gaps, effective practices, and challenges of integrating gender in NDCs, as well as the opportunities for a gender-responsive approach across the Partnership.
Providing Institution: NDC Partnership Platform
Region: Global
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Towards Gender-Responsive NAP Processes: Progress and Recommendations for the Way Forward

Short info: This report presents an analysis of progress on integrating gender considerations in NAP processes, such as what are the focus, how gender analysis has been applied, etc., based on a review of completed NAP documents available on NAP Central as of January 2018, as well as data collected directly from country NAP teams.|
Providing Institution: NAP Global Network
Region: Global
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Online Course

 

Gender equality, women’s empowerment and leadership in the context of national biodiversity planning and reporting

Short info: Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and biodiversity conservation are central issues to the international conservation and sustainable development agendas. By integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment approaches into global biodiversity policy frameworks, this module explores the positive impacts of engaging women and women’s groups as agents of change in the development and implementation of NBSAPs. This module will also provide you with the tools to facilitate women’s empowerment and leadership during NBSAP implementation using case studies of small-scale conservation and sustainable development projects.
Providing Institution: UNDP Gender Team, Convention on Biological Diversity, NBSAP Forum
Region: Global
Type of Activities: Online Course
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  Introduction to Climate Change and Gender Mainstreaming

Short info: At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
1. Evaluate the potential impacts of climate change on SIDS
2. Critically assess the linkages between climate change and gender
3. Recognise the vital role women play in climate change adaptation and mitigation 
4. Use practical tools to mainstream gender in climate change
5. Advocate the adoption of “no-regrets” approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation in SIDS
Providing Institution: The university of the West indies
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Type of Activities: Online Course
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International course on mainstreaming gender in climate change adaptation and mitigation

Short info: At the end of the course, the participants shall have: analyzed the link of climate change to sustainable development, capacities and vulnerabilities of men and women and resilience building;
reviewed international legal instruments and tools and approaches to mainstream gender in climate change adaptation;
explored evidences and good practices of gender-responsive climate change adaptation and mitigation; and
developed practical skills in mainstreaming gender in climate change adaptation and mitigation projects.
Providing Institution: International institute of rural reconstruction (IIRR)
Region: Global
Type of Activities: Online Course
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Gender Perspectives in Disaster Preparedness and Humanitarian Response for Local Actors by Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP).

Short info: The course units explore the issues surrounding gender concepts, concerns and practices, and ways to address these concerns in disaster situations. The course draws experiences and learnings from ADPC’s extensive programmatic work and partnerships in the region as well as from other regional and global resources. It untangles and presents these complex and dynamic matters in a simple, interesting and practical ways for you to understand. Using documented cases and examples, it builds awareness, knowledge and skills of local actors to adapt and learn different approaches for gender integration. The units will explore key global agreements and directives that guide tackling gender issues and key concerns and identify entry-points for gender inclusive interventions in disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response.
Providing Institution: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
Region: Asia
Type of Activities: Online Course
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Open Online Course on Gender and Environment

Short info: Focuses on the linkages between gender and the environment. It also, inter alia, provides information on knowledge and tools for gender mainstreaming and information on global international frameworks related to gender and environment.
Providing Institution: UN CC: Learn
Region: Global
Type of Activities: Online Course
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Traning,Workshop

Workshop on "Integrating Gender Considerations in the National Adaptation Planning Process

Short info: Gender and climate change focal points from Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Antigua and Barbuda worked together to identify critical next steps to improve collaborations and engagements across ministries to ensure that adaptation processes are gender-responsive.
Providing Institution: National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
Region: Global
Types of activities: Traning, Workshop
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