Gender and Disaster Webinar 3: Gender and Climate Change
This series is brought to you through the Gender and Disaster Resilience Alliance and EPI Global. Both organizations are committed to building awareness about the importance of gender in disaster vulnerability and resilience.
Gender and Climate Change
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 1 pm EST
A global discussion conducted in English and Spanish
- Meeting climate challenges in the US and beyond: Building on women’sleadership
Speaker: Elaine Enarson, Independent Scholar, Boulder Colorado
Following a brief overview of gender and climate policy, the discussion will focus on gender, mitigation, and adaptation with attention to women’s grassroots and professional leadership. While the presentation focuses on women in the United States, participants are warmly invited to share international experiences and global strategies for linking gender justice, climate justice, and disaster risk reduction.
- The mainstreaming of social & gender equality as a measure of "mitigation" of risks or adaptation to climate change in urban areas in the Valley of Mexico.
Speaker: Cecilia Castro Garcia, Gender Consultant, Mexico City, CIEDIS (Research and Development Studies and Social Equality//Centro de Investigación y Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Igualdad Social,
The presentation offers a practical example, examining the perspective of citizen initiatives vs recent federal housing policies and their disassociation with the Cities Initiative on Climate Change in the Valley of Mexico in the last two decades. What worked for women and families? What did not and why?
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining in. Please register early as we were not able to accommodate all who wished to participate in the first webinar. View System Requirements.
Mark your calendars- Don’t miss the 5th webinar in this series
- Gender and Disaster Webinar #5: Gender, Disaster, Policies & Politics.Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at 1 pm EST
We are grateful to Elizabeth Davis and Rebecca Hansen of EPI Global for their support, and to EPI Global intern Kimberly Cunningham for all her work behind the scenes. Roxane Richter of GDRA and World Missions Possible organized and facilitates the webinar series. We thank her heartily!
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