Organisations & Individuals working on Gender and Climate Change
In this section we provide the possibility for organisations and individuals working on gender and climate change to present themselves.
genanet - focal point gender, environment, sustainability
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genanet is Germany’s coordination and service point linking gender justice, environment and sustainability. To inform, to coordinate, to give impetus and to give opinion – these basic tasks of genanet relate to a broader goal: Developing new ideas and concepts that allow effectively to integrate gender aspects into environmental and sustainability issues.
genanet is the main coordinating node in a network of experts in Germany and across Europe, pulling together rich and diverse expertise on these complex issues. genanet manages to enjoy a powerful presence and exert considerable influence in policy making, science and the general public - through publishing declarations, position papers, and books, as well as giving lectures, participating in and organizing conferences, an up-to-date rich website and other means. Currently, genanet focuses its work on the issues climate change, energy, water and biodiversity.
In addition, genanet offers connections with a pool of consultants, information, counselling and training, and thus supports institutions, organisations and associations in the area of environment and sustainability who wish to introduce gender mainstreaming in their work and organisational structures.
Contact: Ulrike Röhr
Gender and Water Alliance
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The Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) is a global network dedicated to mainstream gender in water resources management. The mission of GWA is to promote women's and men's equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply, sanitation, food security and environmental sustainability. The provision of sustainable water and sanitation services that incorporate an integrated water resources management approach requires a special emphasis and focus on gender, social justice and human rights. GWA believes that equitable access to and control over water is a basic right for all, as well as a critical factor in promoting poverty eradication and sustainability.
The GWA was established at the Second World Water Forum (WWF) in March 2000 and is registered as an Association under Dutch law. The Gender and water Alliance has more than 1200 members (both organisations as well as individuals) in over 100 countries worldwide. Its membership is diverse and represents a wide range of capacities and expertise across all water sectors as well as from different stakeholder groups including government, grassroots organisations, NGOs, universities and research institutes, international agencies and individual consultants. More than eighty percent of the membership comes from a diversity of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
GWA has a website in 5 languages (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish), produces resource materials on gender mainstreaming in IWRM, like: CDs, reports, publications, manuals, guidelines, etc. (Available through the website, or on request through the secretariat as hard-copy or CD), executes pilot projects, case studies, innovative research projects, and e-conferences. It has a Travelling Exhibit on Gender and Water, has updated the UNDP Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM, and develops training and training material on Gender and water management. www.genderandwater.org
Gotelind Alber, Sustainable Energy and Climate Policy
I am an independent consultant and researcher on sustainable energy and climate policy, Berlin.
The focus of my work is on climate policy at all levels, multi-level governance, gender issues and international equity. Recent activities include the work with gendercc, design and evaluation of programmes for "energy regions", and consultancy on renewable energy at local and global levels.
Prior to my freelance work, I have worked with the Oeko-Institut in Freiburg, Germany, and as head of the Climate Alliance of European Cities, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Please find more information on my weblog (mainly in German).
Contact: Gotelind Alber
Pacific Energy and Gender Network (PEG)
Pacific Energy and Gender Network (PEG) is a regional network to connect, inform and mobilize people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality in energy use and issues.
PEG aims to become a dynamic network of women and men around the Pacific and internationally, towards a viable solution for the 'available, reliable, affordable, environmentally sound energy for sustainable development and gender equity for all Pacific Islanders'.
Many countries in the Pacific and the world have set a standard of differing roles and responsibilities for men and women according to the social forms of division of labour based on gender differentials. Energy use by diverse gender groups is traced back from decades. There have been various interests in terms of gender access in subsistence economy where men tend to emphasize the benefits of saving money on energy costs while women tend to emphasize the benefits of better health and time savings.
PEG’s ongoing activities include incorporating energy and gender articles into the quarterly Pacific Energy Newsletter (PEN), other regional and international newsletters, mainstreaming gender into regional and national energy policies and building awareness on energy and gender linkages.
Through funding support from partners and donors (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation(CTA) , ENERGIA and UNDP Pacific,) a key project on building awareness on gender and energy issues, mainstreaming gender into National and Regional Energy Policies has been the major deliverable for the PEG since its establishment in 2004.
PEG database is established with contact details of personnel's experienced in both energy/environment and gender fields at the regional and international level. Where available, expertise profiles for personnel's and their organisations are included in the PEG D-group which have also been created for efficient communication and information exchange. Interests to be included in the online PEG gender and energy database or the mailing list: Contact Koin Etuati – koin(at)sopac.org
For more information visit website: www.sopac.org/PEG+Background
Enam Akoetey, reNew Ltd, Ghana
Enam Akoetey is the founder and owner of reNew Ltd, a the premier wholly owned Ghanaian owned social enterprises dedicated to deliver Climate Change mitigation and adaptation projects in Ghana and West Africa. Our Climate Change Adaptation projects will focus on empowering women to create wealth through developing alternative livelihood options most suitable to their natural environment and personal aspirations.
Contact: Enam Akoetey
Women Environmental Programme (WEP), Nigeria
Women Environmental Programme (WEP) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-religious and voluntary organisation that was established in 1997 by a group of grassroots women in Nigeria, whose major aim is to address the gender injustices on environmental issues, economic and social rights of women, children and youths in the society and in Africa in general.
The program structure of WEP is organized into four projects viz; Environment, Governance, Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Natural Resource Development. This programs are further categorized into natural and human made disasters, housing and urban slum settlements, drought and desertification, flooding and erosion, gender and climate change, water and sanitation, women and youth empowerment, budget tracking and monitoring, communal clashes, gender and energy, human rights of women and youth community engagement on natural resources as well as governance.
WEP vision is to create a society where the environmental, economic, social and political rights of women and youths are protected. Our mission is to empower women and youths to address the environmental, economic, social and political issues that affect them.
WEP strategic objectives are
- To reduce the impact of flooding, erosion and desertification in target communities
- To stimulate the management of natural resources within the framework of national and international policies/convention for sustainable development in the environment.
- To address the issues of urban slums, land and housing settlement within the framework of UN commission on sustainable development
- To provide environmental education that creates awareness on issues of environmental pollution and climate change which affect the health of people especially women, youths and disabled.
- To increase the percentage of women and youths in political leadership positions by 5% in Nigeria
- To enhance women's self-reliance through skills acquisition and micro credit financing.
Arieta Moceica, Greenpeace Australia Pacific
I am the Pacific Climate Political Advisor for Greenpeace. My work background is in gender. I worked for the Fiji Women's Rights Movement in the early 1990s; Women's Action for Change; Fiji government's Ministry for Women as Gender Trainer for the Fiji Public Service; I did short teem consultancies as gender trainer for the ADB Gender Audit of fiji's ministries of agriculture and health; and for the ILO Social Security Project as gender specialist, basically, doing gender analysis of the social security findings from 5 Pacific Island countries. then I worked for UNIFEM's Pacific Regional Office as National Programme Officer from 2002-2005 before moving to Greenpeace. I was in Bali last year at the COP13; attended the Bangkok CC talks and will be following the COP/MOP related meetings. So, I would like to maintain the gender angle to my work in whatever way I can.
Contact: Arieta Moceica
LIFE e.V., Germany
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LIFE is an registered (= e.V.) non-profit organisation working in the fields of education, environment and sustainability since 1987. The organisation offers services in the field of education and training, consultancy and networking.
The main areas of our activities are:
- Promotion of sustainable development and equal opportunities for women and men in skilled trades, science and technology.
- Vocational training, development and testing of learning material to implement ecology and sustainable development
- Development of educational concepts, learning methods and e-learning content
- Development of gender sensitive training methods and material
- Gender mainstreaming consultancy
- Facilitation of networks aiming to promote equal opportunities for women and men in the educational and environmental sector and on the labour market.
In 2007, LIFE had a total number of personnel of 45 employees and 30 free lancers, and about 300 participants of all ages in courses and further trainings.
Contact: Office
Women’s Environmental Network, UK
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Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) is a national membership organisation and registered charity (no. 1010397) and the only one in the UK to work exclusively for women and the environment.
WEN was formed in 1988 by a group of women who realised that existing environmental organisations within the UK were ignorant of the differences in gender that meant women’s relationship with the environment (biologically, socially and emotionally) was different from men’s. As such, key issues, vital to both women and the environment, were not being addressed.
The charity aims to:
1. empower a network of women to make environmental change
2. increase awareness of environmental issues amongst women
3. influence environmental decision-making
WEN has a vision of creating a world where women are aware of their ability to change the environment for the better and come together actively to make a difference to environmental decision-making. Our major themes are links between the environment and health, climate change and waste prevention. Current projects include:
- work on real nappies – part of which is bringing local authorities together in London to set up a real nappy incentive scheme
- national food projects – developing networks of food growers that make a difference and share experiences
- gender and chemicals – looking at how gender influences decision-making in a particular industry
- a women’s manifesto for climate change – driving forward a plan for action not just words.
The key to our success is the national network of groups through which information and campaigning is disseminated, and our dedicated force of volunteers who work to ensure this happens. We are also affiliated to many like-minded groups to make certain our reach is as wide as possible. With environmental issues well established in the mainstream our challenge for the next few years is to be the catalyst for translating awareness into effective action – demonstrating that all women have the ability to change the environment for the better.
Circle the Earth - Grassroots Women Taking Action for a Sustainable FutureTM
Circle the Earth - Grassroots Women Taking Action for a Sustainable FutureTM develops collaborative opportunities to advance environmentally sustainable actions from the local to the global.
Contact: Mary Rose Kaczorowski
Dr. Larisa Skuratovskaya M.D.,Ph.D.
Scientific Secretary at the Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology of the Russian Academy of the Medical Sciences
Member of the International Group for study Climate Changes of World Council of Churches
Vice-president of the International Women's Forum (Russia)
Member of Council of International Museum of Women
Member of Council of the International movement physician for the prevention of nuclear war.
I became involved in the gender and climate change network since Cop in Milan, when we only thinking about gender aspect of this issue. Than I took a part in Montreal and Bali. But between the COP's I promote the special aspect of issue in Russia- during Civil Forum G8 in 2006 in Moscow and St-Petersburg and VIII International Congress for Adaptation. I had a report "Climate Change-gender aspect of adaptation". Last was published in special Book of Abstract.
I study gender aspect of health since 1986- after Chernobyl catastrophe. Since that time I am working together with Dr. Rosalie Bertell. We organized a few special events eg. during "International Women's Conference for environment" (1991, Miami), Chernobyl- influence small doses of radiation and women's health" (1995, New York), Citizen Tribunal "Chernobyl- Environment, Health and Human rights" (1996, Vienna, Austria), International Conference "Health and Environment"(1999, London)...few more, of course.
In Russia we are working for the implementation of special Law of equal rights( since 1999, sorry to say). I have a special education as physician and human rights (Columbia University, New York). I am proud that in 1990-1991 we prepared womens goal for Summit "From day care to disarmament". (Together with Bella Abzug, Coretta King, Cora Weiss, Betty Bumpers and many, many different women from USSR and USA). I am really involved in women's network for peace, health, environment, human rights from the point of views of woman and physician. I am working as educator - I know how important to develop knowledge's about Human Rights among citizen and first of all among policymakers. We in USSR use to have very good education. Only two aspect was missed History of Religions and Human Rights. All information was in English. I start to write and translate books and articles into Russian (have a support from World Council of Churches, member of International group study climate changes since 1993, Soros Foundation,World Wild Fund and Council of Europe- I was a trainee of the Commission of Human Rights and have a good contact since 1996). Among them "Ecotheology","Rights to health in International Laws", few books about Kyoto protocol- every years before ratification by Russian federation). Now together with Alexy Kokorin - WWF - I am working on preparation of the Glossary for climate changes issue.
Contact:
8 Baltijskaya street, Moscow. 125 315, Russia tel.7 (495)151 17 56
e-mail
Environment,Health and Human Rights
UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology
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Established in 2004 to support the UK Government’s ten year strategy for science and innovation. Funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills the UKRC works to improve the participation and position of women in Science, Engineering and Technology across industry, academia and public services in the UK.
Whilst addressing many areas the UKRC has ‘Climate Change’ as one of its thematic priorities and has a strategy that is embodied in the following principles:
- Women scientists, engineers, technologists have the power to significantly address climate change.
- Working practices and policies should be developed to minimise harm to the environment.
The UKRC will contribute to the ongoing debate in relation to Women in Science, Engineering and Technology and climate change. The 2007 UKRC Annual Conference ‘Climate for Change’ showcased women’s contribution to climate change science and energy in the UK.
