Climate induced gender vulnerabilities

What is it about?

The study explains climate-induced vulnerabilities to men and women as well as the factors that affect women more than men. The study explores that women are severely affected by climate change as they have less amount of land, they face special privacy problem like, difficulty in bathing and the can not use the borrowed money during emergency as they have to give the money to their male counterpart and sometimes the family need is ignored by men.

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Why is it important?

The study makes the argument concrete that Bangladesh as a developing country, socio-cultural norms make women more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change as they have limited access to productive resources and participation in the public forum.The study came up with some policy implications, like, the government should come up with appropriate intervention policies to restore gender balance in asset ownership by putting an end to gender discrimination.Special attention should be given to infrastructural development. Granting credit on easy terms for women can help them cope with a sudden adverse situation.

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