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UNECE: Lunchtime Seminar Gender in Environment

UNECE: Lunchtime Seminar Gender in Environment. Key Challenges and Success Stories Dr. Anke Stock – Women in Europe for a Common Future, WECF 27 February 2014. Content. Key areas of examples on challenges and success stories Renewable energy/energy efficiency (Ukraine)

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UNECE: Lunchtime Seminar Gender in Environment

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  1. UNECE: Lunchtime Seminar Gender in Environment Key Challenges and Success Stories Dr.Anke Stock – Women in Europe for a Common Future, WECF 27 February 2014

  2. Content • Key areas of examples on challenges and success stories • Renewable energy/energy efficiency (Ukraine) • Water and sanitation (Kyrgyzstan) • Access to and management of natural resources (Tajikistan) • Examples (challenges, approaches, impact) • Conclusions

  3. Energy (e.g. Ukraine) Challenges: • Energy poverty/low energy efficiency (in particular for rural population, women); • Lack of warm houses and warm water in winter (women and children particularly affected); • Unsustainable and time-consuming solutions; • Hygiene and general health problems.

  4. Energy (e.g. Ukraine) Approach: • Participatory gender sensitive energy needs assessments; • Involvement of women; • Capacity-building (solar collectors, insulation, energy-efficient stoves); • Construction and maintenance/monitoring; • Financial mechanisms.

  5. Energy (e.g. Ukraine) Impact: • Quality of live of women and other family members improved (health); • Ownership makes women to partners and experts – more capable to be climate resilient and to mitigate ecological impact (through awareness); • Information of policy-makers of these benefits (up-scaling in Georgia – NAMAs).

  6. Water and Sanitation (e.g. Kyrgyzstan) Challenges: • Lack of access to safe water and sanitation; • Water collection is time consuming (women’s chore); • Consequences for education, time and health; • Illnesses: infectious diseases, diarrhoea, bluebabydisease

  7. Water and Sanitation (e.g. Kyrgyzstan) Approach: • Awareness raising, capacity-building, trainings; • Involvement of women in d-m through CDWUU and in further policy-making; • Establishment of female “role-models” within communities.

  8. Water and Sanitation (e.g. Kyrgyzstan) Impact: • Improved management of water resources; • Self-confidence leads to more participation; • Women’s participation in target-setting under PWH and Steering Committees of NWPD – needs oriented outcomes.

  9. Access to and Management of Natural Resources (e.g. Tajikistan) Challenges: • High poverty rates; • Lack of rights and lack of awareness of rights amongst women; • Traditionally strong dependence on men; • High labour migration amongst men – women run households on their own despite lack of access to resources (land, credits, seeds, water).

  10. Access to and Management of Natural Resources (e.g. Tajikistan) Approach: • Capacity-building; • Agricultural trainings; • Income generating activities; • Establishment of women’s groups (agricultural products).

  11. Access to and Management of Natural Resources (e.g. Tajikistan) Impact: • Promotion of small-scale farming - sustenance; • Traditional knowledge becomes part of innovative approaches (e.g. organic farming); • Women’s groups involve on regional and national level; • Access to land/services and resources is part of international policy recommendations (e.g. to CEDAW).

  12. Outcomes • Gender sensitive needs oriented solutions often innovative and more sustainable; • Importance of traditional knowledge re resource management kept (often by women); • Small-scale and decentralised technologies are more environmental friendly; • Local demonstration projects can be examples for development of national and international policies.

  13. THANK YOU anke.stock@wecf.eu

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