Assessment
Summative assessment: 2
The activity below will help you develop an understanding of your local situation and formulate an advocacy action plan.
- Learn about your local policies. Ask the village governance body to share the details of the policy and how it is implemented
- Create a working group comprising women, girls, youth and key members of the community to study the policy through the lens of people’s participation, women and health.
- Create an action plan to address the issues in your village and discuss them with the governing body. Use the format provided in the table.
Action plan for advocacy
| Issue | Action | Advocacy method |
| Community participation in the development of a disaster-preparedness action plan | Form a group of women, girls, youth and articulate leaders in the community. | Meet with the local governing body to present them with a letter asking that they set up a formal method to include communities in the preparation of action plans. |
Assessment
Assessment: Multiple choice questions: 3
1. Which of the following is a global body that facilitates climate change negotiations and guides global policy on climate change?
A. IPCC
B. UNFCCC
C. UNCBD
D. UNCCD
2. Which of the following are gaps in climate policy implementation at global and local levels?
A. Unequal access to funds for mitigation and adaptation actions for developing countries
B. Inadequate access to gender-disaggregated data and unequal ability of various groups, especially at the community level, to take appropriate and timely decisions.
C. Inadequate context-specific information systems that let the community access information
D. All of the above
3. Which of the following should be included in an advocacy strategy for climate action at the community level?
A. Strengthening community participation, especially among women and vulnerable groups, in local climate action plans and their implementation
B. Enabling and strengthening local governance bodies and women’s participation in them to ensure women’s concerns are addressed in policy implementation
C. Analysing policies to look at the availability of funds for climate-resilient adaptation measures
D. All of the above
