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Book Title: Creating Gender-Sensitive, Climate-Responsive, Sustainable Livelihoods to Build Self-Reliant, Resilient Local Economies

Author: Kuntal De

Book Description: Gender inequality makes it more difficult to fight climate change. When women have the same opportunities as men, communities are better able to adapt to the impacts of climate change and build a more sustainable future. This course is designed for people who work with communities at the grassroots level.

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Book Description

Gender inequality makes it more difficult to fight climate change. When women have the same opportunities as men, communities are better able to adapt to the impacts of climate change and build a more sustainable future.

This course is designed for people who work with communities at the grassroots level. It:

  • provides a comprehensive overview of gender-sensitive livelihoods and how to develop them;
  • encourages people to share their own ideas about and experiences of gender-sensitive livelihoods;
  • explores ways of designing livelihoods that are gender-sensitive and protect the natural environment to help communities become more resilient to climate change; and
  • encourages people to come up with new ideas about how to protect the environment, reduce the effects of climate change and create jobs that will last into the future.

Author

Kuntal De

Subject

Development economics and emerging economies

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Title
Creating Gender-Sensitive, Climate-Responsive, Sustainable Livelihoods to Build Self-Reliant, Resilient Local Economies
Author
Kuntal De
Editor
Lesley Cameron
Primary Subject
Development economics and emerging economies
Additional Subject(s)
Gender studies: women and girls, Agricultural and rural economics, Environmental economics, Climate change
Publisher
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)