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Gender (im)balance in the delegation of parties (COP) on climate change


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90 Despite 80 these pressing issues, women in Nepal are not 70 60 50


represented equally in policy and decision-making. For instance, women have 33.2% of the total seats in parliament (UNDP, 2010b), represent 14% of the total legislators, senior officials and managers, hold 7.4% of administrative and managerial positions, and hold 9.5% of positions in the higher judiciary (UNDP, 2010b:226). Similar trends are reported in Pakistan and Bangladesh, where women are only 3% and 10% respectively of total legislators, senior officials and managers, and 5.6% and 8.3% respectively of administrative and managerial positions (ibid.). Nor are they equally represented in organisations dealing with natural resource management or climate change. For instance, women are only 3% of the personnel in Nepal’s Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation (Khadka, 2010).


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Also of critical importance is the under-representation of women in policy and decision-making institutions, in dialogue on adaptation to climate change, in the governance of natural resources and in other important livelihood dimensions. Numerous position papers on climate change recognise and argue the importance of integrating gender issues and increasing women’s participation in climate change negotiations and processes (IUCN – The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gender CC – Women for Climate Justice, GGCA – Global Gender and Climate Alliance, etc.). This is important, but critical bodies on climate change have an under-representation of women, and in particular, women from the South (MacGregor, 2010). Moreover,


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“For adaptation funding to be effective and efficient, as well as equitable, it is crucial that poor women are fully involved, and that their experiences and needs are reflected and prioritised in both policies and interventions for adaptation and climate change.” (Mitchell et al., 2007:4)


deaths per 100,000 live births. Only 19% of births were attended by skilled health personnel (UNDP, 2010b). Women are also subject to gender-based violence, relationships that are disadvantaged by skewed gender relations and harassment and psychological violence within the household. According to SAATHI and the Asia Foundation (2007), 95% of women and girls surveyed reported first-hand knowledge of violence and 77% said family members afflicted the violence (ADB, 1999).


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