Seventh Sharing and Learning Seminar on Gender and Adaptation to Climate Change

The seventh Sharing and Learning Seminar on “Gender and Adaption to Climate Change” will be organized at Siam City Hotel, Bangkok on 26 August 2011 from 8.30-13.00 hours. Organized by the AIT-UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP) under the banner of the Adaptation Knowledge Platform, the seminar is targeted at policy and decision-makers, practitioners, researchers working in the fields of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, gender issues and development.

AIT is one the partners in the program.

Details are available at this link, while the program brochure can be downloaded from this link.

Detailed program:

08.30-09.00 Registration  
09.00–09.10 Welcome Daisuke Sano, Director, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Regional Center, Thailand
09.10–09.40 Gender-related differences in
vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change: impacts and causes
 		 Deepa Bharathi, Regional Programme Manager – Migration Programme, UN Women East and Southeast Asia Regional Office, Thailand

Babette P. Resurreccion, Associate Professor, Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
 
09.40-09.45 Q&A  
10:00-10:15 Keynote Address Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Asia Regional Office, Thailand
 
10.15-10.30 Refreshment Break  
10.30-11.00 Gender responsive climate
change adaptation practices: good examples and lessons learnt
 		 Bruce Ravesloot, Senior Adaptation Advisor Asia, CARE International Asia, Thailand

Duangsuda Mueangwong, Social Development Specialist and Head of the Group for the Promotion of Gender Integration, Gender Equality Promotion Bureau, Office of Women’s Affairs and Family Development, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Thailand

Jonathan Shott, Project Manager and Disaster Management Consultant, Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), Thailand
 
11.05-11.20 Q & A  
11.20-11.50 Gender responsive climate change
adaptation policies and policy
processes: challenges at national,
regional and international levels
 		 Sylvia Ordonez, Executive Director, Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP), Philippines

Lucy Wanjiru, Programme Specialist, Gender Team, UNDP New York, U.S.A
 
11.55-12.10 Q & A  
12.15-12.45 Facilitated Group Discussions Facilitator: Sophoan Phean, Regional Policy Advisor, East Asia Regional Office, Oxfam America, Cambodia
• What are potential traps and pitfalls in efforts to integrate concerns with gender in climate change adaptation initiatives?
• What are some specific, highly innovative ways, through which adaptation related activities could help transform gender relations in development?

 
12.45-12.55 Synthesis Ulamila Kurai Wragg, Women Delegates Fund member, Cook Islands
12.55-13.00 Thank you and Announcements Roopa Rakshit, AIT-UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), Thailand
13.00 Lunch