ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to provide Oxfam program staff with the basis for incorporating gender analysis and women's rights into Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) programming. CCA and DRR are priorities for Oxfam GB, as are strengthening women's rights and gender equality. Women have repeatedly led initiatives to adapt to the impacts of climate change, and their knowledge and responsibilities related to natural resource management have proven critical to community survival. The impacts of climate change and disasters magnify existing inequalities between men and women. Women tend to be more vulnerable to the effects of climate change and are affected in their multiple roles as food producers and providers, as guardians of health, as care-givers, and as economic actors. Women are more likely than men to be killed or injured as a direct result of climate-related disasters.
