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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER, INTERSECTIONALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Gender, Intersectionality & Climate Change Governance

 

  • Gendered perceptions and impacts of climate change
  • Intersectional lens and gender climate vulnerabilities
  • Governance systems and public institutions’ ability, to predict gender specific climate variability and extremes events
  • Institutional support requirements and alliances for gender mainstreaming into adaptation planning
  • Women in climate Leadership: participation and leadership in decision-making processes
  • Gender-responsive climate policies, existing gaps/bottlenecks in the current discourse on gender-climate nexus
  • Media representation and gender: analysing how mainstream media and communication channels represent climate change impacts on different genders and intersectional identities

 

Gender, Intersectionality & [Pre, During & Post] Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

 

  • Addressing gender and intersectionality specific vulnerabilities due to climate induced disasters, displacement and migration
  • Gender-based violence and climate-induced emergencies
  • Understanding how climate change affects intersectionality, gendered livelihood patterns and income-generating activities. Gender-responsive risk assessments and transformative response and recovery efforts
  • Gender-responsive financial instruments (green/gender bonds, blended finances etc.) for DRR
  • Role of community-based communication initiatives in promoting intersectionality, gender-inclusive climate adaptation strategies with a focus on local storytelling, radio programs, and social media campaigns

Gender-oriented Socio-demographic factors for Climate Change Adaptation

 

  • Gender-based mitigation & adaptation through gender, ethnicity, socio-demographics, disabilities, and intersectionality analysis at all stages i.e. projects design, implementation, and evaluation
  • Gender specific climate change adaptation programming to address discrimination caused by power dynamics and distribution on resources (intersectional lens)
  • Gender-responsive infrastructure and services (including technologies and innovations based adaptation for climate change adaptation
  • Gender, health and well-being (women’s health and well-being including maternal health, nutrition reproductive health, and mental health).

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Call for Abstracts

Submission Deadline: 30 March 2024

Closed

Call for Photo Competition

Submission Deadline: 1st April 2024

Closed

Day 1

The conference on “Gender, Intersectionality and Climate Change” will take place on

September 24-25, 2024, at the Jinnah Auditorium, NUST H-12, Islamabad.

 

Agenda & Speakers

 

The conference is a two-day event with a full agenda.

 

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 🗓️

 

The first day’s schedule includes a welcome and plenary session, followed by two main themes.

  • Welcome and Plenary Session
    •  Registration is from 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM.
    • Dr. Osman Hassan, Pro-Rector Academics at NUST, will give a welcome note.
    • Ms. Janine Rohwer, First Secretary of the Economic and Political Section, will give opening remarks.
    • A plenary session on Gender & Climate Governance will be moderated by Dr. Rabia Zaid. Speakers include Mr. Asif Sherazi, Ms. Shandana Khan, and Ms. Rabia Khattak.
  • Theme 1: Gender, Intersectionality & Climate Change Governance
    • The keynote speech will be delivered by Dr. Nausheen Hafeeza Anwar, a professor at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.
    • Paper presentations and discussions will be chaired by Dr. Faisal Jamil and Dr. Wajiha Haq.
  • Theme 2: Gender, Intersectionality & Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
    • The keynote speaker is Dr. Muhammad Sajjad, Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of Geography.
    • Paper presentations and discussions will be chaired by Dr. Sumara Masood and Dr. Rabia Zaid.

Day 2

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 🗓️

 

The second day’s events include a plenary session, a third theme, and a closing ceremony.

  • Plenary Session: Intersectionality in Climate Action
    • This session will be moderated by Dr. Sumara Masood.
    • Speakers include Ms. Shabnam Baloch, Ms. Saman Ahsan, Dr. Faisal Abbas, and Dr. Muhammad Abid.
  • Theme 3: Gender-oriented Socio-demographic Factors for Climate Change Adaptation
    • The keynote speech will be given by Dr. Sauleha Kamal from the University of York.
    • Paper presentations will be chaired by Dr. Tauqeer Hussain Shah, Dr. Wajiha Haq, and Dr. Faisal Jamil.
  • Closing Ceremony
    • The ceremony will include remarks from the GIZ Country Director and a Chief Guest.
    • Awards will be distributed and acknowledgments will be made by the Rector of NUST.

Funding and Support 🤝

 

The conference is funded by the

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH