ASSAR blogs and news stories
Gender and Social Differentiation web articles
Thu, 09 May 2019 - 15:30
With a strong focus on understanding the factors that enhance or diminish people's vulnerability and wellbeing, and the responses they take to deal with both climatic and non-climatic stressors, ASSAR focused on the most marginalised. In particular, we sought to shift the adaptation narrative from centering mainly on infrastructural, technical solutions to forefronting and addressing some of the barriers posed by power structures, patriarchal norms and governance disconnects.
Thu, 11 Apr 2019 - 21:00
Lucia Scodanibbio talks about how capacity can be built by building interdisciplinary thinking.
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 - 11:30
Gender inequality is a key factor making adaptation efforts ineffective, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. Researchers and practitioners involved in ASSAR provided ample evidence to show that commonly-held beliefs about women being the most vulnerable and needing to be the target of interventions should be challenged as local realities show much more complexity and variance.
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 - 13:30
Theatre of the Oppressed is a powerful tool for bringing alternative voices into the climate change arena. Brendon Bosworth and Daniel Morchain write about theatre's potential to humanise climate change and promote solutions that put people first.
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 - 14:00
Can working within existing structures lead to breakthroughs in gender equality? Daniel Morchain reflects on the contrast between points of view at the UN Commission on the Status of Women meetings in April, 2018.
Thu, 08 Mar 2018 - 12:30
How people experience and respond to risk varies, depending on factors like age, ethnicity, gender and class. These stunning infographics offer an easy-to-understand overview.
Tue, 06 Mar 2018 - 12:30
On the 14th March 2018, 12:00pm GMT, ASSAR held a webinar titled: Challenging assumptions about gender and climate adaptation: It’s not always what, or who, you think
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 - 12:45
The Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) project invites you to attend the following webinar, happening in conjunction with the 62nd session on the Commission on the Status of Women, focusing on gender and the empowerment of rural women and girls.
Wed, 31 Jan 2018 - 14:00
Lucia Scodanibbio recounts what she has learned after a three-day writeshop with gender experts.
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 - 15:30
Do climate change impacts, and other stressors, affect everyone in Upper West region of Ghana in the same way?
Mon, 04 Jul 2016 - 11:00
Nitya Rao describes her talk at Adaptation Futures, which focused on trying to better understand the implications of current mobility patterns on livelihood security and wellbeing, as well as gender and generational relations in Kenya.