Weathering the Storm or Storming the Norms: Can Climate-Smart Agriculture Produce Gender Equality?

Mar 6, 2020 | Sophia Huyer, Samuel Partey, and Bruce Campbell
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As Nitya Rao and colleagues show, a lot is known about the effects of climate change on women. Most research focuses on women’s vulnerability as a result of reliance on natural resources, lower access to resources and information, and gender and social norms that inhibit their ability to take action and participate in making household and community decisions. Less focus has been given to women’s role as active agents of change, their knowledge and capacity to respond to climate impacts, and the causes of their vulnerability.