“Climate services” refers to the “production, translation, transfer, and use of climate knowledge and information in climate-informed decision making and climate-smart policy and planning.”20 Climate services can be a critical means of resiliency-building for smallholder farmers. However, due to gender-related factors, women and men can face differing challenges and opportunities to access climate-related information as well as using it to improve management and benefitting from those improved management decisions. To ensure equal distribution of benefits and promote gender equality, it is critical that food security and climate-resiliency initiatives take into account gender considerations from the earliest planning stages.
CCAFS has developed a checklist to guide the consideration of gender issues in climate services projects. The left-hand column details key issues to consider during project design, while the right-hand column provides good practices to follow to address those issues. Practitioners may vary in their capacity to implement the recommendations, depending on whether they are leading a research project or providing technical support to partners. However, the list can also provide key talking points to share and discuss with partners for their consideration. The references given at the end should also be used for further reading and examples of the points addressed.
Authors: Tatiana Gumucioi and Saroja Schwagerii
Source: CCAFS
