Gender

The impacts of environmental change are never gender-neutral. SEI’s work explores the gender dimensions of vulnerability, and opportunities for women to play a greater role in shaping sustainable development.

Woman lifting jerry cans into a trailer in Burkina Faso

Beyond climate-proofing: gender dimensions of water insecurity in Burkina Faso

Sarah Dickin introduces a research project that hopes to develop an index of empowerment to use in water and sanitation interventions.

The impacts of environmental and climate change are never gender-neutral

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment is reviewed by Andreea R. Torre, Research Fellow at SEI Asia.

Gendered experiences of adaptation to drought: patterns of change in El Sauce, Nicaragua

Vulnerability is highly diverse and locally specific. This analysis is based on a qualitative case study in a drought-stricken part of northwest Nicaragua.

Boosting technology uptake: some ideas for improving small-scale mango farming in Kenya

Service design methodology can help ensure smallholder support initiatives target the right agrotechs to the right users.

SEI research synthesis: gender, development and sustainability – 2017 update

Key findings from recent SEI research projects around the world focused on gender issues in the context of development and sustainability.

Why efforts to make small and mid-size enterprises more sustainable need to address gender and social equity

Gender equality in renewable energy in the Lower Mekong: assessment and opportunities – USAID clean power Asia

This white paper studies women working in the energy sectors of four Lower Mekong countries.

Innovative sanitation approaches to address multiple development challenges

The 2030 Agenda provides an important framework for developing more sustainable sanitation, in terms of both safe sanitation access and wastewater management.

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Beyond climate-proofing: gender dimensions of water insecurity in Burkina Faso

The impacts of environmental and climate change are never gender-neutral

Gendered experiences of adaptation to drought: patterns of change in El Sauce, Nicaragua

Boosting technology uptake: some ideas for improving small-scale mango farming in Kenya

SEI research synthesis: gender, development and sustainability – 2017 update

Why efforts to make small and mid-size enterprises more sustainable need to address gender and social equity

Gender equality in renewable energy in the Lower Mekong: assessment and opportunities – USAID clean power Asia

Innovative sanitation approaches to address multiple development challenges

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