On 30 Jan, Maria Lee, WOCAN Consultant, presented the findings and recommendationsfrom the workshop organized by WOCAN, FAO and GIZ on Dec 2013on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in ASEAN at the online learning event organized by FAO. The event was organized within the Community of Practice for Climate Change Mitigation in Agriculture of the MICCA Programme in collaboration with partners.The online learning event consist of three webinars (approx. 90min each) and online discussions on the linkages between gender, agriculture and climate change. Almost 400 people enrolled to attend the event but only 100 were accepted on first come first serve basis.
Here’re the direct links to the recordings of the webinar:
Gender equality in agriculture and changing climate
1. – Introduction to the webinar, learning event and Climate-Smart Agriculture (15 min): http://bit.ly/1nutPod
2. – Sibyl’s presentation (20 min): http://bit.ly/1eCjnU5
Use of Training Guide for Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Rural Development – Sibyl Nelson, FAO
3. – Maria Lee’s presentation (25 min): http://bit.ly/1bckrgE
Highlights from the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Southeast Asia – Maria Lee, WOCAN
4. – Final discussion, summary of the webinar and next steps (28 min) : http://bit.ly/1ekPNWC
Questions discussed, What can be done to address the different needs of rural women and men facing the challenges of climate change? Institutions: What kinds of institutions do we need to be engaging with to be able to take the gender and climate-smart agriculture issue forward?
Note: Please give the recording around 30 seconds to get started. In case that you don’t see anything on your screen, please run through this diagnostic, and follow the steps to update the required programmes on your computer:
http://fao.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
There is two more webinar, so please enroll if you are interested:
Webinar 2: Gender-sensitive practices for Climate-Smart Agriculture? Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 10–11:30 (GMT +1)
• Introduction to the topic and presenting the agenda – Facilitator Dalia Mattioni, FAO
• Gender sensitive climate-smart agriculture practices – Patti Kristjanson & Nafisa Ferdous, CCAFS
• Gender dimensions of adopting climate-smart aquaculture – Miranda Morgan, World Fish
Webinar 3: Next steps for Gender in Climate-Smart Agriculture Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 14–15:30 (GMT +1)
• Introduction to the webinar and presenting the agenda – Facilitator Dalia Mattioni, FAO
• Carbon code, gender and food security – Jeannette Gurung, WOCAN
• Facilitated discussion on the lessons learned and the output of the event
• Closure of the learning event